UK’s Clean Energy Cashback scheme encourages households to generate own green...
solar panels on house in Munich, Germany – photo by cleverboy68 (source: Flickr Creative Commons) When Germany introduced a similar FIT scheme 10 years ago — but with targets of ten percent — it...
View ArticleThe winners and losers of carbon trading
photo by Jayesh Bheda (source: Flickr Creative Commons) While carbon trading may serve to limit overall emissions, how does it affect local pollution? A Time Magazine article from last December...
View ArticleIs solar power silly in countries with little sun?
photo by AndiH (source: Flickr Creative Commons) Several recent articles in the British and international media have dealt with the question of solar power and government schemes that encourage...
View ArticleEU rejects ‘healthy meal’ label scheme due to pressure from food lobby
photo by dpup (source: Flickr Creative Commons) The European Parliament shot down a plan to require the clear labeling of the healthiness of packaged food in the EU last week. The proposed label system...
View ArticleLondon’s cycle-hire scheme: What’s the deal?
photo by Steve Cadman (stevecadman on Flickr Creative Commons) On Friday London begins its well-publicized bicycle rental scheme, introduced by mayor Boris Johnson, run by London Transport and...
View ArticleWho has the real dirt on emissions trading?
photo by Luther Blisset (Karen Eliot on Flickr Creative Commons) Cap and trade or emissions trading schemes can be confusing. They have been touted as the chief market-based solution for limiting...
View ArticleUK govt. cutbacks hit Britain’s electric car scheme
photo by Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (bisgovuk on Flickr Creative Commons) The UK’s new Conservative lead coalition government is doing more or less what Tory governments are...
View ArticleBottle deposit schemes: A ‘no-brainer’
image credit: London Permaculture (Flickr CC) A headline in the Telegraph states ‘new research found that returning used drinks containers to the shop could save money, reduce litter and boost...
View ArticleLondon – from Big Smoke to electric cars
photo by Alan Trotter (Flickr CC) In not-so-olden times London used to be known as “the Big Smoke” due to all the coal fires that befouled its air and choked its inhabitants. Coal produced the famous...
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