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Greenpeace calls for a ban on Arctic oil drilling

admin /29 January, 2010

Greenpeace calls for a ban on Arctic oil drilling Ecologist 25th January, 2010 Immediate moratorium on all activity by oil and gas industries would help safeguard the local community and ecosystem as well as reduce potential carbon emissions Plans by the EU, US and China to exploit oil and gas reserves in the Arctic have Continue Reading →

Car makers ‘failing consumers’ on emission data

admin /29 January, 2010

Car makers ‘failing consumers’ on emission data

Consumers are finding it hard to buy fuel-efficient vehicles because car makers are burying CO2 figures for their models online, report claiim

Pollution and carbon emissions :  traffic San Diego in West Los Angeles California

Rush hour freeway traffic in Los Angeles, California. Car makers must display a vehicle’s fuel consumption and CO2 data in their showrooms but are not legally required to do so on their websites. Photograph: Evan Hurd/Getty Images

Car makers are making the process of searching for a fuel-efficient car “like looking for a needle in a haystack” by burying CO2 figures for their models online, experts and campaigners claimed today.

A report from the government’s Energy Saving Trust, Friends of the Earth Europe and We are Futureproof, said car companies are failing consumers with “confusing” websites.

Opposition seeks migration rethink

admin /24 January, 2010

Opposition seeks migration rethink STEPHANIE PEATLING January 24, 2010   AUSTRALIA should consider whether immigration levels can continue to remain at existing levels as part of a comprehensive population policy to determine how many people the country can support, the federal Opposition says. Infrastructure, housing and environmental sustainability should be considered when setting the numbers Continue Reading →

Glowing walls could kill off the light bulb

admin /23 January, 2010

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Qatar to use biofuels? What about the country’s energy consumption?

admin /23 January, 2010

Qatar to use biofuels? What about the country’s energy consumption?

Qatar announces the future use of biofuels on its airline, but its domestic carbon emissions are shockingly free and easy

 

Qatar's West Bay financial district in Doha is the grand project of the Emir

Qatar’s West Bay financial district in Doha. The country has the highest per capita carbon emissions in the world. Photograph: Gavin Hellier / Alamy

Qatar made the news twice this week. First, the Manchester United squad flew out to the Gulf state for a few days to get in some training without the hassle of snow – hoping to revive their fortunes after a draw with Birmingham City . Second, it announced a “major environmental initiative” aimed at curbing the carbon emissions of its national airline through the use of biofuel.

They won’t actually be cutting emissions any time soon, of course. Those are soaring, because, bucking the global recession, the airline expects to carry 11% more passengers in the current year.

But the airline is doing an analysis to see if it might one day start burning biofuels. Perhaps the biofuels will be grown on the huge chunk of farmland the state controversially wants to buy in Kenya.