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Fracking: The environmental impacts
Fracking has made the headlines regularly recently, and it has been making the news for all the wrong reasons. Read more...
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Sustainability in sport
Increasingly sports clubs and organisations are beginning to consider their environmental impacts, just like any other large company. Read more...
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Hard copy vs. soft copy: Is digital storage greener than traditional media?
For some time, the general consensus has been that digital storage of information is more sustainable and produces less carbon than a hard copy, in the form of paper, CD’s and tape. Read more...
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What makes a sustainable city?
One would easily be forgiven for thinking that a sustainable city was simply another term for reducing carbon emissions, but creating a sustainable city involves a plethora of processes. Read more...
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Green Transport: The arteries of a sustainable city
Sustainable transport is a key aspect of a sustainable city. Those cities without adequate public transport are the ones with congested roads, polluted air and reduced productivity of its workforce. Read more...
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Filling the energy gap and the Fukushima aftermath
Ever since the Fukushima disaster, countries have had to make tough decisions on where their future energy will come from. Read more...
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Slovakia: a shining example of low-cost emissions cuts through EBRD mechanism
The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) has announced this week the successful completion of Phase One of the Slovakia Sustainable Energy Finance Initiative (SlovSEFF). Read more...
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Committee on Climate Change releases review of UK shipping emissions
The Committee on Climate Change (CCC) today released its review of UK shipping emissions. Shipping and aviation emissions are not currently included in carbon budgets or in the UK’s 80% by 2050 target; this review looks to address whether this should be the case and how one should go about it. Read more...
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The challenges of population growth
Population is increasing exponentially; most people around the world, one would presume, should know this. Further, people in the first world have carbon footprints sometimes as large as 200 times that of those in the third world. Read more...
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Geo-engineering: Genuine Solution or Pipedream?
Next month scientists from Britain will formally announce the first major geo-engineering project specifically designed to combat climate change. Read more...
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