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Organic Food Miles Take Toll On Environment
Organic fruit and vegetables may be healthier for the dinner table, but not necessarily for the environment, a University of Alberta study shows.
Ministers Approve Clear Power for 720,000 Homes
An application to build a unique, clean electricity power plant in Aberdeenshire, capable of powering 720,000 homes, has been approved by Ministers.
Hotel Checklist For Energy Efficiency
Mintek Mobile Data Solutions has released 10 action steps hotels can take to keep energy costs as low as possible during the summer.
Study says woolly mammoth died from environment and loss of diversity
According to British, U.S. and Russian scientists, woolly mammoths decreased in numbers and genetic diversity over tens of thousands of years. The results showed environmental factors, rather than human factors, caused t...
Products not as friendly to environment as they claim
Almost half of products making claims to be environmentally friendly are potentially misleading customers, a study has found. The research, carried out on a range of products on sale in Ireland which make environmental c...
UK Launch of Policy Directions to 2050: Energy & Climate
Following the successful launch of the World Business Council for Sustainable Development's "Policy Directions to 2050" publication during the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) meetings in Ma...
NZ Shuns Nuclear
Nuclear power is unlikely to form part of New Zealand's energy future, the Parliamentary Commissioner for the Environment believes.
Air Canada ZeroCarbon
TechCrunch has an interesting story on Zerofootprint, a Canadian not-for-profit that helps businesses and consumers cut their carbon footprint. It's the company Air Canada recently partnered with to introduce its volunta...
The Earth today stands in imminent peril
[The Independent Reports]...and nothing short of a planetary rescue will save it from the environmental cataclysm of dangerous climate change. Those are not the words of eco-warriors but the considered opinion of a group...
Lamp Manufacturers Shed Light on Future
Europe's lamp manufacturers have published details of an initiative, which, according to the companies, if adopted by the European Union, would lead to the phase-out of the least efficient lamps in the home from the Euro...