Comments for Greenbang

Comment on Survey: Firms not doing enough to cut carbon by Fabian Pattberg

Fabian Pattberg — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 12:37:45 +0000

Thanks for this article. Very useful. I believe that this is even worse then in this article highlighted. Companies are absolutely unaware of their impacts unfortunately.

Comment on Carbon Trust expands access to £100 million in loans by Ross

Ross — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 12:17:22 +0000

What they don’t mention in the press release, but leave hidden in the terms at the bottom, is that they’ve also changed the eligibility criteria of the loans so that more businesses can apply.

Comment on UK, Norway to study North Sea carbon storage by jane

jane — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 10:47:48 +0000

i would like to know the stirage of oil and gas at north sea and britain in general. i would like these in numbers

Comment on Report IDs ‘easy wins’ for cutting footprints of ’60s flats by Roger

Roger — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 06:24:08 +0000

This is a good project, as it means lower national CO2 emissions as well as lower bills for the residents. In other words, everybody wins. The timeframe is good too; 2015 is close enough for this strategy to have a big impact in a short time frame.

Comment on It’s Super Fibre: Five high-tech uses for hemp by Mike Roberts

Mike Roberts — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 06:41:09 +0000

Delighted to see the profile given to hemp; unfortunately the article understates the position of hemp in the UK market.The UK’s largest hemp processing business, Hemcore, has just been bought by Lime Technology, who are one of the partners behind Hemcrete. This carbon negative building material is proven in the UK (the photo shown was of The Renewable House recently completed at the Building Research Establishment near Watford) and has been used in many houses, as well as passive temperature controlled warehouses for Adnams and The Wine Society and a new building for the Centre for Alternative Technology in Machynlleth.Lime Technology are focussed on taking Hemcrete into the mainstream and are also likely to significantly expand other areas of hemp usage in the UK with major investment in the next 6-12 months.There is little new in this, as hemp has hundreds of legitimate uses which mankind have valued hugely over the centuries.

Comment on Virtually waterless washer could hit market in 2010 by Robert Amsbury

Robert Amsbury — Sun, 28 Jun 2009 08:51:45 +0000

The idea of reducing environmental impact of washers is fantastic, but am I missing something? What about all the nylon beads? Exactly how reuasble are these - if they need to be regularly replaced then this could mean load smore plastic consumption…

Comment on Polluting cars to carry cigarette-style warnings? by lovetosmoke

lovetosmoke — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 15:56:38 +0000

Ecigs are the way to go if you really want to stop smoking or if you want a healthy alternative to smoking.

Comment on Over the edge: Climate scientists reach tipping point by Douglas Owens-Pike

Douglas Owens-Pike — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 17:05:26 +0000

Will you be wondering in ten years why we listened to naysayers afraid to spend on the transition to clean energy or enjoying progress toward a more egalitarian, green economy?
If you have any coastal property you might want to side with those urging action, but being labeled kooks by the forces resistant to change.

Comment on Insulation, green energy could bring 70,000 jobs by Roger

Roger — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 10:52:34 +0000

It’s just common sense. This is energy use reduction, and it needs to be implemented not just in cooler climates but everywhere.

Comment on Over the edge: Climate scientists reach tipping point by Amanda Inglis

Amanda Inglis — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 09:27:00 +0000

Oxfam are reporting that the effects of cliamte change are being felt now by poor people around the world.

There is an opportunity to get involved and add your voice to the current Oxfam campaign to help reduce global warming by adding support to Oxfam’s climate change campaign