Reports on the efforts of several companies to reduce the amount of carbon dioxide they produce in Great Britain. Compliance with the Climate Change Agreements; Provision of exemption from tax o...
“As a country, we have demonstrated we can both rapidly cut carbon emissions, while creating new jobs, new technologies, and future-proof industries that will generate economic growth for decades to come. “The UK’s new emissions target is among the highest in the world and reflects the ur...
UK's CO2 emissions from fossil fuels fell by 2.6 percent in 2017, driven by a 19 percent decline in coal use, according to the Carbon Brief. Coal now accounts for only 5.3 percent of total primary energy consumed in the UK, down from 22 percent in 1995. The British government has pledg...
Reducing Carbon Emissions through Improved Household Energy Efficiency in the UK. Paul Ekins,Andrew Russell,Charlie Hargreaves. Environmental Policy & Planning . 2002Ekins, P., Russel, A. and Hargreaves, C. (2002), "Reducing Carbon Emissions through Improved Household Energy Efficiency in the UK",...
LONDON, Feb. 19 (Xinhua) -- The British government earmarked 90 million pounds (about 117 million U.S. dollars) to tackle emissions from homes and heavy industry and fund Europe's first large scale and low carbon hydrogen plants, the Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy has...
The three firms are piloting experimental, cutting-edge methods for reducing carbon dioxide from the atmosphere under a government-funded scheme Ricardo supports wireless charging for EVs 17 June 2021 | News | Business, Planning & regions, Sustainability, UK A new technology being developed in ...
But what of all the extra electricity needed to power those cars, wouldn't that add some extra emissions? Technically, we found that the switch to electric cars would save 14% from the total carbon emissions. However it would also cause an increase in carbon emissions from electricity power ...
The UK government set a goal to create the world’s first ‘net-zero’ carbon cluster by 2040 at the COP24 (UN climate change talks) in Katowice, Poland. The goal was set with the purpose of cutting down on emissions. The project will receive funds of up to ￡170 million from industr...
Conservationists and leading gardeners have formed the Peat-Free April Campaign, calling on the UK government to ban all peat compost sales. "We absolutely have to reduce carbon emissions. And yet, we're digging up this vital carbon store," said Dave Goulson, professor of...
The UK cut its emissions from electricity production by 25% in 2016, using a strategy many countries could adopt to quickly lower carbon emissions.