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Largest EU Bio-Refinery To Come Onstream in 2009
Posted on 13/05/2008
The largest biorefinery in the European Union should be up and running in the first half of next year, consuming a substantial chunk of Britain's exportable wheat surplus, the head of UK biofuels firm Ensus said. Ensus chief executive Alwyn Hughes told Reuters the plant, whic...
Japan to cut greenhouse gases by up to 80%
Posted on 12/05/2008
Japan, the world's fifth biggest polluter, will announce a target next month for cutting domestic greenhouse gas emissions by 60-80 percent from current levels by 2050, media reported on Sunday. The target, more ambitious than Japan's current proposal for the world to halve e...
Seven ways to be "Eco Friendly"
Posted on 09/05/2008
Financial service providers are picking up the "eco" baton and running with it -- meaning consumers can factor environmental concerns into everything from utility tariffs, tax returns and even mortgages. Here are seven ways they can do it. USE GREEN ENERGY The 14 mi...
Food Shortages: How are we going to feed the world?
Posted on 22/04/2008
The era of cheap food is over. In Britain, a standard white loaf costs more than £1, grocery bills are driving up inflation and land prices are going through the roof. But steep rises in the price of staples such as wheat and rice are having an even bigger impact on poor countrie...
UAE sees Renewable Energy as the Future
Posted on 18/04/2008
The United Arab Emirates will guarantee high prices for low-carbon electricity to make sure investments succeed in hydrogen and solar power under the $15 billion Masdar Initiative, said Masdar's Chief Executive. The UAE recently guaranteed higher prices for a huge proposed so...
Food Prices
Posted on 16/04/2008
Food trade liberalisation in developing countries can hurt attempts to alleviate poverty and damage the environment, according to a report from a United Nations and World Bank sponsored group issued on Tuesday. "Opening national markets to international competition can offer...
Social Concerns on Biofuels
Posted on 16/04/2008
The European Union's environment chief raised new conditions on Tuesday for the use of biofuels in road transport, saying social concerns such as food prices and food security must be taken into account. Environment Commissioner Stavros Dimas did not explicitly question the E...
Wave Technology in Belfast
Posted on 28/03/2008
Harland & Wolff, the Belfast shipyard that built the Titanic has diversified into renewable energy generation, assembling what Northern Irish authorities say is the world's biggest tidal electricity generation system. The 1.2 megawatt SeaGen will also be the first to be conne...
Ecofriendly homeowners to find it easier
Posted on 14/03/2008
Homeowners across Britain will find it easier to make their own renewable power at home from April as part of a government push to cut carbon emissions from the residential sector. From April 6, all homeowners in Britain will be free to install microgeneration equipment like...
Anaerobic Digesters
Posted on 19/02/2008
Britain is to invest in several anaerobic digestion plants as it seeks to cut emissions of greenhouse gas methane and boost renewable energy production, Farm Minister Hilary Benn said on Monday. Benn said the government would invest about 10 million pounds ($19.50 million) to...
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