Posts Tagged ‘environment’
eReader gets Cleantech bill of health — so why are magazines reporting the opposite?
Amazon's Kindle offsets its carbon emissions in the first year of use, according to Cleantech's report The environmental impact of Amazon's Kindle. But Radimir Bobev of Device Magazine has reported the story differently, claiming "E-Books not such a Green Option, According to Research". Bobev may not be a regular reporter on green issues — the [...]
More questions than answers
As the great-grandson of a railwayman, and the grandson of a railway missionary, I love trains, railways, railway stations and rail travel. My natural inclination is to back them. So I'm in a slightly funny position with the consultation on Stratford's prospective Parkway Station. The public consultation is very short — 4 March to 19 March — [...]
Planning law must change
South Warwickshire Environmental Association is a local group which -- among other things -- is strongly opposing new sand and gravel quarries around the A46 at Broom and Dunnington. Essentially, Mexican company Cemex gained planning approval about 25 years ago for a long neglected quarry at Marsh Farm, on the condition that they reinstated the [...]
The confusion that is transport policy
If you live in Coventry, it's cheaper to drive to London than go by train, but if you live in Honeybourne, the train is cheaper. Stratford on Avon District Council this year threatened to impose parking charges on places like Alcester that don't have a parking problem. In the evenings, on-street parking is free, but off-street parking, where you [...]
