Posted on October 31, 2007 by robertkyriakides
If you think I have exaggerated the Government’s lack of commitment to saving carbon emissions or if you think I have been unfair to them, try to log on to the low carbon building programme’s website for householders. This gives information about grants available for those who want to invest in household renewable energy and [...]
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Posted on October 31, 2007 by robertkyriakides
Hilary Benn, the Environment Secretary, has announced that the Government will amend its draft Climate Change Bill.The Bill originally set out legally binding targets for reducing carbon dioxide emissions in the UK by at least 60 per cent by 2050 and 26 to 32 per cent by 2020 based on a new system of “carbon [...]
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Posted on October 30, 2007 by robertkyriakides
Local authorities are going to be allowed to charge people according to the amounts of rubbish that they throw away, in an effort to reduce land fill fines that the UK would otherwise have to pay to the European Union. Some people have dubbed this as a “pay as you throw” tax, others have said [...]
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Posted on October 29, 2007 by robertkyriakides
I wrote this for H&V News, and lots of people wrote to me saying that they agreed with my sentiments. It will be an interesting start to my weblog.
Some truths are virtually self evident; one is that climate change is the greatest challenge facing the world today which we can only really mitigate by emitting [...]
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