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How green is your supermarket?

I read with interest an article at the Independent Online about how supermarkets are now vying for the green-pound, and how Asda, for the first time, is selling local kale in Cornwall and Devon without it having made the 280-mile round trip to their distribution depot in Bristol first. It seems that the race is on for supermarkets to brush-up their environmental credentials. Here is the low-down on just how green your supermarket is from the Independent. Read More »How green is your supermarket?

Nuclear costs spiral

The Green Party has commented on the £70-million clean up bill being ‘set to rise’ as the government admit ‘considerable uncertainty still remains in relation to the cost of decommissioning and clean up.’

The Commons Trade and Industry Committee today expressed concern about continued uncertainty over the taxpayers’ bill for the disposal of civil nuclear operations.

Green Party Principal Speaker Keith Taylor commented: “This comes only 4 years after a £24 billion price rise in 2002! Costs are continuing to spiral, but the government still insists nuclear power is the way forward.Read More »Nuclear costs spiral

Train travel almost always better for the environment

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Train Chartering has published research showing that trains are almost always less damaging to the environment than planes and cars. A train uses up to 70% less energy and causes up to 85% less air pollution than a jet aircraft. Short 1 hour flights have the greatest environmental impact, and intercity trains are easiest on the environment for the equivalent journey.Read More »Train travel almost always better for the environment

Plasma screens use four times more electricity

Currys and Dixons electical retailers were selling a flat-screen television every 15 seconds in the build-up to the Football World Cup, and have subsequently dropped prices to maintain this selling rate. But scientist Dr Joseph Reger, chief technology officer at Fujitsu Siemens Computers in Munich, now warns that the British desire to see the big picture is threatening the planet. In fact, if half of British homes bought a plasma-screen TV, two nuclear power stations would have to be built to meet the extra energy demand.Read More »Plasma screens use four times more electricity