timesonline.co.uk - 2/16/2009
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Times (UK): THEY may shout their green credentials from the rooftops, but some of Britain's most prominent environmental champions are living in homes that produce up to half a ton of excess carbon dioxide a year. An audit of properties, measuring heat loss, has revealed that Chris Martin, the ...
nectardesign.com - 2/10/2009
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nectardesign.com —
A green concept design... The CO2 Scraper is
a large-scale construction for holding between two to four...
hundred large-size trees that will absorb potentially dangerous pollutants and convert global warming-related CO2 (carbon dioxide) into breathable ...
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CO2 Scraper
cleanbreak.ca - 2/16/2009
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cleanbreak.ca —
Okay, as far as the concept of carbon
capture and storage goes, the idea — technologically —...
is intriguing. What many readers of this blog don’t like is how the industry talks about this technology like it’s here today so, ...
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Carbon storage might not be so permanent
climateprogress.org - 2/14/2009
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climateprogress.org —
The important new study, “Contributions to accelerating atmospheric
CO2 growth from economic activity, carbon intensity, and efficiency...
of natural sinks,” that we blogged on earlier is now available online (tip o’ the hat to John M). You can get the ...
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UK Sunday Times Thermal Images Homes Of Green Celebrities, Politicians
ECORAZZI.COM —
... The UK Sunday Times has gone around thermal imaging some homes of green celebrities in the UK and the findings are probably not that surprising. The residences of Gwyneth Paltrow and Chris Martin, Sir David Attenborough, John Sauven, director of Greenpeace, and others were found to have heat loss either worse or no better than that found in the average family home. From the article, ...
Gwyneth and Chris Outed For Their Heat-Leaking Home
TreeHugger —
At TreeHugger we will always applaud the efforts of celebrities to be greener, while realizing that they go on lots more plane trips, buy lots more shoes, and live in lots warmer houses than the rest of us.
So it isn't us outing Gwyneth Paltrow and Chris Martin for having an energy-leaking home. It's the UK's Sunday Times, which somehow (in the dead of night, with super-sneaky hidden thermal cameras?) took thermal photos of 10 "celebrity" homes. They didn't just pick on A listers - London Mayor Boris Johnson and climate change spokesman Si... ...
Eco Hypocrites: So-called green celebs don’t walk the talk
Green Diary —
... Not so green credentials: As Times Online reports it, while championing green issues, the couple’s London house in Belize Park is said to be wasting 1,020kWh of heat/year. ...
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