uk emissions Archives – The Green Optimistic green tech news, since 2008 Thu, 03 Dec 2015 16:46:12 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 2667534 Leaked Emails Reveal Truth about UK’s Renewable Energy Target https://www.greenoptimistic.com/uk-renewable-energy-target-leaked-email https://www.greenoptimistic.com/uk-renewable-energy-target-leaked-email#respond Wed, 11 Nov 2015 19:16:38 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=57485 Amber Rudd, the energy secretary in the UK, revealed that she does not believe the country will be able to meet their renewable energy target, obligated by the European Union, of 15% by the year 2020. Now she is accused of misleading the public, and will probably have to answer to the Commons energy committee […]

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]]> https://www.greenoptimistic.com/uk-renewable-energy-target-leaked-email/feed/ 0 57485 UK CO2 Emissions Growing In Spite Of Greener Industry https://www.greenoptimistic.com/uk-co2-growth-20101026/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/uk-co2-growth-20101026/#respond Tue, 26 Oct 2010 20:44:07 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=11465 Research from the Stockholm Environment Institute (SEO) at the University of New York and the University of Durham reveals the fact that despite the efficiency improvements in the global supply chain of the products consumed in the UK, there has been a parallel growth of consumption, and an overall growth in carbon dioxide emissions.

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