In a monumental ruling, a British jury acquitted six Greenpeace activists of criminal damage charges stemming from what the activists said was an attempt to shut down a coal-fired power plant. The jury decided that the activists’ action was justifiable because the plant, which emits 20,000 tons of CO2 every day, will hold some blame [...]
‘Eco-Terrorism’ Legitimized by British Court
September 12th, 2008 · No Comments
Tags: · AIB, blog, british, court, eco, environmental, greenpeace, inconvenient, legitimized, terrorism
Climate change causes birds to lay eggs early
August 17th, 2008 · No Comments
Climate change is making British birds lay their eggs earlier in the year, according to a major survey of how common species are changing their behaviour to cope with warmer temperatures.
Tags: · AIB, birds, blog, british, change, climate, early, eggs, environmental, inconvenient, lay
Foreign plants and animals cause havoc on waterways
August 14th, 2008 · No Comments
Invasive animals and plants which have been released or seed themselves into the wild are causing havoc on the UK’s rivers and canals, according to British Waterways.
Foreign pets such as terrapins, or garden plants such as giant hogweed, are damaging wildlife, and hampering access to banks and towpaths and maintenance of locks, bridges and [...]
Tags: · AIB, animals, blog, british, environmental, foreign, havoc, inconvenient, plants, waterways
This Isn’t What They Meant By Carbon Offsets
August 5th, 2008 · No Comments
The British government has claimed that UK-wide carbon emissions have declined by five percent since the early 90’s – an impressive achievement that appears to validate the idea that economic growth need not involve increased emissions, a key tenet of climate policy.
Tags: · blog, british, carbon, emissions, environment, environmental, export, government, inconvenient, increased, Institute, offsets, stockholm, university, york
Nearly 75 Percent Would Drive an Electric Car
August 4th, 2008 · No Comments
Nearly three-quarters of British motorists would consider driving an electric car, a survey has found. Whether for “green” reasons or to escape congestion charges and the ever-rising cost of fuel, 71 percent of drivers would consider making the switch, it said on Friday. Amongst under-25s that figure rises as high as 81 [...]
Tags: · british, cars, eco, green, motorist
British schools to join carbon trading scheme
July 16th, 2008 · No Comments
Schools are to join airlines, power stations and supermarkets in trading carbon, under British government plans to tackle global warming to be announced on Wednesday.
Tags: · AIB, blog, british, carbon, emissions, environmental, ets, EU, European, inconvenient, scheme, schools, trading, union
Big bakers push supermarkets to add 10p to price of a loaf in face of world wheat shortage
April 24th, 2008 · No Comments
Bread prices could rise by 10% as the big bakery groups try to pass on the rising price of wheat to consumers.
Associated British Foods, which makes Kingsmill bread, said it was in talks to raise the price of a loaf with supermarkets and hopes to agree an increase, which is likely to take effect within [...]
Tags: · associated, bakers, blog, bread, british, environmental, foods, inconvenient, increase, kingsmill
British reality TV crew accused as flu kills four in isolated Peruvian tribe
March 27th, 2008 · No Comments
A British reality TV company has been accused of starting a flu epidemic that left four people from a tribe of isolated Peruvian Indians dead and others seriously ill.
The regional Indian rights organisation Fenama, government officials and a US anthropologist working in the region said in statements seen by the Guardian that a two-person crew [...]
Tags: · accused, british, crew, flu, inconvenient, peruvian, reality, tribe, tv
Virgin’s biofuel is a PR stunt says BA boss
March 17th, 2008 · No Comments
Richard Branson’s promotion of biofuels is a PR stunt and green taxes on aviation are pure opportunism according to the chief executive of British Airways.
As the Queen unveiled Heathrow’s £4.3bn Terminal 5 for BA’s exclusive use, Willie Walsh warned there was no credible alternative to carbon-based fuels for airlines and insisted that taxing the industry [...]
Tags: · airways, biofuel, british, inconvenient, pr, stunt, virgins
Broken door at Heathrow lets Greenpeace in
February 26th, 2008 · No Comments
Greenpeace protestors who staged a demonstration on top of a British Airways jet at Heathrow yesterday have revealed they evaded security at Britain’s largest airport by walking through a broken door.
In an interview with the Guardian, the campaigners said they walked on to the taxiway near the aircraft after finding a set of security doors [...]
Tags: · airways, british, broken, demonstration, door, greenpeace, heathrow, inconvenient
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