Can anyone afford to drive in central London?

It’s been a tough time for owners of larger vehicles as they have recently become the prime target of environmental lobbyists who are keen to see them driven off the roads completely.

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Mediterranean restaurants in London face Salmon shortage

Affluent Knightsbridge has many up-market restaurants, appealing to all tastes and flavours and is also home to the infamous Lorenzo’s; an Italian restaurant regularly frequented by celebrities. Many of those establishments offer Mediterranean-inspired fare and also specialise in fish dishes, but some of them are facing a salmon shortage due to a mini-marine disaster off the coast of Northern Ireland which has resulted in the loss of over 100,000 salmon.

Mediterranean restaurants in London face Salmon shortage : 1:41 (419 words)

Nashville’s Greening Looks Skyward

A green roof. What is it? How can it help offset global warming while increasing human comfort?

Nashville’s Greening Looks Skyward : 1:45 (439 words)

Nashville to host Green Building Conference

Nashville will soon be the hosting a conference aimed at encouraging builders, designers and community planners to think green in an effort to keep Tennessee’s water clean. The conference, presented by the Kentucky Dept. for Environmental Protection and the Tennessee Dept. of Environment and Conservation, actually focuses on the water quality of the entire Southeast area, and seeks to inform officials of the benefits of considering the environment on every level of development, and what regulations they can implement to encourage this in their communities. By creating a dialogue between all levels involved, from architects to builders and contractors to rule-makers, the conference should be an excellent way to get everyone on the same page when it comes to our water conservation priorities. It could also generate some exciting new ideas.

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The River Thames Frost Fair: Through the Ice Ages

For modern day Londoners, it’s hard to believe that a river as mighty as the Thames could ever be ground to a halt by freezing over. However, historic accounts and paintings teach us that at one time the Thames regularly froze over - producing ice that was thick enough to support not just the weight of people, but of an elephant!

The River Thames Frost Fair: Through the Ice Ages : 2:09 (538 words)

Atlanta Green Home Lights the Way

Energy efficient homes that go easy on the environment are turning heads in Georgia with their low-maintenance appeal, cost efficiency and natural good looks. With Georgia Tech’s recent success in the 2007 Solar Decathlon and world-class community projects like Atlantic Station, Metro Atlanta is well on its way to being a model of eco-building in the Southeast.

Atlanta Green Home Lights the Way : 1:48 (449 words)

Hotels in London to be ‘green-graded’

Hotels, guesthouses, attractions and event venues in London, England are being invited to have their green credentials tested by independent auditors through a pilot scheme that has been enthusiastically endorsed by London Mayor, Ken Livingstone.

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Get Paid for Giving Away Your Old Cell Phones

One of the many problems with all of the tech gadgets that we have surrounded ourselves with is what to do with them once we decide to get rid of them.

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Nuclear power and public health

Because of concern about the health and environmental effects of burning fossil fuels such as coal and oil to produce electrical energy in recent years, there has been a resurgence of interest in nuclear power stations as a “carbon-free” method of generating electricity. For example, an interdisciplinary study titled The Future of Nuclear Energy, released by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT 2003) suggests that there are four options for reducing carbon dioxide emissions from electricity: increasing efficiency, expanding renewable energy sources, capturing carbon dioxide and sequestering the carbon, and increasing use of nuclear power. This study and one of its authors have gotten considerable public attention in the past couple of years for putting the nuclear power option back on the table for discussion in the United States (Bane 2005).

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