Monthly Archives: May 2012

Iceland’s volcanoes could one day be heating Britain’s homes and businesses, after the two countries pledged to develop electricity links and work together to boost the UK’s geothermal power sector. Read more

A convoy of self-driven cars has completed a 200km (125-mile) journey on a Spanish motorway, in the first public test of such vehicles. Read more here.

The European Environment Agency has ranked every bathing beach. So how clean is yours? Check it out by clicking here.  

Apologies for starting the week with such a depressing headline, but the news from IEA isn’t good. The world has nearly run out of time to prevent a global temperature rise of 2°C, according to new figures by the International … Continue reading →

Record growth over the last year pushed the UK green goods and services market past the £122bn mark, according to new government figures that reveal the low carbon economy now employs almost one million people. The sector grew 4.7 per … Continue reading →

In a widely under-reported development, world leaders gathered at last weekend’s G8 Summit signed up to a major new commitment to tackle climate change through targeted action to reduce emissions of so-called “short-lived climate pollutants”. Read more here

Members of car sharing network Zipcar will have the choice to reserve one of 10 Vauxhall Amperas after the company agreed to pilot the plug-in hybrid for six months. Do you use Zipcar? Seems like a great idea to us. … Continue reading →

Landmark report calls for immediate action after revealing soaring levels of consumption and collapsing biodiversity. Humanity is currently using 50 per cent more resources than the Earth can provide and by 2030 the combined capacity of two planets will not … Continue reading →