EU Carbon Law Causes Issues
Twenty-six nations are expected to lodge a formal protest on Wednesday against a European Union law to make airlines pay for carbon emissions — adding to transatlantic tension on an issue that has triggered a tit-for-tat bill in the U.S. Congress. Under EU legislation, from January 1 all flights to…
British Airways Backing Domestic Emission Reduction Program
British Airways became the first company to support a major new initiative designed to make it easier for UK firms to invest in domestic emission reduction projects. The UK Carbon Reporting Framework has been developed by BA, Deloitte, environmental consultancy BRE and think-tank Forum for the Future as a way…
Greenpeace Asking For Answers from VW
Greenpeace is making life for VW a little tough after Europe’s largest auto maker has been accused of overstating its environmental credentials and lobbying against deeper cuts to EU greenhouse gas emissions, after becoming the latest victim of one of Greenpeace’s publicity stunts. The NGO has launched a global campaign…
Royal Wedding CO2 Contribution
Looks like there will be a lot of hot air at the royal wedding this week! The wedding of Prince William and his girlfriend Kate Middleton is likely to generate more than 10 times as much greenhouse gases the Buckingham Palace emits in a whole year, a carbon footprint analysis…
Live Beta Launch!
The quiz and website is ready for live beta and we would love to hear feedback on what works and what doesn’t! Please use our contact us form to get the information to us. Our next step is to integrate social media connectivity, this will allow you to post your…
Farmers Asked to Do Their Part
It is not as obvious as car pollution but farming contributes quite a bit to the world-wide CO2 emissions and now farmers are being encouraged to work to cut the carbon emissions on their land and in their operations. They have been asked to commit to the Greenhouse Gas Action…
Welcome to the Beta Launch of Our Website
After months of planning we are very excited to enter the beta testing stage of our new Carbon Quiz website. Our mission is simple; we would like to help spread the word about the importance of carbon emission reduction! Sometimes when you try and bring a worthy cause to the…