Mobile app launched to get Londoners moving
Environment Data Interactive Exchange | 10 May 2012
Green behaviour reward scheme Recyclebank has launched a new mobile app to encourage Londoners to walk and cycle more in a bid to reduce pollution and ease congestion.
 Greenhouse Gas Emissions | Initiatives

Energy, mine activists win U.S. environmental prizes
Reuters | 11 Apr 2011
An ex-stuntman fighting for improvements at petrochemical plants and a renewable power developer who saw Chernobyl as a "wake-up call" are among the winners of a prominent U.S. prize for environmental activism.
 United States | Climate Change | Energy Efficiency | Energy Production | Initiatives

Ten years to save Australia's Great Barrier Reef
New Scientist | 08 Apr 2011
Carbon dioxide emissions must be cut within a decade to give the reef system a fighting chance of survival.
 Australia | Carbon Storage | Climate Change | Greenhouse Gas Emissions | Industry | Initiatives | Research | Responses

Climate change threatens global security, warn medical and military leaders
ScienceDaily.com | 06 Apr 2011
Medical and military leaders have come together to warn that climate change not only spells a global health catastrophe, but also threatens global stability and security.
 Climate Change | Climate Change Impacts | Climate Change Science | Government and Climate Change | Health | Industry | Initiatives

Japan's nuclear crisis casts doubt over carbon goals
Reuters | 04 Apr 2011
Japan's protracted nuclear safety crisis has begun to cast doubts over its pledge of ambitious carbon emissions cuts by the end of the decade, which will rely heavily on plans to boost nuclear power generation.
 Japan | Climate Change | Economy | Energy Production | Government and Climate Change | Industry | Initiatives | Responses

Governments face climate test of resolve at Bangkok talks
Reuters | 01 Apr 2011
Governments face a test of their pledges to fight climate change next week when almost 200 nations meet in Bangkok to try to build on a modest deal reached last year that includes a new green fund and rising aid.
 Climate Change | Climate Change Adaptation | Climate Change Negotiations | Climate Change Science | Economy | Initiatives

UK households to save £23 a year by 2020
Guardian Unlimited | 30 Mar 2011
Cost-saving potential set out in government plan for national roll-out of energy-saving technology. Smart meters, which monitor energy use in real-time, will save households £7.3bn over the next two decades, the government said on Wednesday as it set out its strategy for the roll-out of the energy-saving technology. The roll-out - the most comprehensive yet planned in any country – will require 53m smart meters to be installed in 30m homes and businesses, starting in 2014 and finishing in 2019.
 United Kingdom | Economy | Energy Efficiency | Energy Production | Initiatives | Responses

iPhone App Helps Companies Manage Water Use
ClimateBiz | 29 Mar 2011
In what it is calling an industry first, environmental software and services firm Locus Technologies debuted the eWell iPhone application to help organizations collect water-related field data.
 Climate Change | Economy | Global Warming | Industry | Initiatives | Institutional Involvement | Responses

Green measures: Carbon price goes up to fund renewables
The Independent | 24 Mar 2011
Two long-awaited steps towards Britain becoming a low-carbon economy were announced by Mr Osborne: the creation of a Green Investment Bank (GIB) and the establishment of a "floor price" for carbon.
 United Kingdom | Economy | Initiatives | Responses

Canada nuclear plan gets environmental OK
Reuters | 22 Mar 2011
Canadian regulators see no big environmental impact from a plan to expand a nuclear power station 70 km (45 miles) from Canada's biggest city, Toronto, but Greenpeace activists halted a second day of hearings with pleas for a delay while Japan unravels its nuclear mess.
 Canada | Economy | Energy Production | Health | Initiatives