New Carbon label in the UK to go live!

Nine major companies are in consulting with the Carbon Trust and BSI British standards to come up with a draft foot-printing standard. Among the government funded initiative are the companies: Cadbury Schweppes, The Co-op, Halifax, Scottish and Newcastle and Kimberly- Clark. Walkers Crisps already carry a prototype label.

Tom Delay, the chief executive of the Carbon Trust chief, said the real interest in the proposal made him “confident that the UK was moving towards

Voracious beetles Wipe out 9 million hectares of pine trees

A huge swarm of pine beetles has created a trail of destruction spanning nine million hectares or 35,000 square miles. British Columbia’s forests have had around 40% of their trees wiped out by the insects, according to a report issued on Monday.

The report by British Columbia’s Ministry of Forests highlights the fact that the infestation has decimated over

Hazy idea? Ask Maria Energia.

Maria Surma Manka, a top expert in US environmental policy and green business answers your questions. If you have a niggling question or gap you need to be filled in on, feel free to drop us an email and Maria will answer it next week!



“Dear Maria, I’ve been hearing the term “carbon neutral” very often in big companies’ marketing marketing material – I just wanted to understand it a bit better. First off, what is carbon neutrality and is there such a thing? Can companies use it as a badge for being green, while aggressively pursuing market share? It does seem somewhat paradoxical. - Mary”

Hi Mary,

“Carbon neutral” means

Petrol Cars will all be banned by 2040 if…

…the UK’s liberal democrat Party has their way. The party has backed a radical series of ideas to fight global warming, even suggesting that petrol powered cars should be banned by 2040.

The lib Dems’ move is seen by many as an attempt to regain a foothold in mainstream politics by becoming radical innovators.

Their leader Sir Menzies Campbell said that the Liberal Democrats were the only party that

Is Al Gore hotter than global warming?

The Emmy’s certainly think so. Six months after grabbing Oscar glory for his eco-documentary “An Inconvenient Truth,” former Vice President Al Gore collected an Emmy on Sunday for his new cable network, Current TV. Below is the video.

The network was launched in 2005, with the idea of users creating video

Arctic ice melt uncovers legendary sea route that connects Europe and Asia.

Explorers have searched for it for centuries and failed. However, it seems that now the Northwest Passage – a legendary sea route that connects Europe and Asia has been uncovered by one of the most unlikely culprits. No not archeologists, not scientists, not explorers, but our malignant little friend: global warming.

The discovery was revealed by satellite images from the European Space Agency. These are snapshots of the devastation that global warming has inflicted on the northerly latitudes. This summer alone, scientists by Leif Toudal Pedersen of the Danish National Space Centre discovered that one million more square kilometers of ice melted in the ocean than last year. This is shocking considering that for the past 10 years Arctic ice has been disappearing at an average rate of

GM Crops only way for India to feed itself, says government

Last week we reported on the potentially negative effects of using genetically modified crops. However, it seems that a large scale cultivation of transgenic crops may be the only solution to India’s fast growing food and land issues according to Mangala Rai, secretary of the Department of Agriculture Research and Education.

In an international conference Mr Rai, said that the production of food from less land would be achieved only through the widespread use of GM crops, stating that “self-sufficiency in food is crucial and the only way to ensure that is to adopt the GM technology. There cannot be two views on the issue.” The official added that “whether we like it or not

Be a greener cleaner

UK households spend hundreds of pounds every year on chemical cleaning products. Many are bad for the environment and your health, as well as being expensive to buy.

Chlorine-based products such as bleaches and detergents transfer the chlorine into the atmosphere when used, as anyone who’s ever been overcome by acrid fumes while bleaching the toilet bowl will know. The chlorine molecules released are known to be a growing contributor to the depletion of the ozone layer.

There are a number of natural alternatives to chemical products that are both safer and

New Solar Plane Breaks Unmanned Plane Record

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London - An unmanned solar-powered aircraft that soared for 54 hours more than 50,000 feet above New Mexico may hold the record for unmanned flight, defense research company QinetiQ announced Monday.

The record is currently 30 hours, 24 minutes in a flight on July 23, the company said.

The plane, the Zephyr UAV, may not hold the official

Let’s all go for a grey whale hunt…or not.

A new scientific study has revealed that the population of Grey whales has decreased by as much as five times in the Pacific from 118,000 to 76,000.

Between 1999 and 2001 the gray whale population suffered an unusual mortality event throughout its geographic range: from Alaska to Baja California, there were frequent reports of stranding and lower calving rates.

Grey whales, which can reach a length of more than

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