FOI reveals half of NHS trusts are charging ahead with EV infrastructure, but off...
According to figures released on 17 June by power management firm Eaton, half (51%) of NHS trusts in the UK have installed EV Charging...
Updated climate commitments ahead of COP26 summit fall far short, but net zero pledges...
New and updated climate commitments fall far short of what is needed to meet the goals of the Paris Agreement, leaving the world on...
Innovative aeration promises wastewater energy savings
Phil Burge of Swedish bearings company SKF explains a new aeration blower solution, and its potential to lower energy costs, improve operational efficiency and...
Government’s Net Zero Strategy is a major step forward, says CCC
The UK Government’s new Net Zero Strategy sets out for the first time how the Government intends to halve UK emissions in little over...
Line walking limits
Most consumers across the world are supplied with gas via local distribution networks which vary in size depending on the country. In the UK there is 280,000 kilometres of pipework; in France 170,000 kilometres and in the US over 3 million kilometres.
Researchers aim to reduce carbon footprint of process which feeds 40% of the world
A new research project is setting out to investigate how to make an industrial process which helps feed nearly half the world’s population more...
Airports’ decarbonisation plans remain intact despite Covid-19 impacts, says report
A study by researchers at the University of Surrey and Heathrow Airport appears to show that the disruption to airport operators caused by Covid-19...
Net zero by 2050 is “too little too late”: Scientists make a case for...
A report published on 26 August by an independent group of experts warns that reaching net zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050 is now...
Transport and logistics sector plan to reach net zero by 2050
The Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport (CILT) believes its sector “can achieve net-zero by 2050” through a range of measures recommended to government...
A belt and braces approach to H2S
Gas monitoring expert a1-cbiss offers a few thoughts on hydrogen sulphide emissions: The problems they present, how best to monitor them, and how such...
Oil and gas firms committed to radical reinvention expect dramatically greater growth, says report
Report identifies best practices for reinvention and notes that industry leaders expect transformative impact from cloud and a boost in value from low-carbon businesses
The...
Time to put the foot down?
A decarbonisation rate of 11.7% per annum is now required to keep warming within 1.5°C according to new analysis from PwC in December
UK fusion partnership aims to accelerate net zero progress
A memorandum of understanding was signed on 30 March between The University of Manchester and the UK Atomic Energy Authority (UKAEA), intended to kick...
UK’s most sustainable cities ranked in new report
Southern cities outperform rest of UK in terms of environmental sustainability
New report: what investors need to know to accelerate green transition in climate intensive...
In a new report from Stockholm Sustainable Finance Centre, sustainability experts give an overview of what they believe is required to achieve net zero...
Stop perverse climate impact of biomass by radically reforming CO2 accounting rules, says advisory...
Several European countries who are considered leaders in climate protection owe their apparently good emission reductions to biomass. These might turn out to look...
The case for concrete
Stuart Crisp examines some of the environmental issues that need to be considered in waste water pipe specification
Government targets are behind a relentless drive...
UN shipping agency criticised for fiddling while Arctic melts
A proposal to develop weak non-binding “goal-based guidelines” on pollution prevention in connection with black carbon emissions from ships using heavy fuel oil in...
Ashtead Technology at the Air Quality and Emissions Show
The Ashtead Technology stand at AQE 2013, the Air Quality and Emissions Show this month features a range of the latest air monitoring instruments,...
Time for adaptation?
"The Glasgow COP is going to fail us," writes Rupert Read in one of the essays in a new collection, Climate Adaptation. Speaking at the launch of the book in Glasgow on 30 October, he shared some of his views on the measures that might constitute a successful COP, or a not-entirely-disastrous-one, at least.
