Environmental stories tagged with: E ON

There are some great deals on offer these days for cars and vans of all sizes, but don't let the initial cost of the vehicle detract from running costs and the environment.

Farmers across the tropics might raze forests to plant biofuel crops, according to new research by Holly Gibbs, a postdoctoral researcher at Stanford University's Woods Institute for the Environment.

If you're a teacher you are probably always on the look out for teaching resources. General Motors (an unlikely source we know) has created an education website that offers teachers and students resources and activities that highlight energy, environment and sustainability topics.

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.

Wind power can be integrated so successfully into the Dutch energy grid that power stations will be able to cope with variations in demand at any time in the future, as long as proper use is made of up-to-date wind forecasts, a PhD student has discovered.

A consortium of leading energy suppliers, electronic companies and academics have formed to develop smart grid technologies on the Danish Island of Bornholm to foster large scale adoption of electric powered vehicles using sustainable energy.

Londoners eat a staggering eight billion meals a year and produce nearly 19 million tonnes of greenhouse gas emissions, a report reveals.

A brand new initiative for Perth and Kinross is offering the chance to recycle broken or unwanted bicycles, with the refurbished bikes being made available to all at reduced prices.

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.

Scottish householders will be able to install their own energy generating equipment, including solar panels, without planning permission following a Scottish Government consultation on planning reforms aimed at increasing renewable energy generation and cutting emissions.

When you take your dead television to the municipal tip you expect it to go through a responsible process of recycling. However, a three-year investigation has shown that the only process one TV went through was to be loaded into a container headed for Nigeria.