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Pete Smith @ November 17, 2007 # No Comment Yet
The World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD) has published an ‘Issue Brief’ on biofuels. The document, the first output from WBSCD’s new workstream on clean energy technology, provides an overview of biofuel production and use with a special focus on the transport sector. It describes first and second generation biofuels and explores their [...]
Pete Smith @ November 14, 2007 # 9 Comments
Today’s the day! The inaugural service from Eurostar’s new home at the refurbished St Pancras station departs for Paris at 11:01 a.m.
The ‘Green Eurostar’ will be packed with people who have made a “positive environmental impact”, VIPs, journalists, Friends of the Earth staff, and the lucky winners of a competition for two of the [...]
Pete Smith @ October 31, 2007 # 7 Comments
Picture from Seat.com
But not as dull as SEAT, who say on the one hand “The spirit of competition comes with a price: responsibility. SEAT has always been acutely aware of this in regard to sustainability and protection of the environment” and on the other hand urge idiots to drive all over the landscape in [...]
Pete Smith @ July 26, 2007 # 15 Comments
UK supermarkets are in the front line when it comes to environmental matters. Food miles , Fair Trade, packaging, GM v organic, none of these issues make their lives any easier, and they still have to turn a profit on behalf of their shareholders.
It’s good to see that Sainsbury’s is making a decent effort to [...]
Pete Smith @ June 26, 2007 # 4 Comments
A report from the Energy Savings Trust finds that adopting Green Fleet Management practices could save UK firms £2.6bn on their company car schemes, often a business’s second largest overhead.
The “Behind The Wheel” report reveals a significant indifference from many companies to the impact their fleets have on the environment and, perhaps more surprisingly, on [...]
Pete Smith @ June 23, 2007 # 7 Comments
Ethanol is promoted as a sustainable, clean-burning and eco-friendly fuel that will reduce pollution and global warming. A study from Stanford University suggests that large-scale moves away from gasoline to ‘alternative’ fuels containing a high proportion of ethanol would lead to an increase in numbers of respiratory-related deaths and hospitalizations.
A series of computer [...]
Pete Smith @ June 21, 2007 # 5 Comments
Fresh from slagging off the Worldwide Fund For Nature for their hypocritical approach towards waste and recycling, it seemed only fair to give them a bit of credit for some of the good work they do. As part of their ‘One Planet Living‘ campaign, WWF have revived the idea of the ecological footprint, which gives [...]
Pete Smith @ June 8, 2007 # 9 Comments
An article at bbc.co.uk speculates on the implications of David Beckham’s recent rehabilitation as an England soccer player. Let’s assume Beckham retains his place in the side for the remaining European qualifying matches and the 2008 Finals. Once he makes his move to California to play for LA Galaxy, his England commitments alone will require [...]
Pete Smith @ May 9, 2007 # 13 Comments
A few months ago on The Coffee House, we featured the G-Wiz, an Indian-made electric vehicle that has proved increasingly popular amongst urban drivers eager to avoid congestion charges. The distributors claim that, on average, they are selling one to two cars a day in London. We have no figures on how many of [...]
Pete Smith @ May 5, 2007 # 11 Comments
We live about 1/2 a mile away from a popular primary school, with all the usual associated problems of school run traffic and pressure on parking space in local streets. In order to beat the rush, parents are turning up earlier and earlier. The other day at 2 p.m. I walked up the road on [...]