by Paul Forrester, Recticel Insulation With the publication of a single report – ‘Fixing the Foundations: Creating a More Prosperous Nation’ – the Conservative government performed a U-turn on policy first announced in 2007 and decreed that zero carbon homes are no...
There’s been a fairly significant shift of emphasis at the climate talks in Doha. Poor countries, which are already suffering the serious effects of worldwide rising temperatures, now have a ‘pledge’ from rich nations that they will be ‘compensated’ to restore some of...
When you are not busy home improving, you might like to keep your eye on the ‘mysterious travels’ of the great white shark and other magnificent marine creatures? A sleek, unmanned Wave Glider robot has been deployed off the US coast near San Francisco which is the...
Can we safely steer ourselves and all the other living creatures on the planet to a place where the environment is both stable and able to support our modern global economy? Science clearly shows that we are changing the world in ways that may jeopardize our own...
The UK has suffered two years of drought and the latest heavy rain, whilst it has left most reservoirs nearly 80% full, they are far from solving our water crises. In fact, Lord Smith of Finsbury, chairman of the Environment Agency says the nation’s supplies remain in...
Following last month’s publication of consultative documents, a report from the UK Energy Research Centre is said to welcome proposal within the Green Deal to stimulate the use of solid wall insulation. Also it praises the detailed consultation on some of the...
Along with Chris Huhne, Secretary of State for Energy & Climate Change and many others, the National Home Improvement Council welcomes the downward direction of fuel costs. Huhne says: “Households have faced real difficulties this winter after last year’s global...
Today’s report on the reduction of solar panel Feed-in Tariffs by the Energy & Climate Change Committee chaired by Tim Yeo, MP, focuses on a major embarrassment for the Government? Yeo says: “There is no question that solar subsidies need to be urgently reduced...
Global warming will always be centre stage because keeping it under strict surveillance is so vital to our small planet’s future and all of its people. Durban in South Africa provided the latest platform for important climate change discussion by 194 countries, yet...