UK airlines were allowed to pollute for free and given subsidies via the UK’s flagship scheme to reduce carbon emissions, new study finds. The UK government is giving airlines so many free pollution permits through the carbon market for aviation that they don’t have to pay for any of their … [continued]
Originally published on Transport & Environment. By Eoin Bannon The UK is responsible for the THIRD highest amount of CO2 emissions from aviation globally (after 🇺🇸and🇨🇳) That's why the UK decision to include its share of int'l #aviation✈️and #shipping🚢emissions in its Carbon Budgets closes a major loophole👇https://t.co/Gxc7fNNrAY — Transport & … [continued]
California and the UK both report significant drops in their greenhouse gas emissions, due in large part to large decreases in the amount of coal used to generate electricity. That’s the good news. Now the hard work begins.
UK’s Lincolnshire county council has set an ambitious target to reduce its energy costs and carbon emissions over the next five years. The council has already achieved a reduction of 9% in its carbon emissions and now plans to cut the emissions further, by 22% by 2018. The council hopes … [continued]
Last year, the UK reduced its greenhouse emissions more than any other European country. The UK, exceeding its Kyoto goal, was especially helped along by increased renewable energy generation. Partial credit can also be attributed to mild weather and a sluggish economy. A couple of other honorable mentions go to France … [continued]
EADS Astrium will use the latest instruments from Picarro in a pilot test that aims to realize big improvements in carbon emissions measurements at the mega-city, national, and worldwide scales. Picarro’s CRDS technology is being deployed in stationary, mobile, and airborne platforms to analyze carbon emissions city-wide during the 2012 Olympic Games. […]
It was recently announced that UK greenhouse gas emissions dropped 7% in 2011. “In 2011, UK emissions of the basket of six greenhouse gases covered by the Kyoto Protocol were provisionally estimated to be 549.3 million tonnes carbon dioxide equivalent,” the UK’s Department of Energy and Climate Change noted. “This … [continued]
