Green Living
Anti-green agenda splits Coalition
Michael McCarthy and Oliver Wright: Mr Osborne is the leader of an increasingly influential faction willing to sacrifice green policies.
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BP faces challenge to Shetland drilling
Wednesday, 26 October 2011
BP's "public consultation" over its plan for a controversial deepwater oil well off the coast of Shetland, closed this month, has been reopened by Chris Huhne, for further comments.
UN close to ban on West's toxic waste exports
Sunday, 23 October 2011
Sarah Morrison and Paul Carsten: Deal is struck to stop poor nations becoming global dump.
Government's drive to boost electric car sales falls flat
Saturday, 22 October 2011
A government plan to make 2011 "the year the electric car took off" appears to have stalled, with uptake of a scheme to promote sales of environmentally friendly vehicles falling dramatically.
Fossil fuel energy bills to soar
Monday, 17 October 2011
Household electricity bills could be pushed up by around £300 a year by 2020 as a result of a continued reliance on fossil fuels to provide energy, environmentalists claimed today.
The night I ate out...of a bin
Saturday, 15 October 2011
We throw out £17bn of food each year. Is it all inedible? Charlie Cooper joins the 'freegans' who live on little else.
BP to pump £4.5bn into North Sea projects
Friday, 14 October 2011
Tom Bawden: The oil giant is keen to boost North Sea production in the wake of the Gulf of Mexico spill.
BP faces fierce backlash from green groups over new oil well
Thursday, 13 October 2011
Michael McCarthy: Campaigners warn that wildlife at Shetland site would be at 'significant risk' from any spill.
How do I change a bike inner tube?
Thursday, 13 October 2011
More than a million people started cycling last year and nearly 13 million weekend riders and daily commuters battle for space on British roads. But how many of us know how to change an inner tube at the side of the road?
BP to risk worst ever oil spill in Shetlands
Wednesday, 12 October 2011
BP prepares to drill more than 4,000 feet down in the Atlantic in wildlife-rich British waters off the Shetland Islands.
Virgin Atlantic planes will use 'green' fuel
Tuesday, 11 October 2011
Sir Richard Branson promised today to introduce a new "green" aviation fuel on Virgin Atlantic planes within two to three years.
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