Articles containing the tag ‘carbon footprint’

26 February 2010: Islington Council performance and plans on climate

This week, I went to a meeting called ‘The Big Reduction’ run by my local council, the London Borough of Islington. Islington has a reputation as a rich and posh part of London – it is where Tony Blair used to live and where New Labour was born. There are certainly some rich people living in Islington, but there are also poor people, many living in social housing, and middle-income people.

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Christmas appeal – the Economical Environmentalist

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While world leaders are in Copenhagen grappling with global greenhouse gas emissions, most of us have more prosaic issues to sort out this week – what to get friends and family for Christmas, how to do something for charity and, perhaps stirred by Copenhagen, how to do something to help reduce global emissions.

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Comments to European Commission on Hinkley and state aid

My comments to the European Commission, saying that it should approve the UK government’s application to sign a contract with EDF energy to build a new nuclear power station.

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Measuring your carbon emissions

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Have you decided you want to reduce your greenhouse gas emissions, but are stuck because you’re unsure how much carbon pollution you cause to begin with? Or you do not know which of your behaviours you need to focus on?

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Reducing your carbon footprint

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There is much talk these days of reducing our ‘carbon footprints’. But what does this mean in practice? Here is a list of things that I (and others) consider to be important if we are to take control of this important aspect of our lives.

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The climate case for shale gas

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For climate and air quality reasons, we need more gas. Shale gas is less bad than liquified natural gas – and better than coal.

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