Breathing walls
News
New polymer coating can protect the walls of historic buildings from graffiti.
Source: scenta
Date Published: September 11, 2009
Barack Obama annouces high-speed rail plan for 10 busiest US routes
Features
Barack Obama today called on Americans to climb aboard with his ambitious vision of building high speed rail corridors along 10 of the country's busiest routes.
Source: Guardian Unlimited
Date Published: April 16, 2009
Greenwash: Four wheels good, two legs bad if you travel with P&O Ferries
Features
Do you know anyone who will take a tonne of metal across the English Channel this summer for you, and not charge you a penny? It's not a trick question. There are a couple of companies who will not only take that metal for free but will pay you good money for the privilege – as long as the metal has four wheels and can drive on to the ferry.
Source: Guardian Unlimited
Date Published: April 16, 2009
War on plastic bags is a waste of time
Features
Was I being unfair last week? A lot of people thought so. I wrote a blog post maintaining that the campaign against plastic carrier bags - by the government, newspapers, celebrities and green groups - militates against wider environmental action. Perhaps I should have explained my frustrations more clearly: I have lost count of the number of people who cheerfully tell me that though they still fly six or ten times a year, they see themselves as green because they do their recycling and bring their own bags to the shops. It's not that we shouldn't greatly reduce the number of plastic bags we use: we should. But this has become a substitute for the big and significant measures we should be taking; not an addition to them.
Source: Guardian Unlimited
Date Published: April 16, 2009
UK biofuels target creating more emissions, environmentalists claim
Features
The government's scheme to introduce biofuels as a way to cut carbon emissions from road transport has led to extra emissions equivalent to putting 500,000 more cars on UK roads, according to environmentalists.
Source: Guardian Unlimited
Date Published: April 15, 2009
Where's the chemistry in electric cars?
Features
Consider the following image: Jeremy Clarkson, in tight stonewashed jeans, leather waistcoat and not a lot else, reclining over the bonnet of a Lamborghini Gallardo Spyder. How does that mental picture make you feel? Does it make you feel hot? Does it get your crankshaft rotating? Well lap it up while you can. Because the age of the sexy car (not to mention the sexy auto-evangelist) is about to come to an end.
Source: Guardian Unlimited
Date Published: April 15, 2009
Government could boost rail work and target fare dodgers in £250m package
Features
The government is considering a £250m stimulus package for the railways aimed at boosting revenues and passenger numbers.
Source: Guardian Unlimited
Date Published: April 13, 2009
