Environmental stories tagged with: CO

The UK government has published its Kyoto Progress Report in which it claims to be able to surpass, even double, its 2010 target of 12.5% below 1990 levels.

Four activists from environmental action group Climate Rush glued themselves around a statue in the lobby of the Houses of Parliament today. Once fixed they spoke about the impacts of climate change, to the surprise of MPs, civil servants and tourists.

"Eco-Schools for Early Years" has been developed to meet the needs of younger children by creating separate award criteria, new guidance and resources aimed specifically at the 0 to 5 years age group.

The sleepy market town of Penkridge, Staffordshire, was recently aroused to the "oh yeas!" of its town crier Bevan Craddock as he announced the start of building work on an eco-project in the town.

Visitors to Amsterdam can now take cycling up a gear as Hertz introduces electric city scooters to its rental fleet.

The World Development Movement has criticised a UK government plan to put almost £400 million of 'green' aid designed to assist developing countries low carbon development into a World Bank fund that will subsidise new dirty coal power plants.

Chemists have taken us a little further along the road to a hydrogen economy with a storage material that might one day replace the automobile petrol tank.

A new study published in the journal 'Nature' this week reveals, for the first time, that temperature changes over Greenland and in North Atlantic ocean circulation played a central role in abrupt climate change during the last Ice Age.

Local residents are to be given more time to respond to the Government's second eco-towns public consultation after Housing Minister Margaret Beckett today extended the deadline for responses.

So you've been inspired by Grand Designs to build your own eco-house but where do you begin to find out about all those fancy modern eco-friendly materials and products? The Ecobuild exhibition at London's Earls Court.

A new action plan to make fashion more sustainable and less environmentally damaging was launched today at the start of London Fashion Week, by Defra Minister Lord Hunt.