British Energy Forced to cut Training Times in Half
This is because of an acute shortage of staff 40% retiring in the next 10 years. Surely they knew this would happen? What ever happened to forward planning? (My comment)
Documents seen by TheTimes show that some of the group’s programmes to train staff to “Suitably Qualified and [...]

This a very informative but sobering article quoting a report from the WWF.
The last paragraph reports that the battle for the environment will be won or lost in our cities. They have the highest potential for eco-living due to local facilities, public transport links, dense housing and shared public resources.—–One of the first things [...]

Having lived for many years in an old fishing port in Kent, I’ve had my fill of schizoid seagulls. Blue green algae are toxic to humans and turn seagulls into dangerous ‘crackheads’. They gouge of shin from peoples heads (if they are bald) or pull out chunks of hair. All because they have ingested [...]

A GREENER TRACK FOR TRAINS – SWITCH TO POWER FROM FUEL CELLS
Article from New Scientist 20/03/07, but still worth reading.
Later this year, a small grey railcar will wind its way through the Tatsugatake mountain range in central Japan. Between Kobuchizawa and Komoro it will pass through the highest point on Japanese Railways. There [...]

From New Scientist 12/11/07
A new microbe-powered device can extract up to 99% of the available hydrogen from biological compounds that have stumped previous attempts to ferment fuel from plant waste. The secret is to give the bugs a helping hand with a kick of electric charge.
Hydrogen is an environmentally friendly fuel because burning it [...]

Late News from The International Herald Tribune: Friday 9th November 2007
PARIS: With the price of oil hurtling toward $100 a barrel and prices at the pump rising sharply, politicians across Europe may soon be weighing how to deal with the onerous cost of filling the tank.
Since the start of the year, diesel prices in [...]

Because they contain salt the answer is no. BUT, I read recently that India was planning to start deep ocean dumping of Carbon Dioxide. Shortly after reading this, BBC ‘News 24′ came up with this headline. Oceans are ’soaking up less Carbon Dioxide’. The amount of carbon Dioxide being absorbed by the World’s [...]

In 1906 the temperature of Lake Superior was taken at 0800 one fine day. The temperature has been taken again at 0800 recently.
THE TEMPERATURE HAS RISEN BY 6 DEGREES FAHRENHEIT. So what?
Lake Superior contains 10% of the entire Planet’s fresh water!
Another example of global warming?
CLICK HERE to read the entire story that [...]

One of the most popular forms of carbon (almost) neutral power generation developed to combat climate change and global warming is wind power. Wind power usage in Europe has increased in the last year by 20%.
A Cambridge University spin-out has hit upon a revolutionary way to cut the cost of maintaining the world’s wind turbines, [...]

On Monday 29th October BBC News came out with this news concerning the findings of a major European Union-funded study.
The £12m study was led by Newcastle University and took 4 years. The study found a general trend showing that organic food contained more antioxidants and less fatty acids.
This thought crossed my mind. £12m [...]