Archive for July, 2007

The people’s view of the war on climate

11th 2007f July, 2007, Jon

Consumers International has teamed up with AccountAbility to assess the attitudes of US and UK consumers towards climate change in a survey to 2,734 people entitled: What Assures Consumers on Climate Change?
The result of this outlines, among many things how consumers in general think that companies do not do enough to prove how much harm [...]

Scientists crackdown on flatulence

10th 2007f July, 2007, Jon

Experts claim cows are responsible for about 3% of Britain’s greenhouse gases.
Scientists conducting a three-year study on the impact of cattle and sheep on global warming claim to have a plausible solution, according to the BBC.
Feeding cattle and sheep garlic could reduce their methane emissions by up to 50%. They are still investigating however if [...]

Low expectations from China

9th 2007f July, 2007, Jon

Lu Xedu, the deputy director-general of China’s Office of Global Environmental Affairs responded to the UK’s draft climate change bill with hesitation to agree, according to the BBC.
Everyone can recognise that it is unfair to impose serious cuts in emissions in a country with so many resposabilities to its people. China is focussing on its [...]