Working together for a low carbon Portishead

Updated: 1 May, 2011

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20 March 2011

Govt announce new Renewable Heat Initiative

DECC official announcement

 

Govt announce new feed-in tarriff and consultation on renewable heat.

Summary of measures announced

Official government announcement regarding new feed-in tariffs

Government consultation document on renewable heat incentive

 

This page contains a list of useful websites and downloads about Transition Towns, Peak Oil, and Climate Change.

Downloads

Transition Towns Initiative

Transition Network Ltd - Who we are what we do (PDF)

Transition Initiatives primer(PDF)

Oil Independence

Oil Independent Oakland Action Plan(PDF)

Making Sweden an OIL-FREE Society(PDF)

 

Links

Transition Towns

Wikipage for the Transitions Town Programme                                                                    b

Transition Town Totnes - UK's first Transition Town

Peak Oil

12/12/2009 The International Energy Agency have finally put a date on Peak Oil at around 2020

http://www.economist.com/businessfinance/displayStory.cfm?story_id=15065719

The Oil Drum (Europe) - discussions about energy

Energy

"Sustainable Energy...without the hot air"  all you ever wanted to know about how we are to power the UK if we cannot use fossil fuels. By David MacKay FRS, chief science adviser to Dept. of Energy and Climate Change.

 

Climate Change

 

Articles on various aspects of climate change and reducing CO2:

Article by George Monbiot about the way climate denial is funded and manipulated.

http://www.monbiot.com/archives/2009/12/07/the-real-climate-scandal/

Is Carbon Capture and storage just another green scam?

http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2008/mar/18/fossilfuels.carbonemissions                     

Carbon Capture and Storage using biochar

http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2009/mar/13/charcoal-carbon