Could Germany set the standard for energy production and security

June 1, 2011
By

German Chancellor Angela Merkel has said a decision to phase out nuclear power by 2022 can make her country a trailblazer in renewable energy. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-13597627   Share on Facebook

Read more »

Oxfam forecast that key foods could increase by between 120% and 180% by 2030

June 1, 2011
By

By 2030, the average cost of key crops could increase by between 120% and 180%, the charity Oxfam forecasts. “The food system must be overhauled if we are to overcome the increasingly pressing challenges of climate change, spiralling food prices and the scarcity of land, water and energy,” said Barbara Stocking, Oxfam’s chief executive.”...

Read more »

Nuclear power plants in Germany to close by 2022

May 30, 2011
By

Germany’s ruling coalition says it has agreed a date of 2022 for the shutdown of all of its nuclear power plants. Environment Minister Norbert Rottgen made the announcement after a meeting of the ruling coalition that lasted into the early hours of this morning (Monday 30/05/2011). http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-13592208 Share on Facebook

Read more »

Is the UK Governments pledge of greenest government nonesense?

May 7, 2011
By

As we have seen before, as with the Last Government and all its talk about being the Greenest Government and how it “Leads the way” in Europe over Green Policy, once again we are seeing the Green Agenda “Hi-JACKED” in the persuit of Power. Is this another example of how the UK Government has...

Read more »

Green ISP offers Latest FTTC (Fibre ADSL) with speeds up to 40Mb/s

April 19, 2011
By

Because the service is delivered over a fibre-optic cable from the exchange to the new fibre cabinet close to your property, this service will offer a much higher speed than any ADSL or ADSL2+ service (including LLU) currently on the market. Most properties are going to be within 500 metres of their cabinet, so...

Read more »

Facebook shares green data centre technology. Green ISP have been aware of the need for this since 2003, so what is the delay?

April 11, 2011
By

Data centres use vast amounts of electricity to run their computer equipment  and also to keep it cool (as most Green ISP Fans will already have been made aware). Environmental group Greenpeace has estimated that their total global energy use will have reached 2 trillion kw/h by 2020. Facebook says it has stripped out...

Read more »

Subscribe to GreenIsp Members News Channel

Subscribe to News via email – FeedBurner

Enter your email address:

Delivered by FeedBurner