Category Archives: Press Releases

Cancun: The Aftermath

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The delegates have gone home, the reporters have left and the people of Cancun can get back to life as normal, which for most of them means working in hotels, resorts or as a caddy on one of the several …

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Cold Snap Provides Ammunition for Climate Change Sceptics

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2010 has seen all times highs in global temperatures with many countries breaking records for hottest days and Russia seeing a protracted heat wave over the summer months. Scientists have said that this is caused by a combination of man …

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Business Loose Billions through Flawed Carbon Accounting

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The Carbon Trust Advisory (CTA) has warned that UK businesses are wasting a minimum of £1.6billion pounds a year because they are not properly evaluating savings that could be made from energy efficiency. The CTA believes that the flawed accounting …

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UK Government Subsidises Electric Cars

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From the 1st of January 2011, the government is to subsidize nine electric cars which are being released over the next two years. The subsidy will be paid in the form of a grant to buyers of the cars of …

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UK Government Subsidises Electric Cars

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From the 1st of January 2011, the government is to subsidize nine electric cars which are being released over the next two years. The subsidy will be paid in the form of a grant to buyers of the cars of …

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Cancun Concludes with a Rescued UN Process but not a Rescued Environment

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The Cancun climate talks have ended and in the final reckoning a modest deal has been hammered out that will save the UN process but which has failed to set a tough deal for countries. The failure to agree on …

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2010 to Set Record for Warmest Year Ever

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NASA’s Godard’s Institute for Space Studies has announced that 2010 has been the hottest year on record, in spite of the cold snap affecting Europe. Previously 2005 had been the coldest year on record. NASA claimed that the temperatures were …

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Cancun Climate Car Crash

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Where to begin? Where to begin? Where-to-be-gin? Hot on the heels of the Copenhagen climate car crash in December 2009, comes the disaster of Cancun. These are not the sentiments of a handful of extreme environmental protesters but of the …

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Cancun Described as an Ecological Mistake

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It seems extremely fitting that the global UN climate summit is taking place in Cancun, and the city should serve as a reminder of the dangers of putting development before ecology. This week five people have died and many others …

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Rich Nations to use Carbon Cut Dividend to Help the Poorest

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The world’s poorest nations will need £60billion pounds to fight climate change effectively, and the money must come from rich nations who save the sum with their own emissions cuts. These were the sentiments of the Norwegian Prime Minister Jens …

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