Full Coverage: Pollution

10.05.2008 British government ministers have scrapped radical plans to test a carbon rationing scheme that would have forced citizens to carry a carbon card to swipe every time they bought petrol or paid an electricity bill. They claim the idea was too expensive and would be unpopular.
From: The Guardian

08.05.2008 A study by the world's leading experts has revealed that airlines are pumping 20 per cent more carbon dioxide into the atmosphere than estimates suggest.
From: The Independent

08.05.2008 Climate change is happening faster than predicted and the world could be as much as seven degrees hotter by the end of the century, an Australian scientist says.
From: Sydney Morning Herald

06.05.2008 One of the founders of bambu, a fair trade business making houseware from organic bamboo and other renewable materials, talks about his company's sustainable journey and the green business movement.

06.05.2008 Kuluttajajärjestöt vaativat hallituksilta tiukempaa kontrollia, jotta myrkyllisiä ainesosia sisältävän elektronisen jätteen dumppaaminen kehitysmaihin saadaan kuriin.

06.05.2008 Policymakers should not succumb to pumping vast amounts of taxpayers money into the elusive promise of carbon capture and storage, concludes Greenpeace in a new report.

06.05.2008 Tighter government monitoring to prevent the continued dumping of toxic e-waste on the developing world is demanded by the world federation of consumer organisations.

05.05.2008 Public bicycle rental programs are quickly springing up across Europe; cities including Washington, DC, Beijing, Moscow, and Tel Aviv may also soon be launching similar services.

05.05.2008 The American Petroleum Institute has just begun running a feel-good commercial that argues "America's future" lies in drilling out domestic reserves of oil and natural gas.
From: Gristmill

01.05.2008 In the United States, even the people with the lowest usage of energy are still producing, on average, more than double the global per-capita average, an MIT class has estimated.
From: Science Daily