The environment around the busy urban road is a dangerous place to live, was brought air quality linked to cases of asthma, bronchial disease and death. New research from Boston appears to show that polluted air is raising diabetes rates as well.
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"One Tonne Life" – Can a household cut its Co2 output by 85%?
The estimable 10:10 project has been urging us to cut our carbon footprint by just a little (10% in 2010), and many have taken the challenge, concluding that such a teensy-weensy reduction can’t be so hard. But what if you’re asked to cut your carbon by 85% — that’s the reduction in consumption from today’s… Continue reading →
Britain has biggest windfarm — but do we care?
What are we to make of the biggest windfarm in the world, which opened seven miles (12km) off Foreness Point in Thanet, on the Kent coast this week (Thursday, September 23, 2010)? The building scheme which has been exercising the media this week is the Commonwealth Games village, and the attendant structurally-suspect infrastructure in New… Continue reading →
Ozone layer could "repair itself" by 2048 — UN report
Photo of ozone hole over Antarctica: NASA Goddard It’s rare these days to find some really big, good environmental news. There are lots of promising little schemes, such as the reintroduction of red kites, and the creation of large coastal nature reserves in the UK. But advances on a genuinely global scale — well, we thought… Continue reading →
Electric motorcycles — is this the next generation?
Some conventional motorcycles already achieve impressive fuel economy figures (up to 129 mpg is claimed for the Verucci Nitro 50 cc Scooter, for example) so a big switch to electric motorbikes is not going to bring such significant Co2 cuts as will be returned as cars go electric. However a boom in electric bikes will have a big impact… Continue reading →
Power up the Tennessee experience
With the imminent arrival of electric cars (EVs) on our streets, potential owners continue to experience recurrent bouts of “range anxiety.” With battery capacity limited to about 100 miles, what on earth do you do if, a long way from home, the indicator shows you’ve already done 85? We need a big, encouraging example of someone,… Continue reading →