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• Making the cut for 10:10: Nene plumbing

  
  The Guardian - guardian.co.uk — Authority: 985
  As 2010 approaches, those pledging to cut their carbon emissions by 10% in 2010 are getting set for action Robert Walkam gave up an office job in 2008 to retrain as a plumber and start his own company, Nene Plumbing . For Walkam, joining the 10:10 climate change campaign - which encourages businesses and ...
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• 10:10: How to keep track of your carbon emissions

  
  The Guardian - guardian.co.uk — Authority: 985
  Calculate the carbon footprint created by your energy use and travel habits 1. Home Although it may be possible to add up your entire gas and electricity use in 2009 and aim to cut that total by 10% in 2010, its easier to focus on individual months or quarters. Most paper bills and online billing systems now ...
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• 10:10: Saving energy and carbon in your home

  
  The Guardian - guardian.co.uk — Authority: 985
  Find out what five British homeowners could do to cut back on carbon in 2010 and beyond It takes around two hours of measuring, examining and questioning for a two-person surveying team to work out how a household uses energy. Or rather, how the building, and the people in it, are wasting energy. The team start ...
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• 10:10 food: How to green your eating habits | Leo Hickman

  
  The Guardian - guardian.co.uk — Authority: 985
  When it comes to doing the right thing for the planet, the thorniest dilemmas are often about what we eat. Leo Hickman tackles 10 of them Is having shopping delivered better than driving to the shops yourself? As a rule, yes. Would you rather see 30 cars drive back and forth to a supermarket, or just one van ...
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• 10:10 travel: Low-carbon holidays for 2010

  
  The Guardian - guardian.co.uk — Authority: 985
  You can still get away from it all while reducing your carbon emissions. These 10 ideas for green breaks should give you inspiration for any time of year 1. New year detox Recharge yourself for the year ahead at the stunning new Scarlet eco-hotel in Mawgan Porth, Cornwall. Its motto is "sumptuous need not mean ...
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• 10:10 fashion: Can I give up buying clothes for a year?

  
  The Guardian - guardian.co.uk — Authority: 985
  Most of us already have more than enough in our wardrobes - but could you reduce your carbon footprint by giving up retail therapy for 12 months? As I gazed upon the 38 shirts spilling out of drawers and hanging all around my room, the words of a brilliant letter to the Guardian rang in my ears. "And what are we ...
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• 10:10: Meet Eugenie Harvey, the woman behind the campaign

  
  The Guardian - guardian.co.uk — Authority: 985
  Eugenie Harvey is convinced that individuals taking the initiative is the key to tackling climate change In a way, Eugenie Harvey wasnt an obvious choice to be director of the 10:10 campaign. "My initial reaction was: Im not a climate change expert, Im not a scientist, Im not someone who has been campaigning in this ...
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• Why the 10:10 campaign is even more important after Copenhagen | Ian Katz

  
  The Guardian - guardian.co.uk — Authority: 985
  The politicians failed in Copenhagen. Now we must take up the fight. But what has the campaign has achieved to date? What does the British embassy in Dubai have in common with West Leeds Rugby Club? Or the Institute of Psychoanalysis with Newquay zoo? Or Thom Yorke with Blandford Garrison, home of the Royal Corps of ...
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• Business as usual as delegates add CO2

  
  Carbon Offsets Daily — Authority: 157
  If they fail to reach a climate deal in Copenhagen, world leaders flying in their private jets and huddling in five star hotels will have little to show for their efforts beyond a big, fat carbon footprint. Continue Reading at   News.SMH
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• Humiliation for green convert Sarkozy as carbon tax ruled unconstitutional

  
  The Guardian - guardian.co.uk — Authority: 985
  French court judges tax would punish households while letting off big industrial polluters Nicolas Sarkozys dreams of putting France on the frontline of the fight against global warming were in disarray today, after his flagship carbon tax was ruled unconstitutional two days before it was due to come into effect. In ...
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• Making the cut for 10:10: Adnams brewery

  
  The Guardian - guardian.co.uk — Authority: 985
  With 2010 just days away, those pledging to cut their carbon emissions by 10% in 2010 are getting set for action It takes 8 pints of water on average to make one pint of beer. Thats just one reason why brewing is an carbon-intensive process. But the mid-sized Suffolk brewery Adnams is trying to make its own ...
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• Letters: A hitch in our desire for unrestricted travel

  
  The Guardian - guardian.co.uk — Authority: 985
  Simon Jenkins rightly points to our reckless assumption of the right to move around ( Dont blame the system for winter travel chaos. Stay put , 23 December). But first-hand knowledge of other countries is vitally important, specially for young people forming their ideas of the world. The postwar generation explored ...
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• Indian food items and their impact on climate

  
  You may find what you never thought — Authority: 125
  So, you wanted to know how much carbon footprints you make when you eat? Here is something. Rice falls lower if you want to pick up better foods to reduce carbon footprints. According to a study on Indian food items, wheat has lesser carbon footprints than rice. In the non-veg category, mutton curry is more ...
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• Corporate Carbon Footprints – Is the corporate world doing enough? Asks the ACCA

  
  Carbon Offsets Daily — Authority: 157
  PR Log (Press Release) – Dec 14, 2009 – The business world’s response to climate change is examined in detail in a four-part joint report, published today by ACCA (the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants) and GRI (the Global Reporting Initiative), called “High Impact Sectors: the Challenge of ...
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• Michael Bloomberg Copenhagen Trip: Not So Carbon Neutral

  
  Carbon Offsets Daily — Authority: 157
  New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg is flying to Copenhagen on a private jet, as he does most places he travels. Bloomberg a staunch proponent of the green movement is big on telling folks what to do and how to do it in order to save the planet, but as outlined in a New York Times article, he’s not very good at ...
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• From red to green: China’s drive to be a low carbon leader

  
  Carbon Offsets Daily — Authority: 157
  (CNN) — Could China be the world’s green champion? It seems unlikely. The vast nation is typically portrayed as a dire threat to the planet, with a booming population and a commitment to that dirtiest of fuels — coal. Continue Reading at   CNN
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• Pay your legal fees with carbon credits

  
  Carbon Offsets Daily — Authority: 157
  Clients of the Cueto Law Group in Miami, Florida can now pay up to 20% of their legal fees with carbon credits. I love reading about innovative solutions to the environmental crisis that we face. The Cueto Law Group, which is based in Miami, Florida, now has a program that allows its clients to pay up to 20% of their ...
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• The emperor’s new carbon credits

  
  Carbon Offsets Daily — Authority: 157
  For a small country, Denmark sure attracts a lot of attention. A Chicago Muslim, David Headley, was recently arrested at O’Hare International Airport en route to Copenhagen to kill the commissioning editor and artists of the Danish Muhammad cartoons. Alas, a far bigger group flying in to Copenhagen for a massive ...
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• Upside down: Spreading the green message aboard a unique eco bus

  
  Green Diary — Authority: 449
  Do not look shocked if you come across a school bus with its second bus body piled on top, upside down. Making a rather an unusual view, the bus with tires on top facing the sky has become a symbol of Jewish environmental education. Pesach Stadlin, along with four other staff members of the Teva Learning Center is ...
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• NYC is the Most Energy-Efficient City in the Country: Its Mayor is the Least Efficient

  
  John Goodman's Health Policy Blog — Authority: 489
  The average New Yorker uses one-half to one-third the electricity of other Americans. Our carbon footprints are just 29 percent of people who live outside the five boroughs. … [Yet,] on a personal level, [Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg] ranks among the worst individual polluters ever to hold public office. Mr. ...
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