Eco Friendly & Sustainable Living
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- UK government criticised for 'shocking' inaction on insulating draughty homes Mon, 16 Apr 18, 12:15amCitizens Advice says silence on energy efficiency plans will mean households lose out
- The weakness of price caps is clear. Energy markets need bolder action Sun, 1 Apr 18, 4:00pmThe big firms have raised tariffs to within a pound of the prepayment-meter maximum. What price government promises of savings now?Many of the 5 million vulnerable households who already have their energy bills capped will...
- Green power and water recycling: be switched on by switching off Sat, 10 Mar 18, 8:20amEach Australian uses an average of 100,000 litres of water a year, and our electricity use is extreme. Our series Life Swaps looks at ways to reduce the load
- Rising threat of transport emissions | Letters Fri, 9 Mar 18, 5:30amHarold Forbes says the principle of polluter pays is rarely implemented; Jeremy Tomkinson calls for clear policy on lowering petrol emissions; Chris Tidmarsh laments the sparsity of electric-car charging points in Southwark...
- How Bill Gates aims to clean up the planet Sun, 4 Feb 18, 8:00pmIt’s a simple idea: strip CO2 from the air and use it to produce carbon-neutral fuel. But can it work on an industrial scale?It’s nothing much to look at, but the tangle of pipes, pumps, tanks, reactors, chimneys and...
- Industrial landscape should be protected | Letters Thu, 1 Feb 18, 5:05amDonal Boyle says Historic England must preserve some of the country’s cooling towers; while David Smythe says there is no justification for fracking in the UKWe are in danger of losing a major feature of the late 20th-century...
- 1m more smart meters which hinder switching could be rolled out Sat, 20 Jan 18, 2:29amGovernment extends deadline for installation of older model despite interoperability issues
- UK must be ready for rise of electric vehicles, says ABB chief Wed, 10 Jan 18, 5:45amCharging point manufacturer’s CEO warns that UK power grid needs to handle expected 9m electric vehicles by 2030
- Reduce waste, recycle more, and stop the burning | Letters Sat, 6 Jan 18, 5:26amJenny Jones says the UK must respond proactively to news that China has banned imports of millions of tons of plastic wasteThis could be the year we start burning more of our waste than recycling it (China’s plastic waste...
- UK government spells out plan to shut down coal plants Sat, 6 Jan 18, 1:34amGovernment unveils phase-out plan, with one of eight remaining power stations to stop generating electricity this year
- Is this the future? Dutch plan vast windfarm island in North Sea Fri, 29 Dec 17, 5:00pmAdvanced plans by Dutch power grid aims to build power hub possibly at Dogger Bank whose scale would dwarf current offshore sites
- Tenants lose out after landlord pressure halves UK home insulation cap Wed, 20 Dec 17, 4:54amPlan to make landlords improve draughtiest homes and boost energy efficiency for hundreds of thousands of tenants lay in tatters, say critics
- Switch to electric transport will not lead to surge in power demand | Letters Thu, 7 Dec 17, 5:53amAndrew Warren of the British Energy Efficiency Federation says that Rolls-Royce’s calls for public subsidies are unwarrantedYou report that the defence firm Rolls-Royce has been lobbying for government funds to assist it...
- Shell doubles up on green spending and vows to halve carbon footprint Tue, 28 Nov 17, 10:18pmAnglo-Dutch giant to spend $2bn on wind power, biofuels and electric cars as it bows to shareholder pressure by setting new company climate change target
- 'Way off the planet': regional businesses use renewables to slash costs Sat, 28 Oct 17, 10:00amFrom solar to running generators, some have quit the energy grid and several others are showing interest in ‘defecting’