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We had a great Energy and Sustainability show yesterday – in case you were unable to make it, I recorded the video (above) and the chatstream (below):
Mon, 8 Feb, 16:22
Tom Raftery :
Monday Feb 8th – show kicking off in just under 10 mins
Hi everyone, can you see/hear me [...]
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GreenPeace released a damning report last month called Slaughtering the Amazon in which it detailed how the Brazilian cattle sector is the largest driver of deforestation in the world.
In this shocking exposé Greenpeace detailed how:
Cattle are responsible for about 80% of all deforestation’ in the Amazon region. In recent years, on average [...]
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Yesterday’s GreenMonk Energy and Sustainability show went off without the technical hitches which plagued the previous week’s show. I fixed the chat app and the Google Calendar button so you can now add the show to your calendar (and be notified of any changes to the schedule).
Consequently with the chat app now working in Firefox, [...]
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Tata Motors is a subsidiary of the Tata Group and has become one of the largest manufacturers of commercial vehicles in the world – from Wikipedia:
Tata Motors was listed on the NYSE in 2004, and in 2005 it was ranked among the top 10 corporations in India with an annual revenue exceeding INR 320 billion. [...]
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A superb GreenPeace photo essay on how electronic waste, given to a UK County Council (Hampshire) bring center, illegally ended up in Nigeria.
Unfortunately due to greed and complete lack of oversight, I suspect this kind of thing happens all too often, leading to massive pollution problems in the recipient countries.
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photo credit: DeclanTM
James had a post here a couple of weeks back asking “Are Games Consoles Really Gas Guzzlers?“. This was in response to a story in the Sydney Morning Herald where Greenpeace accused games console vendors of ignoring environmental concerns.
James correctly pointed out that the story was light on specifics – there was [...]
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I found this story Interesting.
Apparently after the first “green” CebIT Greenpeace accused games console vendors of ignoring environmental concerns. some of the language and framing in the story is pretty darned strident.
Worldwide computer use requires 14 power stations for the necessary electricity, producing more harmful carbon dioxide emissions than the entire airline industry – [...]
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