This month’s Green Element is chuffed to hear The Climate Change Act 2008 (2050 Target Amendment) Order 2019 From June 2019 the UK has implemented a new target: To reduce carbon emissions by 100% by 2050. This is in accordance with the 1990 baseline. This is fabulous news – things are moving in the right […]
Hot off the press are the new 2019 UK Defra carbon conversion factors download – the full set of which you can download fast HERE These are UK government carbon conversion factors for use from June 2019 onwards. Need help applying the 2019 UK Defra carbon conversion factors? Need help or advice about when and […]
Nicky Roeber, Online Horticultural Expert at Wyevale Garden Centres, shares his insight into the Attenborough effect and how we can create more eco-friendly gardens. Gardening is not only very trendy right now, but it is a great way to become more eco-friendly, particularly if you grow your own fruits and vegetables rather than buying them […]
This week guest writer Kate Watts from Away Resorts shares her tips on reducing your carbon footprint for domestic travel. You could be forgiven for not knowing what your carbon footprint is, but with more people than ever becoming environmentally conscious, the shift towards making all areas of our life ‘greener’ is in full effect. […]
The Carriage of Dangerous Goods (Amendment) Regulations 2019 – This regulation now includes the transportation by water way of class 7 goods. The following heading has been altered; ‘Radiological Emergencies.’ It now reads; ‘Radiological Emergencies and Notifiable Events’ (Part 5). Schedule 2 has been altered, which will change on exit day. The REACH etc. (Amendment […]
The UK Parliament has passed a motion declaring a Climate Emergency, in the same week as the Welsh Assembly and the Scottish Government also voted to declare a Climate Emergency and to take dramatic mitigating action without delay. So what should the UK do to achieve net-zero carbon emissions by 2050, to achieve what the […]