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Now where should I put these?
31.12.2006 from British Wind Energy Association:
BWEA have launched a guide on choosing and siting a small wind system, electricity savings, payback times, grant funding and how to contact manufacturers, aimed at consumers from the domestic, public and business sectors.
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Related topics/regions: [Renewable energy]
Image: Now where should I put these? © Worldwatch Institute
29.12.2006 Four Rwandans who settled in Britain were last night arrested in a coordinated operation after their home country sought their extradition in connection with its 1994 genocide.
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From: Guardian Unlimited
Related topics/regions: [Rwanda]
How much of your Green energy comes from these?
29.12.2006 from National Consumer Council:
A useful PDF report on the ‘greenness’ of renewable energy suppliers.
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Image: How much of your Green energy comes from these? © Worldwatch Institute
27.12.2006 from The Energy Blog:
The new, improved performance G-Wiz AC drive electric car from GoinGreen is now available for sale in London.
Image: G-Wiz electric car

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Related topics/regions: [Cities] [Transport]
27.12.2006 from Mur Crusto eco-farm blog:
The passive solar conservatory construction is underway, but what about the eco-cottage and the planning department?
Image: Digging foundations

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Related topics/regions: [Shelter & housing] [Renewable energy]
27.12.2006 from WorldChanging blog:
Last month's pre-Budget statement by the UK government was heralded as 'green' when in reality, most of its measures were pretty puny. A mere £5 extra tax on flights, anyone? But one measure that was mentioned did get radical.
Image: Building a Greener Future

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Related topics/regions: [Energy] [Shelter & housing]
Another way to get heard
25.12.2006 from 10 Downing Street:
'We the undersigned petition the Prime Minister to Adopt Carbon Rationing and Contraction and Convergence.' Add your voice...
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Image: Another way to get heard
24.12.2006 from The BBC:
Britain's barnacles, limpets and seaweeds are moving north and east in response to climate change.
Image: The flat topshell is finding new homes in north-east Scotland

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23.12.2006 from It's the Planet, Stupid! blog:
The idea is simply for anyone to find out just how dependent we all are on fossil fuels.
Image: This woodburner is carbon neutral

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Related topics/regions: [Energy] [Climate change] [Environmental activism]
23.12.2006 from ecorazzi.com:
The 790 square-metre home on the England-Wales border will feature solar-powered heating, and insulation made of sheep’s wool plus a few 'trimmings'.
Image: Charles not covered in mud

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The British Antarctic Survey, whose image this is, is one of the NERC institutes, so they should be well placed to know about climate changes
22.12.2006 from Stoat blog:
A bold new initiative from the Natural Environment Research Council. Trouble is, the 'panel of experts' don't seem to be responding.
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Related topics/regions: [Climate change] [Science]
Image: The British Antarctic Survey, whose image this is, is one of the NERC institutes, so they should be well placed to know about climate changes © British Antarctic Survey
22.12.2006 A UK Government decision to allow its departments to purchase wood products certified by schemes that allow destructive logging practices comes under fire from major environmental groups.
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From: Friends of the Earth England, Wales and Northern Ireland
Never mind the climate. More flights please!
22.12.2006 from monbiot.com:
The government knows that its airport plans will cancel out all its efforts to tackle climate change... but they have a cunning wheeze.
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Image: Never mind the climate. More flights please!
22.12.2006 from marklynas.org blog:
'My Grand Total is about a sixth of the UK average of approximately 9400kg. But before I get too smug, there are a couple of major catches...'
Image: Solar powered website

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Related topics/regions: [Energy] [Climate change]
20.12.2006 from Guardian Unlimited:
The government has given the go-ahead for the world's largest offshore windfarm to be built off the coast of south-east England.
Image: North Hoyle wind farm off the coast of north Wales. Photograph: Murdo Macleod

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19.12.2006 from grownupgreen:
A new government report addresses how the theory of carbon trading might work in practice.
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Related topics/regions: [Energy] [Climate change]
Too many aircraft
19.12.2006 from Bill Totten's Weblog:
Greenhouse gases generated by British aviation could be far higher than the government's published figures.
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Related topics/regions: [Transport] [Climate change] [Pollution]
Image: Too many aircraft © FreeFoto.com
18.12.2006 More than £500,000 was raised at a Saturday night fundraising party hosted by UNICEF UK Ambassadors Trudie Styler and Jemima Khan.
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From: UNICEF UK
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18.12.2006 Britain's aid ministry is failing to support democracy in Burma and failing to provide aid to some of the most vulnerable people in the country, according to a report launched today.
* Burma and the ICRC: a people at risk
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From: openDemocracy , Burma Campaign
Related topics/regions: [Myanmar]
Image: Campaign logo
The greenhouse is getting hotter
18.12.2006 from The Met Office:
Preliminary temperature figures for 2006 show the mean surface air temperature has continued to demonstrate a warming climate, both around the globe and especially here in the UK.

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Image: The greenhouse is getting hotter © Journeyman Pictures
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