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20 Most Recent News Stories
Reuse and Recycling: Great use for old plastic film canisters
Thu 8th May 2008
Solar Aid have come up with methods to recycle old film canisters and plastic film pots, to be used in the manufacture of their micro-solar panels as covers for terminal blocks. Solar Aid can use as many film pots as they can get hold of, as long as they have tight-fitting lids.
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Read "Reuse and Recycling: Great use for old plastic film canisters" in full (66 words).
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Energy Savings Trust Annual Review 06-07 Launched
Mon 4th Feb 2008
The annual review gives an insight into what's been happening at the Energy Saving Trust over the past year. Awareness of the importance of climate change is high. However, with conflicting information from so many sources, people are understandably confused about where to go for information and advice. The Energy Saving Trust is attempting to address this confusion by offering consumers a single, independent and trusted source for all their energy saving advice and information. We are now clearly seen as the leading independent adviser offering energy saving advice to consumers - dealing with millions of people annually. No-one else has an ability to independently verify energy saving attributes of products and this year we've already supported numerous companies with our verification work.
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Read "Energy Savings Trust Annual Review 06-07 Launched" in full (355 words).
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Reactions to EU climate and energy package
Thu 24th Jan 2008
The CO2 reduction and renewable energy targets put forward by the Commission on 23 January have evoked, according to EurActiv, a flood of reactions from member states, industry, NGOs and other stakeholders. Below follows an overview from EurActiv:
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Read "Reactions to EU climate and energy package" in full (1819 words).
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Clean Power from Deserts. Renewables are the Responsible, Serious Alternative to Nuclear
Sat 12th Jan 2008
At a meeting in the European Parliament, Brussels, 28 November 2007, EU -MENA released details of the most positive, realistic, technological answer to our energy needs. The findings by DESERTEC demonstrate that the west can draw its current energy requirements from an energy grid stretching from Iceland to the Sahara, harnessing geothermal energy, wave power, wind power, solar voltaic cells, and solar parabolic troughs.
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Read "Clean Power from Deserts. Renewables are the Responsible, Serious Alternative to Nuclear" in full (97 words).
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Avaaz Letter from Bali
Wed 19th Dec 2007
for those of you that did not see this, people power via the internet is having an effect not witnessed at the Kyoto climate change talks one decade ago. (CLB/ed)
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Read "Avaaz Letter from Bali" in full (534 words).
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Support Al Gore in Bali
Sun 9th Dec 2007
In three days Al Gore is going to address the UN Climate Change Conference in Bali, Indonesia. At his urging, people around the world are signing an important petition showing their support to his important call for a visionary treaty to address the climate crisis. We hope you will too.
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Read "Support Al Gore in Bali" in full (101 words).
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What will we eat when the oil runs out?
Fri 23rd Nov 2007
See the website below for the talk by Richard Heinberg at the Soil Association's annual Eve Balfour Lecture on 22 November 2007 discussing the impact that oil peaking will have on food production and action that we need to take.
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Read "What will we eat when the oil runs out? " in full (71 words).
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New report highlights essential role of renewable energy generation in achieving zero carbon homes
Wed 21st Nov 2007
A new report from the Renewables Advisory Board (RAB), which advises Government on renewable energy issues, provides the first in depth analysis of the role of on site energy generation in the delivery of the Government's policy of ensuring that all new homes are zero carbon from 2016. Amongst it findings is the conclusion that the policy could drive a market for on-site renewable worth £2.3 billion a year from 2016.
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Read "New report highlights essential role of renewable energy generation in achieving zero carbon homes " in full (644 words).
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MEPs vote for ambitious CO2 emission reduction targets in Bali
Thu 15th Nov 2007
The European Parliament adopted a resolution on the strategy for the Bali Conference on Climate Change on 15 November. MEPs stressed that binding emission targets for all industrialised countries, a global ´cap and trade´ system and a 50% cut in greenhouse gas emissions by the middle of this century should be some of the EU´s core targets for the upcoming UN Climate Change Conference.
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Read "MEPs vote for ambitious CO2 emission reduction targets in Bali" in full (231 words).
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