Mission Earth is a new game that has been designed by teenagers for families to enjoy together – and with each roll of the dice, there is a lesson about carbon saving to be learned. Mission Earth is the brainchild of a group of teenage girls from Oxfordshire. So inspired was the design that games … Read more
The European Commission has proposed new rules that will set stricter limits for emissions from jet skis and recreational boats. Scientific studies show lakes and seashores can be seriously polluted by the concentration of nitrogen oxides (NOx) emissions from the EU’s 6 million leisure craft. The proposed revision of the Recreational Craft Directive (RCD) sets … Read more
HaloIPT, a global leader in Inductive Power Transfer (IPT) systems for wirelessly charging electric vehicles has formed a new strategic partnership with Drayson Racing Technologies, the green R&D racing organisation founded by Lord Drayson, former UK Minister for Science and Innovation. The partnership will use HaloIPT’s wireless charging technology to power high-performance cars as they … Read more
The Environment Section of Clare County Council has announced details of its annual environmental inspection plan which sets out a planned work programme aimed at maintaining and enhancing County Clare’s natural environment. The Plan sets out the inspection criteria for environmental inspections across all of the environment work areas including water, waste, air quality, noise … Read more
Applegreen, Ireland’s largest independent forecourt retailer, which has 80 sites in Ireland and the UK, has signed a deal with Nootrol, the Irish green procurement firm, to measure and track carbon emissions. Under the programme Applegreen will use Nootrol’s supply chain and green procurement management cloud computing service to collaborate, share and exchange sustainability and … Read more
With up to 49% of Europeans living in areas where EU air quality objectives are still not met, air pollution is one of the main environmental worries facing EU citizens. As part of a comprehensive review of Europe’s air policies intended to set new long-term objectives beyond 2020, the European Commission is launching a public … Read more
Applegreen, Ireland’s largest independent forecourt retailer, which has 80 sites in Ireland and the UK, has signed a deal with Nootrol, the Irish green procurement firm to measure and track carbon emissions. Under the programme Applegreen will use Nootrol’s supply chain and green procurement management cloud computing service to collaborate, share and exchange sustainability and … Read more
Average CO2 emissions from new cars in the EU dropped by almost 4% last year, the second biggest annual fall ever recorded. Last year’s improvements bring the average CO2 emissions of cars registered in the EU to 140 grams per km, according to a database just published by the European Environment Agency. At this rate … Read more
New research at the University of Leicester in England is using nanotechnology to create energy efficient materials. With the increasing worldwide demand for energy there is a pressure to use the finite energy resources wisely whilst reducing one of the major areas of energy consumption, transportation, which accounts for more than 20% of the world’s … Read more
The Government has introduced a new, legally binding, low sulphur standard for coal used in the residential market. All bituminous coal placed on the market for residential use must now have a sulphur content of no more than 0.7%. Approximately half a million tonnes of bituminous coal was imported last year for use by Irish … Read more