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Surfers Against Sewage supports plans for wave energy

While some surfers are dead-set against it, Surfers Against Sewage are putting their support behind plans for the £20m Wave Hub planned for the north Cornwall coast because they believe that the wave height will be reduced by only a small amount, and that the environmental benefits are worth it.

The proposed power station, to become operational in 2008, will involve up to 20 sets of machines, with pumps, pistons and turbines, about 10 miles (16km) out to sea off St Ives Bay, generating electricity for 14,000 homes.

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Pregnant?

If you are expecting the patter of little feet, you may be interested to know that Natura Pura are launching a stylish organic maternity wear range that will be available from By Nature by next month. The new pregnancy wear… Read More »Pregnant?

Take A Treeflight

There are no two ways about it, flying is bad for the environment, as explained by Ru Hartwell, project director of Treeflights.com:

When we travel in an aeroplane we use loads of aviation fuel. In a few
hours we each burn up hundreds of litres of a non-renewable resource that it
took the earth (and the sun) millions of years to make. On top of this we
are producing a lot of CO2 which we all know is the main culprit for
global warming.

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