Good Energy launches electricity tariff to reward local customers
Good Energy has announced the launch of the UK’s “first local tariff”, providing electricity discounts to customers that live near one of its wind farms. The UK’s first 100% renewable electricity supplier will slash bills by 20% for anyone living inside a 2km radius of the substation at Delabole Wind...
Rail investment will speed up journeys and lower emissions
Network Rail is set to invest £37.5 billion into Britain’s rail infrastructure, promising to speed up journeys, make more seats available to commuters and lower emissions over the next five years. The organisation’s strategic business plan, which is currently being reviewed by the Office of Rail Regulation, looks to...
Met Office predicts 2013 will break temperature records
After its preceding year became the ninth warmest on record, 2013 looks set to be even warmer, according to the Met Office’s annual forecast of the year ahead. The organisation’s best estimate places it 0.57°C warmer than the long-term average of 14°C – which would see 2013 shoot into...
Canadian university ranking put on spot over ethical investment
Nearly 10,000 people have signed an online petition to urge a Canadian magazine to include an ethical investment ranking in its annual university guide, in the hope that institutions will reconsider some of their investments. The petition, which appears on Change.org, is aimed at Maclean’s – a weekly publication...
Co-op Bank image takes a hit after FSA fine
The Co-operative Bank has admitted its procedures had “fallen short of the high standards” it expects, after the Financial Services Authority (FSA) handed it a £113,300 fine for delaying payment protection insurance (PPI) complaints. The bank, widely regarded as the alternative sector’s most high-profile player, stalled in processing 1,629...
Politicians failing to limit climate change, say scientists
A group of climate scientists from Austria have concluded that swift political action is needed in order to truly curb international greenhouse gas emissions. The researchers, from the International Institute of Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA) near Vienna, studied 500 possible outcomes of climate change and claim that consensus among...
Cameron’s green government pledge questioned after mid-term review
The coalition has reaffirmed its pledge to be the “greenest government ever” in its newly-published mid-term review, but has received criticism from Labour and campaigners, who claim the Conservative-Lib Dem alliance has taken backward steps in meeting this promise. David Cameron was joined at Downing Street by deputy prime...
UN emphasises ‘vital role’ of sustainable tourism
The United Nations General Assembly has adopted a resolution that recognises sustainable tourism as hugely influential in the battles against poverty and environmental protection. The resolution, titled Promotion of ecotourism for poverty eradication and environment protection, was accepted unanimously by members, meaning the usual protocol of voting for resolutions...
Hacked Off publishes bill to hurry along Leveson recommendations
Hacked Off has published its own draft version of the Leveson bill in order to speed up implementation of Lord Justice Leveson’s press regulation recommendations. The media ethics campaign group, whose key people include actor Hugh Grant and former Lib Dem MP Evan Harris, aims to encompass all aspects...
Solar panels set for installation as co-operative hits funding threshold
Solar panels are set to be installed on the roofs of a number of fuel poor homes in Newport, South Wales, after Gen Community’s share offer reached a funding landmark. The renewables co-operative’s project, which aims to fund the installation of panels in low-income areas that have high fuel...
‘Greenest government ever’ to publish mid-term review
The coalition government will today publish its mid-term review – a progress report that will aim to chart what David Cameron and Nick Clegg have achieved since May 2010. A number of policy areas are expected to be tackled, including transport, pensions and infrastructure investment – and the coalition’s...
Prince Charles speaks out on leaving a hospitable future to his grandchild
In the year that he is set to become a grandfather for the first time, Prince Charles has spoken out about leaving the world and the environment in a hospitable condition for his future grandchild. In an interview with ITV1’s This Morning programme, the prince said, “I’ve gone on...
Investment ‘Sage’, Warren Buffet, invests over $2 billion in solar energy
Buffet’s Berkshire Hathaway Inc. subsidiary MidAmerican Energy Holdings Co. has acquired two solar planet projects from, solar developer SunPower, in line with their ‘core business principle of environmental respect’. On Wednesday, SunPower Corp said it sold the two co-located solar power plants in Kern and Los Angeles Counties, to...
UK renewable energy generation grows by 27%
Renewable energy is growing rapidly in the UK, according to the 2012 update to the Renewable Energy Roadmap, published during Christmas week by Energy Secretary Edward Davey The report released on December 27, showed significant progress being made on the rollout of renewable energy across the United Kingdom from...
Extreme rainfall is increasing in UK
Preliminary analysis by the Met Office shows increasing frequency of extreme rainfall – the kind of deluge you expect once every hundred days. With the frequency increasing since 1960, the cause is global warming and the atmosphere’s ability to hold more moisture. 2012 was a year of weather extremes...
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