EU Gives Automakers More Time to Cut Emissions
European Union member states agreed to delay new rules that would limit greenhouse gas emissions produced by new vehicles. The regulations will take effect in 2015 instead of 2012.
Archive for November 7th, 2008
View from the lab: US presidential election maths does not add up
Whatever the outcome of the US election, it certainly won’t be fair, says Steve Jones.
Beekeepers protest outside Downing Street
Britain will suffer “agricultural disaster” unless more money is put into discovering what it killing the nation’s bees, the Government has been warned.
‘Show workers the bottom line’, Envirowise says
Bosses should tell their employees how much they are shelling out for gas, electricity, water and recycling to encourage them to reduce the impact of their business.
Vitamin B supplements could prevent Alzheimer’s memory loss
Patients with Alzheimer’s disease have been given fresh hope as scientists discover that off the shelf vitamin B supplement halts memory loss.
Will this footprint leave its mark?
Finally, there’s a standard for carbon footprinting products. But Duncan Clark wonders whether it is too complicated to catch on
Two opportunities to stop Heathrow expansion
With the decision on
Heathrow’s third runway expected this year (honest), the atmosphere in Westminster is heating up.
Both opposition parties
have come out strongly against the third runway; rebel Labour backbenchers are
increasingly joining
the opposition; there are signs that the cabinet is split over the decision;
and the new transport secretary Geoff Hoon has called for a parliamentary
debate on [...]
Energy Agency warns of 6?C rise in temperatures
The International Energy Agency says that our rate of oil consumption could result in temperature rises that are more than the environment can cope with
Dried Mushrooms Slow Climate Warming In Northern Forests
The fight against climate warming has an unexpected ally in mushrooms growing in dry spruce forests covering Alaska, Canada, Scandinavia and other northern regions, a study finds. These findings could influence global climate change predictions and policy.
Turning on the heat
I do think a lot of people keep their homes too warm and that that too much heating is wasted, writes Julia Hailes.