Government energy action

Most schools are not teaching children about green issues in anything but a piecemeal way, schools inspectors say.  
The government has outlined a desire for schools in England to be “sustainable by 2020”, however presently few are making the environment central to the curriculum and school life.
No doubt this is a very difficult task for [...]

An amendment to the energy bill, encouraging the take up of renewable energy technologies, was defeated last week despite widespread support form MPS and organisations.
The amendment could have lead to the introduction of a feed-in tariff, which rewards renewable generators of electricity with a fixed price for electricity they supply to the grid.  This [...]

The Government is faced with a hefty dilemma - Create a low carbon society whilst meeting the UKs ever increasing energy demands.
This has lead to recent calls for a huge expansion of Britain’s nuclear capability, estimated at £20bn, creating 100,000 new jobs and benefit the economy as much as North Sea oil. John Hutton, [...]

The big question is will any of the measures outlined by Mr Darling actually make any significant difference and will the revenues generated actually go towards improving the planet and climate change?
There were some impressive initiatives such as smart metering for medium businesses and the inclusion of aviation into the EU Emissions Trading scheme. Are small [...]

More bureaucracy to save the planet is on the way.

The latest legislation to be affecting UK organisations are Display Energy Certificates (DECs) and Energy Performance Certificates (EPCs) From April 2008 onwards, organisations will be required to collect data to display their companies’ energy efficiency (according to building use and size). 
Are organisations ready for this legislation? 
Many are [...]

Whilst saving energy must be our key focus to mitigate climate change, the secondary option has to be generate low carbon energy. Wind Farms albeit expensive to produce energy are fast becoming popular by energy companies, keen to enhance their green image. But are they an acceptable new feature of our landscape that we have to accept [...]

There have been fresh calls for a climate change minster to be appointed to help with the UKs fight against climate change.  Read more
Behind the calls are criticisms of timid use of environmental taxes such as the climate change levy. It is widely thought that these should be more widespread and have harsher financial implications. [...]

UK manufacturers are signing up to a Government scheme to make electronic gadgets more energy efficient. Gaia is a keen supporter of this type of initiative seeing it as another piece in the jigsaw to help tackle climate change.
If we can ensure the appliances we use everyday are energy efficient, monitor how we use [...]

To solve the energy crisis facing Britain, the UK Government has announced the re-introduction Nuclear and Coal power plants back into our future energy generation mix. Technologies largely dismissed from the energy debate as too dangerous or polluting are now re-gaining political support.

Back to coal again                                             New Nuclear Plants get the go ahead

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Recent news articles have highlighted that councils across the country have been trying to make their Christmas celebrations more environmentally friendly as well as bigger and brighter than ever. In Manchester they are using energy efficient light bulbs and Nottingham an energy efficient tree with a solar powered star. A couple of thoughts spring to mind:
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