Nottingham Council pilots 150 carbon neutral homes
Nottingham City Council is the first local authority to adopt Energiesprong, a Netherlands-based approach that makes homes more energy-efficient. Energiesprong
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UK must tackle wasted energy to cut emissions, report says
117 million tonnes of UK emissions were created in 2018 by wasted energy, primarily through inefficiencies in buildings, according to
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Why Black Friday needs to get greener
With Black Friday coming up this week (November 27), Environment Journal wanted to investigate the environmental consequences of this shopping frenzy.
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Advent calendars pose major environmental and recycling problems
Waste and recycling company BusinessWaste estimates there are 16.5 million advent calenders containing single-use plastics in circulation this year, enough
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IKEA announces £170m investment to become climate positive
IKEA has announced a £170m investment into 100% renewable energy whilst also removing carbon from the atmosphere through reforestation projects.
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Recycling wind turbine parts could provide savings of up to 40%
Engineers are currently developing a way to recycle wind-turbine parts in order to contribute to a more circular economy by
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Over half of adults feel ‘green guilt’ while at work
61% of adults experience feelings of guilt for the environmental impact of the industry or job they work in, according
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Crop fertilisers are responsible for an increase of N2O in the atmosphere
The use of nitrogen fertiliser and nitrogen-fixing crops has led to a significant increase of nitrous oxide (N2O) in the
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Easyjet to offset all emissions from flights
UK-based airline Easyjet has announced today (November 19) that they will be offsetting all carbon emissions from their flights, but
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Is there an environmentally friendly way to die?
Rituals of burying the dead are universal across cultures and civilisations, with the first-ever funeral recorded in 60,000 BC with
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Deforestation responsible for the increase in Amazon fires, study says
The number of active fires in the Amazon rainforest this August was three times higher than during the same period
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Bamboo to create more energy efficient buildings
Researchers at the University of Cambridge have found that bamboo can help to design more sustainable and energy-efficient buildings. The
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The EU Bank will stop funding fossil fuels by 2021
The board of the European Investment Bank (EIB) agreed last week (November 14) a new energy lending policy with an
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New tyre labelling system will generate huge energy savings
The EU Parliament, Council and Commission came to a political agreement yesterday (November 14) on tyre labelling in order to
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Battery powered robots to deliver plant-based milk to consumers
A robot that delivers plant-based milk to households has launched in Milton Keynes on Tuesday (November 12). Plenish, a dairy-free
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Policy changes are necessary to reduce dependency on fossil fuels, report says
Although society is shifting towards renewable energy, the pace isn’t fast enough to offset the impacts of economic expansion and a
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Just 10% of the world’s energy companies have plans to reach net-zero
Just 13 out of 132 of the world’s largest coal, electricity and oil and gas companies have made commitments to
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Eco-friendly greenhouse to change the way we produce food
Work on a £120m greenhouse project that will reduce CO2 emissions and bring hundreds of jobs to West Suffolk has
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Electric vehicles could be used to harness energy for other appliances
Researchers at Northumbria University have come up with a system that allows electric vehicles (EVs) to store renewable energy when
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London e-bike company celebrates a million rides
According to the electric bike company Lime, e-bikes have helped Londoners save 92 metric tonnes of CO2 since their launch
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