Green Living
Gardeners urged to stop using peat-based compost
Extraction releases huge amounts of CO2 into atmosphere
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Green car incentives may be a victim of their own success
Tuesday, 9 March 2010
Government efforts to encourage motorists to buy greener cars are proving so successful they are raising concerns that tax breaks for cleaner vehicles may have to be re-jigged.
Fury as EU approves GM potato
Thursday, 4 March 2010
Critics claim plant could spread antibiotic-resistant diseases to humans
Government plans 'green loans' to make homes more efficient
Tuesday, 2 March 2010
Plans for "green loans" to help householders make their homes more energy efficient by installing technology such as solar panels and insulation were announced by the Government today.
Cyclo-therapy: 'Even when you're armed with a decent lock and find a rack, it’s often cluttered or in a theft hotspot'
Saturday, 27 February 2010
Perhaps inevitably, I've become something of a cycling consultant in the offices of The Independent.
Mitsubishi to invest £100m in UK wind turbine research
Friday, 26 February 2010
Mitsubishi Power Systems Europe (MPSE) is investing £100m in offshore wind turbine research in Britain and will create up to 200 jobs by 2014.
Mitsubishi to invest £100 million in UK wind turbine centre
Thursday, 25 February 2010
Hundreds of new jobs are to be created under a £100 million investment in a new wind turbine research centre, it was announced today.
The Big Question: How big is the problem of electronic waste, and can it be tackled?
Wednesday, 24 February 2010
Waste not... Britain is lagging behind other countries in renewable sources
Sunday, 21 February 2010
One of the most promising solutions to the UK's mounting waste problems is under threat after the Government set the price it will pay for electricity generated from organic waste too low, green campaigners claimed yesterday.
Windfarm blade plant to open on Tyneside
Friday, 19 February 2010
US company Clipper plans first British factory in jobs boost for the North-east
Seeds of discontent: the 'miracle' crop that has failed to deliver
Monday, 15 February 2010
A new 'ethical' biofuel is damaging the impoverished people it was supposed to help
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