According to the BBC, officials have announced that the UK will struggle to meet the EU targets that then-Prime Minister Tony Blair signed to in March on renewable energy - if it reaches them at all. The BBC reports on how the Guardian has internal briefings from officials to ministers, that suggest that the UK [...]

Campaigners for cleaner skies are demonstrating and spreading awareness at a camp that is being set up at Heathrow airport - on the proposed third runway that is set to be built as part of a general airport expansion programme.
It is opened tomorrow (Tuesday 14th August) for a week long, with the intention of [...]

Where previously scientists have predicted that there will be a rise of 6 degrees by 2100, they have failed to predict climate change over the next few years with very much confidence.
A team of British scientists have overcome some of the difficulties of accurately forecasting near-term global warming and have created some high-resolution models for [...]

Last week’s Economist magazine had a thoughtful article about the slow growth of the European Emissions Trading System, here.
“Last year, after the price of European allowances plunged, New Carbon Finance, a research firm, and Cantor CO2e, a brokerage, surveyed 452 participants in the ETS. The price had fallen because it had become obvious that governments [...]

BuildingAndEngineer.co.uk announced today that Birmingham City Council is adopting the Government’s 2016 Commitment Campaign for greener housing, aimed at building houses with zero carbon emissions.
“Birmingham council will now work alongside developers and construction firms to introduce environmentally-friendly heating, and power and building techniques as part of the Government-led initiative.”
By 2016, all new houses in Birmingham [...]