As people become more conscious about the impact they have on the environment and their individual carbon footprint, the issue of sustainable travel continues to be a serious subject for debate. With recent technological advances in the manufacturing of electric cars, it is now possible to drive a reliable, affordable and environmentally friendly motor. However, [...]

Comment, Environment, North East, Transport, Travel | Electric Car, Plug in car grant

Richard Laverick, Director of Corporate Sustainability at ADAS, the UK’s largest environmental consultancy, looks at the Green Deal and what it will mean for local authorities. The Green Deal has continued to make headlines in recent months as the Coalition Government’s new and radical way of making energy efficient homes available for all. A recent [...]

Comment, Environment, North East, PR, Uncategorized | ADAS, Chris Huhne, DECC, Green Deal, Richard Laverick

The UK solar industry is booming and is set to expand even more in the coming years. With the cost of energy continuing to rise, domestic and commercial users are looking at alternative forms of savings, generating energy themselves, and with Government incentives enabling owners to earn money by feeding their electricity back into the [...]

Admiral News, Comment, Environment, North East | CAS, Cleaner Air Solutions, DECC, Feed in Tariffs (FiTs), FSA, MCS, Renewable Energy, Solar PV, Terry Skee

The Defra consultation for measuring and reporting green house gas emissions by UK companies is currently underway. The options being considered include business as usual, enhanced voluntary reporting or different mandatory regimes related to business size or energy usage. Whatever the outcome of the consultation, it is worth noting the benefits that accrue to an [...]

Comment, Environment | DEFRA, GHG emissions

Last week Chris Huhne advised officials to work with the US to draw up emergency plans against a pending solar storm, including emergency and temporary shut down of the electricity supply, which would alter flight paths to fly at a lower altitude and a possible upgrade of power line transformers. It is expected the class [...]

Comment, Environment, Technology |

Science Central Borehole project NIReS has obtained major funding from the UK Government’s Deep Geothermal Challenge Fund to support the first step in the development of the Science Central site as a sustainability flagship: the drilling of a two-kilometre borehole to explore for deep geothermal resources which could provide much of the fully-renewable energy supply [...]

Comment, Education, Environment, North East, PR, Science | Borehole, Newcastle University, NIReS, Professor Paul Younger