The Royal Society for the Protection of Birds sent us this last week. It makes good reading… There is a very serious risk that the renewable transport fuel obligation (RTFO) – a government plan to make manufacturers increase to five per cent the amount of fuel they produce from crops – will raise rather than reduce greenhouse gas emissions because manufacturers do not have to prove that emissions from ‘green’ energy production from biofuels are lower than fossil fuel equivalents. Biofuels could contribute to climate change rather than help tackle it by encouraging the damage of tropical forests and grasslands, which are important for storing carbon and for wildlife. Dr Mark Avery, the RSPB’s Director of Conservation, said: “Biofuels could have a role to play in fighting climate change in the future, but the current lack of safeguards means that this measure could hasten climate change. It will also be expensive and risks destroying important wildlife habitats. “Other measures such as better vehicle efficiency, enforcing motorway speed limits and increasing the use of greener transport would be far more effective in cutting emissions.” The government believes the RTFO will cut carbon emissions by between 0.7 and 0.8 million tonnes yet research by its own transport advisors, the Commission for Integrated Transport, predicted similar savings if drivers complied with motorway speed limits, at a much lower cost and environmental risk.

Greenbang’s heading down to this BT financial services green event at the Tate Modern later today. If you’re going down, come and say hello.

Greenbang is doing backflips at this. You’ve got to see it. Go on, it’s only two minutes. It’s a shame about that man’s voice,

E.ON, the power firm, is calling for entries for its EnergyLab competition with a prize of £10,000. Philippa Forrester, who Greenbang used to fancy

We say no more…

An actress that Greenbang rather likes, for, err, various reasons, on the environmental movement: “I never got into the environmental movement [before] because I

This job sounds like a bit of a cracker, helping to promote new kinds of urban design and architecture in one of London’s boroughs:

American retail colossus Wal-Mart has launched a new website to help it collect ideas on how to cut its environmental impact (and costs). One

Check out this CNBC interview with Shai Agassi, on the back of his start-up that has raised $200m to build out a service station

Greenbang is furious. Already today, he has managed to mess up the contents of his accounting spreadsheet and delete a Greenbang film he made