The Prime Minister is asking people to turn off their old lights and switch to energy efficient lightbulbs in the battle to beat climate change.
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Gordon Brown wants us all to turn green to battle climate change
Race for Nuclear Britain begins - First Nuclear power station coming soon
The race to a nuclear future began last night, as operators promised the first new power stations within a decade, and French and British companies vied for the contracts. Ministers ended years of uncertainty by declaring that nuclear power was “clean, secure and affordableâ€.
The dearly departed encouraged to do their bit for global warming
A local authority on the edge of Greater Manchester has noted that one group of Britons are failing to do their bit to reduce Britain's Carbon emissions. Tameside Council have suggested that heat from the burning bodies at Dukinfield Crematorium can be used to heat the building, which needs heating when mourners went to commit their oved one.
Nasa images show climate change from space
Clouds on the outer edge of the Earth’s atmosphere in space are operating as an “exquisite†temperature gauge monitoring climate change.
Climate change deal is sealed in Bali
Negotiators trying to agree a road map for a new international climate change deal finally managed to broker a compromise deal after days of wrangling.
Drought turns Sydney land into dustbowl
The plains west of Sydney are turning to dust because of the hot weather during 2007, said the Bureau of Meteorology.More than 40 per cent of the county's rural income came from the Murray-Darling basin during good years.
Campaigners furious at approval of coal-fired power station
The comeback of coal as an energy source cleared its first hurdle yesterday when a council approved plans for Britain’s first coal-fired power station in 20 years located in Medway, Kent.
Britain's woman recycle chief trying to change our habits
She’s the Mrs Beeton of recycling. Liz Goodwin is Britain's recycler-in-chief, the woman tasked with changing habits and stopping us clogging up landfill sites.
Environment TAX on business could raise millions of pounds if CO2 emission permits are auctioned
An environmental “stealth tax†on business could raise hundreds of million of pounds for the taxman over the next five years through the auction of a large chunk of the next round of carbon emission permits.
Bali climate talks go into extra time
United Nations climate change summit held in Bali went past its deadline yesterday. American and European ministers tried to reach a deal on Washington’s opposition to mandatory limits on greenhouse gas emissions.
GREEN MYTHS- Recycling isn't anything like as eco-friendly as we think
In some cases, recycling is unquestionably the best option. We have, after all, been melting down and recycling metals since long before the word recycling was invented, because it has made economic sense to do so. But to make a blanket assumption that only recycling can save the planet, as current policy says, owes more to religion than science.
Gordon Brown goes Green with plans to tackle global warming and climate change
Gordon Brown will insist today that Britain must be a world leader in the fight against climate change - hinting that more ambitious reductions in greenhouse gas emissions may be necessary.
In his first major speech on the environment since becoming Prime Minister, he will underscore the need to act immediately to combat global warming.
Despite claims that he has been under pressure to curb commitments to reducing carbon emissions Mr Brown will stress he is looking at the possibility of making them even tougher in the UK.