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  • Air New Zealand Boeing 777

    Who To Trust On Green Targets

    Commercial air travel is a pollution source that is very much in the public consciousness. As a result, environmental efforts that target air travel are widespread. In general terms, these [...]

  • helicopter flying in sky

    Sustainable Aviation Fuel for Wind Farm Servicing

    Emissions from the aviation industry are a comparatively small but persistent aspect of global pollution. Reported values for the percentage of carbon emissions are typically around 2%-3% [1,2]. The industry [...]

  • Glare from car headlamps

    UK Government to Review Headlamp Glare

    The UK government has announced that there will be an independent research exercise into glare from vehicle headlamps [1]. The Department for Transport (DfT) is a ministerial department of the [...]

  • Sun shining over an expanse of dry land

    Is Our Future In Drought?

    Climate crises of various kinds are becoming commonplace in today’s world. From extreme weather events to rising average temperatures, we are becoming used to reading about concerning environmental events. Drought [...]

  • Lufthansa Airbus at Munich Airport

    Munich Airport’s Green Ambitions Take Off

    Located northeast of the Bavarian capital, Munich Airport is Germany’s second-largest airport (after Frankfurt, for anybody who is curious but doesn’t feel like googling it), coordinating 90 airlines operating across [...]

  • Landscape of a wind farm

    Eskdalemuir Seismic Array and Wind Farms

    There is an organisation called the Preparatory Commission for the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty (CTBTO Preparation Committee), which was set up in 1996 with the purpose of banning nuclear explosions of [...]

  • High-speed train at Hauptbahnhof railway station

    Renewable Railways

    Greener transport options have been at the forefront of discussions around reducing emissions for a long time. Transport reportedly [1] accounts for approximately 20% of carbon dioxide emissions worldwide, and [...]

  • oil rig

    Norway’s Controversial Deep-Sea Mining Plans

    Mining for resources is a longstanding industry. Up to now, mining around the world is predominantly terrestrial or in (relatively) shallow coastal waters. However, mineral deposits exist at greater depths [...]

  • Electricity pylons

    Gridlock for UK Renewables!

    Green transition: A game of two halves The UK, like many countries, is grappling with an ongoing transition towards greener energy. This is a complicated business worldwide for various reasons, [...]

  • Solar farm

    The UK Government Position on Solar Glare

    Developers of solar photovoltaic projects within the UK and internationally will be familiar with the potential constraints posed by solar glint and glare. The issue is also prevalent in other [...]