Author Archives: Guiomar

A vegetable garden can do more than save you money — it can save the world. At TEDxDirigo Roger Doiron shows how gardens can re-localize our food and feed our growing population… http://www.ted.com/talks/roger_doiron_my_subversive_garden_plot.html

The electricity industry regulator, Ofgem, has published proposals which could lead to a big drop in the amount renewable energy generators in Scotland pay to connect to the grid… http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-16274417

Does the UK have a “silent majority” in support of further investment in renewables? You wouldn’t necessarily think so if you listen to the very vocal, media-driven opposition against, say, wind power, but a recent YouGov survey commissioned by the … Continue reading →

The world’s biggest greenhouse gas emitters, China, the US and India, will be legally bound for the first time to cut their emissions in a new international climate change treaty to be signed by 2015 and to come into force … Continue reading →

Canada pulls out of Kyoto protocolMinisters argue process does not cover US and China – the two biggest emitters – and that Canada cannot meet targets… http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2011/dec/13/canada-pulls-out-kyoto-protocol?intcmp=122

The world is on track for a comprehensive global treaty on climate change for the first time after agreement was reached at talks in Durban, South Africa in the early hours of Sunday morning… http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2011/dec/11/global-climate-change-treaty-durban?INTCMP=SRCH    

A British government decision to underwrite a billion-dollar loan to one of the world’s biggest oil companies came under fire from environmentalists last night. Groups including WWF and Greenpeace accused ministers of reneging on a pledge not to support investment … Continue reading →