On Monday 2nd July Channel 4's Dispatches programme, titled 'The Great Green Smoke Screen', asks whether touted measures like tree planting, carbon offsetting...
This article appeared in the German news weekly Der Spiegel a week ago and is rather good so I have done a summary/translation.. Der Spiegel 26/2007 25th June ...
I've been told that C4 is actually running a programme about Tony Blair instead. No clue on the C4 website when this one might be shown - you can check back if...
At the meeting about CCS I asked Professor Snape about coal depletion and he replied that new technologies like underground gasification would answer that ...
Via avaaz.org, the online petition organisation, I've just had the text of the full pledge connected with the Live Earth events, and thought I'd air it here as...
Letter from Jacques Barrot, Vice President of the European Commission to Glenis Wilmott MEP With regard to biofuels, your constituent is concerned that this...
And here is the rest of the news...... Always focusing on direct climate and energy depletion issues holds the danger of failing to notice when other processes...
I sent a copy of my post " Would a recession be helpful in resolving the climate crisis?" to Paul Mobbs. The following response is posted with his permission...
The futility of energy efficiency measures on their own to control carbon emissions is starkly demonstrated in a recent study written for the European Union. ...
Forwarded by Paul Mobbs You can find Blackle at: http://www.blackle.com/ http://blogs.wsj.com/numbersguy/does-a-darkened-google-really-save-electricity-104/ ...
http://business.guardian.co.uk/story/0,,2132527,00.html "While a new report from the Centre for Alternative Energy says Britain could, with sufficient will and...
An interesting article - Tim didn't cut and paste the most interesting bit - the incentive system behind the expansion of renewables - the so called Feed in...
In evaluating the German figures we should remember that electricity consumption is only a part of energy consumption. Thus while it may be true that 12% of...
http://environment.newscientist.com/channel/earth/climate-change/mg19526134.500-meat-is-murder-on-the-environment.html Meat is murder on the environment 18...
I noticed this posting because it was mentioned in the regular ODAC briefing. - so you may have noticed it too. It is a criticism of Dave Rutledge and Energy...
Given all the fuss about Heathrow it as well to remember that transport emissions through road travel are growing far more in absolute terms than emissions...
The camp against climate change is to be outside Heathrow. This article is about aviation and the dishonesty in the EU's approach to controlling aviation...
As Paul Mobbs reminded us when he gave his talk in June, the climate crisis is a product of economic growth - and this economic growth is, in large part, the...
I've just discovered that Barclays has launched a credit card called Breathe badged as helping against climate change, with half of profits donated and...
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The Barclays APR for this card is 14.9%. If that rate of interest was used in the Stern Review no climate policy at all would have been recommended....here's...
Never mind the Barclay card.....If you want REAL Green financial innovation then try this: Transition Town Totnes have launched their own local currency and...
As a follow up to my Barclay card comments I would add .....If you want REAL Green financial innovation then try this: Transition Town Totnes have launched...
... innovation ... (snip) MODERATOR NOTE: Brian's last two messages got flagged as spam for some reason, so didn't show up till I approved them. That's...
Just received a message from Avaaz.org, "a community of global citizens who take action on the major issues facing the world today" (mainly by mobilising...
You are quite right. I was puzzled as to why it did not turn up and therefore send another one - using the opportunity to put in extra content. Thanks! Brian...
What perhaps didn't come out too clearly at our clean coal meeting is how long it would take to come on stream... This is from a Newsweek interview with James...
... how long ... I came out of that meeting with a strong impression that carbon capture and storage is one of the technological sticking plasters that ...
