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climate review 2022
Going Green - December 29, 2022 14:00 - 33 minutesWith the new year in sight, we thought it is good to go back over the course of the year and look at all the climate stories that happened. A lot has happened over the last year with 2022 beating several records. it has provisionally been the -on average- hottest year to date and as well as a de...
Dreaming of a White Christmas
Going Green - December 22, 2022 19:00 - 31 minutesA white Christmas is a Christmas celebration that is characterized by the presence of snow on the ground. An "official" white Christmas is defined by the Met Office as "one snowflake to be observed falling in the 24 hours of 25 December somewhere in the UK", but formerly the snow had to be obser...
Is nuclear fusion the future of energy
Going Green - December 16, 2022 10:00 - 30 minutesFusion power has the potential to be a major source of clean, safe, and abundant energy in the future. A new break though has been discovered by a team in America, the team managed to get more energy out from the enormous amount of energy that was required to start the fusion reaction. Fusion oc...
Is nuclear fusion the future of energy
Going Green - December 16, 2022 10:00 - 30 minutesFusion power has the potential to be a major source of clean, safe, and abundant energy in the future. A new break though has been discovered by a team in America, the team managed to get more energy out from the enormous amount of energy that was required to start the fusion reaction. Fusion oc...
Earthshot prize winners 2022
Going Green - December 09, 2022 13:00 - 33 minutesThis year Earthshot prize took place at Boston, USA. The Earthshot Prize was designed to find and grow the solutions that will repair our planet this decade. Each Winner of the 5 categories will get £1 million to regenerate the place we all call home in the next ten years.
Make Black Friday, GREEN!
Going Green - December 05, 2022 11:00 - 30 minutesBlack Friday is a day of consumerism so why dont we make it green. We all know that the "throwaway culture" of Black Friday "is bad for the environment" and people should instead consider recycled products and think what they can do for the environment but is it really the consumers that are bad...
Make Black Friday, GREEN!
Going Green - December 05, 2022 11:00 - 30 minutesBlack Friday is a day of consumerism so why dont we make it green. We all know that the "throwaway culture" of Black Friday "is bad for the environment" and people should instead consider recycled products and think what they can do for the environment but is it really the consumers that are bad...
plant a tree in '23; plant one more in '24
Going Green - November 24, 2022 17:00 - 29 minuteswe should be updating the old rhyme Plant a tree in '73; plant one more in '74 to "plant a tree in '23; plant one more in '24 " National Tree Week starts Saturday the 27th which marks the annual winter tree planting season and welsh government is offering every household a free tree to collect ...
The Economic Impact of Climate Change
Going Green - November 18, 2022 11:00 - 30 minutesThis year's COP has been about the Economic Impact of Climate Change on the world Economies we thought we go through some of the Economic challenges that countries are facing. Stunning revelations came out about how the host of COP 27, Egypt are Burning more Coal so that they can sell there Gas...
The Economic Impact of Climate Change
Going Green - November 18, 2022 11:00 - 30 minutesThis year's COP has been about the Economic Impact of Climate Change on the world Economies we thought we go through some of the Economic challenges that countries are facing. Stunning revelations came out about how the host of COP 27, Egypt are Burning more Coal so that they can sell there Gas...
what has happened at cop 27
Going Green - November 10, 2022 14:00 - 31 minutesWith COP 27 happening this week, we thought we should give a round up of what has happened. COP 27 is taking place at Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt. UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said in his opening speech "We are on the highway to climate hell, with our foot still on the accelerator" He also p...
Gas Shortage, the Risk of Running OUT!
Going Green - October 07, 2022 10:00 - 29 minutesThis week Ofgem made a statement about how the UK could potentially run out of gas. Creating a shortage, and that in a emergency there could be a rolling power cut if the UK due to lack gas supplies had to turn off gas turbines that produce electricity, if we get a cold and server winter. The l...
To Frack or not to Frack?
Going Green - September 29, 2022 19:00 - 29 minutesRecently the UK Government halted the moratorium on Hydraulic fracturing, or fracking. leading to questions To Frack or not to Frack. Fracking is a technique for recovering gas and oil from shale rock. It involves drilling into the earth and directing a high-pressure mixture of water, sand and c...
To Frack or not to Frack?
Going Green - September 29, 2022 19:00 - 29 minutesRecently the UK Government halted the moratorium on Hydraulic fracturing, or fracking. leading to questions To Frack or not to Frack. Fracking is a technique for recovering gas and oil from shale rock. It involves drilling into the earth and directing a high-pressure mixture of water, sand and c...
Five burning climate issues for the 2022 UN general assembly
Going Green - September 23, 2022 14:00 - 30 minutesWith the 2022 UN general assembly taking place this week, we thought it would be good to go through the Five burning climate issues that was identified by the Secretary-general António Guterres These five burning climate issues are; 5. Curbing windfall profits from fossil fuel companies 4. Cha...
The Late Queen's environmental legacy
Going Green - September 15, 2022 16:00 - 30 minutesWith the Death of late Queen Elizabeth II, King Charles III is the new king of Great Britain and northern Ireland. The Late Queen left a quite a Green Legacy, She was quite frugal and kept a simple diet of local produce and meat that had low food miles. Last year, she expressed her irritation wi...
The Late Queen's environmental legacy
Going Green - September 15, 2022 16:00 - 30 minutesWith the Death of late Queen Elizabeth II, King Charles III is the new king of Great Britain and northern Ireland. The Late Queen left a quite a Green Legacy, She was quite frugal and kept a simple diet of local produce and meat that had low food miles. Last year, she expressed her irritation wi...
New Government, Old Climate Targets
Going Green - September 08, 2022 13:00 - 31 minutesWe would like to Congratulate @GrahamStuartMP who has been appointed Minister for Climate In Liz Truss's New Government, But the same old Climate challenges and targets still remain. So we thought about going through what he should be focusing on and what his priorities should be for the next ...
how does the energy price cap work
Going Green - September 01, 2022 16:00 - 33 minutesLast Friday Ofgem (the UK energy regulator) Announced the increase the energy price cap of both Gas and Electricity from 7p to 15p and 28p to 52p respectfully on a Standard variable tariff and the Daily standing charges of both types of energy are increasing by 1p This is the MAXIMUM an Energ...
Why carbon offsets are worse than you think
Going Green - August 26, 2022 14:00 - 31 minutesA carbon offset broadly refers to a reduction in Greenhouse Gas emissions – or an increase in carbon storage (e.g., through land restoration or the planting of trees) – that is used to compensate for emissions that occur elsewhere. For a Carbon offset to work, we first need to measure and establ...
Are We Going to Run Out of Water
Going Green - August 19, 2022 16:00 - 30 minutesSince Water is 2/3 of our planet, its hard to imagine that we could ever run out however only 3% of that water is fresh meaning vast majority of it is inaccessible for human use. So are we going to run out of water? As a result, water scarcity is a pressing and important issue for much of the ...
The Direct Impacts of Drought
Going Green - August 12, 2022 17:00 - 31 minutesAs the next wave of heat is hitting Europe, Drought are being declared all over and we are feeling the impact , directly through TUB's (AKA hosepipe bans) or indirectly like potential winter food shortages To understand how a drought can cause food shortages we need to an analogy as falling row ...
The Direct Impacts of Drought
Going Green - August 12, 2022 17:00 - 31 minutesAs the next wave of heat is hitting Europe, Drought are being declared all over and we are feeling the impact , directly through TUB's (AKA hosepipe bans) or indirectly like potential winter food shortages To understand how a drought can cause food shortages we need to an analogy as falling row ...
The Four Horsemen of Climate Change
Going Green - August 04, 2022 16:00 - 30 minutesA new report from the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS) has sent press in panic with doom and gloom forecasts. the report talks about the “four horsemen” of climate change with new names such as famine and undernutrition, extreme weather events, conflict, and vector-borne di...
Water's Worth Saving
Going Green - July 28, 2022 19:00 - 30 minutesOver the course of this week, water companies published their drought plans in an effort to say that "water is worth saving" but that there is no need to panic over water scarcity. because most companies need to do this year since its required by law every five years to produce and publish a dr...
Is the UK prepared for more tropical nights?
Going Green - July 21, 2022 18:00 - 30 minutesSo we survived the heatwave. For the first time ever the UK managed above 40°C in many parts, and we experience many tropical nights (nights that are above 20°C) but Homes in UK not designed for the heat. So what action can be taken, What can be done about new homes being built We had wildfire...
Is the UK prepared for more tropical nights?
Going Green - July 21, 2022 18:00 - 30 minutesSo we survived the heatwave. For the first time ever the UK managed above 40°C in many parts, and we experience many tropical nights (nights that are above 20°C) but Homes in UK not designed for the heat. So what action can be taken, What can be done about new homes being built We had wildfire...
Will heat waves occur more often
Going Green - July 14, 2022 17:00 - 30 minutesAcross the globe, countries such as Japan, Italy, Norway, Iran and Finland are breaking heat records as a swing of heat waves makes life very difficult. One question people keep asking is are they occuring more often? Lets start to answer that by stating what is a heat wave. simply put it is a...
Who should set the climate targets
Going Green - July 07, 2022 19:00 - 30 minutesWho should set the climate targets? Should it be, the scientists, the people, the governments? Philip and Paul open this can of worms and try to decide which is best. Climate targets are the limits that scientists and policymakers have set in plans to combat climate change. These targets can ...
The UK has a water scarcity problem
Going Green - June 30, 2022 23:00 - 30 minutesThe UK has a problem, its known as water scarcity. A survey of 2,000 Brits revealing that water consumption is low down on the priority agenda for environmental concerns, while Sir James Bevan chief of the Environment agency warns that the Lack of water presents ‘existential’ threat to our clima...
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