Thursday 26 June 2008

UK plans big wind power expansion

Thousands of new wind turbines could be built across the UK over the coming decade as part of a £100bn plan to boost renewable energy.
Under the government's plans an extra 4,000 onshore and 3,000 offshore turbines will be needed.
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Thursday 19 June 2008

is this what it takes to make us reduce, reuse and recycle?

Read the article to find out what is being proposed.
How does the UK compare to our European neighbours when it comes to reducing our waste output?


More evidence of climate change


Arctic sea ice melt 'even faster'
Read the whole article here

Tuesday 17 June 2008

The price for cheaper fashions


Primark has a reputation for low cost fashions.
Why has the company stopped trading with three Indian companies?
What are the underlying issues?
Read the following article published on 'TIMESONLINE' website

And prior to the Panorama programme on BBC1 on Monday 23rd June, is this article from
The Observer

Fund to save Congo Basin rainforest launched

The Congo Basin Forest Fund has been set up to protect the rainforest by paying African governments and its indigenous people to manage its vast resources sustainably.

The Congo rainforest is the second largest in the world and contains more than a quarter of the planet's remaining tropical rainforest. Every week an area the size of 25,000 football pitches is cut down in the Congo Basin.
The UN warns that two-thirds of this rainforest will be gone by 2040.
It is home to more than 50m people, supports an estimated 10,000 plant species, 1,000 types of birds and 400 different kinds of mammals.

Read more in the Telegraph article Link