Why are trees dying more quickly?

It seems that trees, those great stores of carbon, are not living as long as they used to live, and the climate changes seem to be making it more difficult for some trees to keep on living in some regions.

Enconomic boom causes environmental bust

It has been hard not to think about the economic crisis now gripping the world. After many years of high growth and plenty of boom, but only for the select few, we are now finding that the boom has been unsustainable. The economics of greedy unsustainable growth catches up in the end and we find [...]

Who should service your gas boiler

Installing and servicing gas appliances is a job that should be done by trained engineers. When you install a gas boiler in your home you are delivering large amounts of volatile fuel, which can cause injury, through explosions, or even death in case of leaks. Poor ventilation can give rise to carbon monoxide build up, [...]

Common problems with Gas Boilers – why you may suddenly lose hot water or space heat

I wrote recently about why your condensing boiler may suddenly stop working in very cold weather, and it has proved to be very popular. I asked our Genersys engineer, Chris Flaherty, what is a common problem this time of the year and he explained that you may suddenly experience loss or hot water or loss [...]

Developing a lower carbon estate – the Greenhouse project in Leeds

It is good to see that a new development has started in Leeds which will use many types of renewable energy. The development, going under the name of “Greenhouse” will comprise some 170 flats as well as offices in South Leeds, when it has been finished. Although the developers claim that the project will be [...]

Climate change; how humans are evolving into parasites

We live on our planet and have throughout the time when we have been living here lived as part of a complex process, getting our sustenance from the planet and when we die providing sustenance for the planet. It has been a balanced process, but we have been very successful in sharing the same table [...]

Dr Steve Chu and Ed Miliband; compare and contrast

It is interesting to compare and contrast (as my teachers used to ask me to do in my homework) the United Kingdom’s various energy ministers appointed by the Labour Government with President Obama’s appointment of an Energy Secretary. Mr Obama has appointed Dr Steven Chu to run energy. Dr Chu has been a scientist all [...]

How London’s climate has changed

If you have never been to London do you know what is climate is like? I have lived in London, where I was born and during my lifetime London has always enjoyed a temperate climate although the climate of London has been affected by the activities of humans, just like the climates of other great [...]

Climate change and government inaction

I do not often agree with the Energy Savings Trust, which I think tends to serve as an organisation that gets more public funding than it merits, having regard to its results, but When Phillp Sellwod, Chief Executive of the Energy Savings Trust recently criticised the Government he and I were singing off the same [...]