Environmental stories tagged with: economy

Mazda Hydrogen RX-8

Gas tank of the future takes a step closer

Friday, 27th February 2009, 12:07 pm
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.
Insulation

Create 150,000 jobs by combating climate change

Friday, 23rd January 2009, 2:50 pm
Up to 150,000 new jobs could be created through investment in the low-carbon economy, according to a new report published by the LGA today.
  Smog in the City

The Committee on Climate Change recommends unilateral emissions reduction

Monday, 1st December 2008, 5:22 pm
The Committee on Climate Change (CCC) today urged the Government to commit unilaterally to reducing emissions of all greenhouse gases (GHGs) in the UK by at least 34% in 2020 relative to 1990 levels (21% relative to 2005).
Wind Turbine

China unleashes its Clean Revolution

Friday, 1st August 2008, 2:41 pm
China is already the world's leading renewable energy producer and is over-taking more developed economies in exploiting valuable economic opportunities, creating green-collar jobs and leading development of critical low carbon technologies, says a new report to be published by The Climate Group.
  WWF - Gordon Brown

Prime Minister's First Speach on Climate Change

Monday, 19th November 2007, 5:29 pm
Today, at a seminar hosted by WWF-UK, the Prime Minister, Gordon Brown, declared that his "overriding aim" is to hold the rise in global average temperature to no more than 2°C.  An ambition welcomed by WWF.
Traffic

Blueprint for a Gridlocked Economy

Tuesday, 18th September 2007, 1:04 pm
The RAC Foundation described the road transport aspects of the Conservative "Blueprint for a green Economy" as a "Blueprint for a gridlocked economy" which will stall economic development.
 
 
 
 
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