je.st

Home › footprint

Tag: footprint

5:2 your life the carbon footprint fast

2013-06-15 10:16:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Guardian: I'm saving the planet on Tuesdays and Wednesdays. Monday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday can go to hell in a carbonated handcart. Lights, telly, water, beware: you're history. I've lived the life of an ecological vampire, but not any more. Mike Berners-Lee, author of How Bad Are Bananas? and co-author of The Burning Question, is my father confessor. I ring him on my mobile. "Hello, Simon, could you ring me back on my landline?" Bloody hell. Can't even get that right. Mobiles: relatively...

Tags: life fast carbon footprint

Sugar mill nuts out plan to cut carbon footprint

2013-06-14 07:06:26| Sugar Industry News

A sugar mill at Bundaberg in southern Queensland is using macadamia nuts to create hotter and cleaner renewable fuel.

Tags: plan cut sugar carbon

Dairy Chains Carbon Footprint

2013-06-13 22:03:00| National Hog Farmer

Source: Feedstuffs. Researchers at the University of Arkansas are attempting to help the U.S. dairy industry decrease its carbon footprint, according to a report in Feedstuffs. In 2007, Americans consumed approximately 17.4 million metric tons (19 million tons) of fluid milk not including milk used in dairy products such as cheese, yogurt and ice cream. The dairy industry has set a goal of 25% reduction in greenhouse gas emissions by 2020. read more

Tags: carbon chains dairy footprint