More news this week that the digital revolution is fundamentally changing the way we buy books, with Amazon reporting that sales of its e-books are now far outstripping those of hardbacks. So isn’t it inevitable that other ways of imparting words and information in paper form are going to decline too, and move to electronic… Continue reading
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Will U.K.'s ambitious CO2 targets boost green jobs?
Someone, or some company, somewhere in the UK (or, not quite so good, an overseas firm which now sees opportunity here) will do well out of a bold and possibly historic announcement made in Parliament yesterday (May 17, 2011). The UK government pledged to halve carbon dioxide ( Co2) emissions, setting the most ambitious targets… Continue reading →
World's most famous yellow cab goes green
New York taxis may be coloured the most cheer-you-up buttercup yellow, but lift the bonnet on the new model and you will find the brightest shade of green. New York’s new cabs will do double the mileage of the existing model and, from 2017, there will be a version able to run solely on electricity…. Continue reading →
Duke of Cambridge hauls in the green plaudits
Any pub called the Duke of Cambridge will have been basking in fame-by-association since Royal Wedding Day. They will be picking up trade from casual, impulse visitors as long as the rosy glow of that glittering occasion lasts. But what if the namesake pub already has a menu to boast about? Carrying the new title… Continue reading →
Slow start for electric car revolution
There’s been a slow start to the UK’s electric car revolution. 534 electric vehicles (EVs) were registered to the government’s plug-in car grant during the first quarter of 2011. So far, 213 have been delivered, mainly Nissan Leafs. UK government junior transport minister Norman Baker revealed the figures to Parliament. A government-funded incentive scheme, paying… Continue reading →
First film in the UK of a genuinely Co2-free drive?
I try hard not to look at YouTube, and other video content on the web to the course of a working day. It’s distracting, and I find it a slow way to gather information. But just occasionally I see something quite compelling, that informs me in a way that written material cannot. I followed a… Continue reading →