September 2012 | link2portal - news and business directory

Councils snub weekly waste collections and go for recycling

Just one council has applied to a fund set up by Communities Secretary Eric Pickles to help them switch from fortnightly to weekly refuse collections.
Electric supercar breaks land speed record

The first electric super car, the ‘Nemesis’, designed and built entirely in the UK, has today broken the UK electric car land-speed record, reaching a verified speed of 148 mph.
Cloud computing to become 90% more energy efficient

European researchers are developing a new microprocessor for use in data centres that uses 10% of the energy that chips currently consume.
UK shale gas reserves huge, but difficult to exploit

A new report puts the value of shale gas to the British economy at £95 billion of investment, but says it won't be cheap.
Nitrogen dioxide is key culprit in UK air pollution

Citizens in many UK cities fare poorly in exposure to nitrogen dioxide pollution, whereas London is the only UK city where air pollution from particulates is of significant concern.
ASA rules in my favour over EDF Energy's nuclear propaganda for women

A complaint that I made about a series of promotions by EDF Energy on nuclear power to the Advertising Standards Association has been upheld.

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