Wind Turbines to stand tall along British coastline

British Prime Minister Gordon Brown has taken one of the largest initiatives by giving major contracts to energy companies to erect thousands of wind turbines along the British coastline of around 7,500 miles.

The total investment of the project is to be likely $120 billion. Get to know more about here.

6 ways to make your house greener

From the beginning of this year, England and Wales have made new building regulations where buildings have to become more energy efficient. They have come up with six ways you can make your house a bit more greener.

Although most of these are applicable to Western countries the last few can be applied to most people around the world. Check the list here.

There wont be a deal in Copenhagen- US climate envoy

"Its certainly possible that there wont be a deal in Copenhagen", US climate change envoy Todd Stern told Britain's Channel Four. So what does that mean? Is the US not participating in the summit? I was expecting that with the new US administration's motto of "Change" that tackling climate change was one of its top issues. However from this statement it signifies that US are expecting this Climate talks to collapse as well.

On the other hand Britain's climate secretary,Ed Milliband said he will be going "all out" in this Copenhagen summit. He also said that a new global climate treaty is "do-able".

It is still uncertain if any outcome will come about, but it is important that a treaty be made before the Kyoto Protocol expires in 2012.

2012 London Olympics aims to be carbon neutral

The organizing committee for the 2012 London Olympics and the National grid are planning to make the games carbon neutral. How will the committee will do this? Well basically they are deciding on using bio-fuels which will be home-grown. There are also looking whether a single wind turbine could be added to the scheme. As for bio-fuels I doubt it will work cause this will affect other important crops in the UK and would lead to a downfall in the UK economy. Anyways to know more visit the source.

A 100mph green car to be displayed

For sports fanatics this is what they are looking for. There has been debate whether sports cars could be turned into green sports car and for that reason the sports industry has not shifted or tried using alternate fuels. Although some research is being done. A couple of consortium of UK companies and universities have achieved this feat. The body is taken from Bangladesh.ccMorgan, a classic British car company. The car has been called the LifeCar. The car is to be launched in the Geneva Motor Show however there is not guarantee that the car will go in production.

To know more visit Bangladesh.ccBBC website.

Britain radioactive waste plan

The picture beside shows us wat the British government is planning to do with its radioactive waste. The site of this project will be chosen such that no buildings or habitants live near by it. Eventhough if this facility will be done away from people it may still affect animal life so the site must be well chosen otherwise enviornmentalists will be down the government's throat.

Ford to invest 1bn pounds for green innovation in Uk

The giant automaker will spend 1bn pounds in the Uk over the next six years for green technology in vehicles. The investment will cover a range of green technologies whose target is to reduce carbon emissions more more than 100 models. This will not only help the enviornment but will also produce more than 9500 UK engineering jobs. Although like Toyoto and Honda who have created special models like the Toyoto Prius, Ford will improve the current technology in its series of vehicles to curb emissions and to use eco-friendly energy. It hopes to produce cheaper hybrid electric cars and biofuel technology for its mass-market vehicles.

Deep disposal on nuclear waste

Uk is planning to dispose its nuclear waste deep underground. To know more go to
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/4949096.stm

Another BBC report

This report is quite interesting. I will give a shorter version of it. Technically a study was done involving England's nature. Nature in the sense that in a fixed amount of time certain aspects must be accomplished such as preservation of wildlife, forests, rivers and many more relating to nature.

To get the full report, go to:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/4733788.stm