20/08/2010 by admin.

New research suggests that simple energy saving measures at home could cut Britain’s CO2 emissions by a third (40 megatonnes a year). This is much higher than previously thought by the government, as the original figures were based on an average emissions rate for all the different types of power station, whereas the power stations that respond to extra demand are usually the higher carbon coal and gas ones.

This new research comes from the Grantham Institute for Climate Change at Imperial College London, and more details can be seen on the Independent website.

Of course, if you want a good list of energy saving ideas in the home, all you need to do is visit the Green Saving Expert website.

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18/08/2010 by admin.

The UK’s Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) has provided a calculator for anybody to use to see what effect different policies would have on the UK’s energy supply in 2050. The government had set a target of reducing CO2 emmissions by 80% by 2050.

The calculator can be found here.

You can also see how Michael McCarthy at the Independent newspaper got on with the calculator here.

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15/08/2010 by admin.

A worrying report suggests that rice yields in Asia could fall with global warming.

Researchers have shown that as night time temperatures increase, rice yields drop.

More details can be found here.

As world population continues to grow, climate change could have a big impact on future food supplies. It is a time bomb just waiting to happen and could have disastrous effects later this century.

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13/08/2010 by admin.

The first seven months of 2010 had the highest global temperatures since records began in 1880, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). They also said that the majority of evidence shows that humans are impacting global warming. More information can be found on Yahoo.

Global climate change is also partly to blame for the Russian heatwave and wildfires around Moscow, according to experts at the UK Met Office and WWF Russia. See the BBC News website for more information.

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01/08/2010 by admin.

In order for the UK to meet energy demands in the coming years, and to meet it’s climate change targets, energy costs will have to rise. Electricity costs could go up by a third, and gas prices could go up by a fifth. More details can be found on the Telegraph website.

The government has said that people will have to make ambitious cuts in their own consumption in order to offset this. Remember that you can find lots of tips on saving energy on the Green Saving Expert website.

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01/08/2010 by admin.

A report compiled by the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and the Met Office has shown that the world is definitely warming. More than 100 scientists from 20 institutions have compiled data for 10 key indicators and all point to the same result. Each of the last three decades has now been warmer than the decade before.

More information can be found on the Telegraph website and the Met Office website.

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