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Top 5 Environmental Reasons to Go Veggie 14 Aug 2013 | 10:08 pm
Many of us become vegetarians for superficial reasons. It’s OK to admit it. Weight loss, super shiny hair and spotless skin are all definite perks of the vegetarian diet. However, the decision to ‘go ...
Running your own poultry farm 13 Aug 2013 | 06:38 pm
When one runs a poultry farm, the main aim is to keep the birds healthy so as to make the best in terms of profits when the produce is sold. The challenges that face the industry include the shortage ...
Climate change commitments could hurt low income families 6 Aug 2013 | 02:37 pm
MPs are concerned that the new cost of climate change commitments might hurt household budgets with the largest effect being felt by low income families. Concerned MPs stated that making some of the p...
Top mobile producers using sources said to damage the environment 5 Aug 2013 | 02:32 pm
After Friends of the Earth, the international lobby group, organized a campaign to look into mobile manufacturing many of the top mobile producers in the world have admitted that they use tin from sou...
Shard climbing green activists arrested 12 Jul 2013 | 05:56 pm
The police arrested and detained several Greenpeace activists that climbed the London Shard in order to protest against gas and oil drilling that is taking place in the Arctic. In total Scotland Yard ...
Green light given to 300 new wind turbines 9 Jul 2013 | 05:54 pm
The green light has been given to create 300 wind turbines off of the coast of Norfolk and Lincolnshire. Permission for the new windmills has been given to RWE power Renewables by Ed Davey the Secreta...
Global warming no big deal according to some 22 Jun 2013 | 05:48 pm
A small, dynamic group who believe that global warming is no big deal will be opposing the issues being debated in Parliament in the House of Lords on Tuesday. The group appears to believe they have m...
Discovery of gas vent leads to fishing ban around Rockall Island 21 Jun 2013 | 07:57 pm
A fishing ban has been proposed for the Scottish island of Rockall following the find of a unique gas vent that was in the seabed. In addition, two new species of shellfish were also found in the same...
Nuclear safety video from European Commission 20 Jun 2013 | 07:19 pm
Nuclear energy is vital to the future of not only Europe but also the rest of the world, however, there has been much written about it in the past regarding safety and major disasters such as the one ...
Help the bees with your smartphone 18 Jun 2013 | 05:43 pm
The public is being asked to take any opportunity they can to photograph bees and then upload the pictures to a smartphone app that will send data to scientists that are launching a nationwide study t...