Tag Archives: Environmental

End of halogen light bulbs spells brighter and cleaner future. Halogen light bulbs will be banned from September 2021 with fluorescent light bulbs to follow, cutting emissions and saving consumers on their energy bills. The government has announced plans today (Wednesday 9 June) to end the sale of halogen light bulbs from this September, asContinue reading “Halogen light bulbs to be banned”

World Jaguar day began in 2019 as an opportunity to inspire conservationists, wildlife enthusiasts, big cat fanatics, NGOs, zoos, schools, the private sector, and individuals to celebrate the iconic jaguar. The Jaguar is the most threatened big cat in the Americas.

Government sets out marine commitments to mark World Ocean Day. Countries sign up to back ’30by30′ and plans to pilot greater protections for England’s waters launched. Under UK leadership, 80 countries have now signed up to an international target to protect at least 30 per cent of the world’s ocean by 2030.

Lunaz specialises in classic cars but is set to start conversion of bin lorries to help transition away from fossil fuel. Lunaz, a Silverstone-based company that electrifies classic cars from Rolls-Royce, Jaguar and Range Rover. Now it hopes to take the same engineering logic and apply it to refuse trucks and other specialist commercial vehicles,Continue reading “Which Celebrity has taken a 10% stake in Lunaz?”

G7 Environment and Climate ministers commit to protect land and ocean to bend the curve of biodiversity loss by 2030. Securing meaningful action from leading economies to tackle climate change is a priority for the UK’s G7 presidency, ahead of COP26 in November. They also commit to phase out new direct government support for internationalContinue reading “Leading economies to tackle climate change”

Bees are so important to the health of our planet that they have their own special day. World Bee Day takes place on 20th May each year, and its aim is to spread awareness of the significance of bees. Bee campaigners also ask people everywhere to do more to help and protect the special insects.

Have you ever wondered what happens to our plastic recycling? Greenpeace found that the UK plastics sent for recycling in Turkey, are in fact being dumped, burned or left to pollute the ocean.

COP26 President-Designate, Alok Sharma, will call on businesses around the world to take action to address climate change as the Business 7 Summit convenes later today (10 May). As part of the UK’s Presidency of the G7 this year, the CBI is chairing the B7 summit to mobilise international business behind the G7 agenda andContinue reading “Take action to address climate change”

Pension funds must set a target of net zero emissions for their investments if the UK is to meet its climate goals, influential figures in climate activism have urged. Many people are unaware of whether their pensions funds are invested in fossil fuels or high-carbon activities, and even companies that have publicly committed to reaching netContinue reading “Pension funds impact on the climate”