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Attenborough's Apollo mission
12th October 2015 | Peter Rolton: Chairman, Rolton Group
When John F. Kennedy spoke about his ambition to land on the moon back in 1962, he did so in the strongest terms.
The Dangers of Fracking With the German Beer Industry
7th June 2013 | Kate Roche
Cue the tenuous puns; fracking has hit the headlines again. This time it isn’t for fear of earthquakes or disturbance to wildlife, but the purity of water that is then used to produce… beer.
Green Deal: Mean Deal?
24th May 2013 | Peter Rolton
My first musings on the Green Deal argued that homeowners, businesses and politicians alike should welcome it with open arms.
Indecisions, Indecisions, Indecisions: the Eternal Energy Game
17th May 2013 | Kate Roche
After being unceremoniously dismissed from the key talking points planned for the forthcoming G8 summit some months ago, the recent Queen’s Speech saw climate change tacked quietly back onto the very end of the agenda.
Separating the Woodchip from the Trees
10th May 2013 | Peter Rolton
Biomass developments get a relatively high level of coverage in the field of sustainable technologies; some laud it as a major player in the move to a cleaner environment, while at the other end of the spectrum some brand it ‘Dirtier than Coal’.
Bursting the Carbon Bubble
22nd April 2013 | Peter Rolton
Fresh predictions of a worldwide economic collapse are beginning to gather pace, with warnings voiced that up to $6trn could be tied up in stranded carbon assets if the globe sticks to the 2050 carbon budget it has set of 886 GtC02, designated to the years between 2000 and 2050.
An Industry Powered by Scottish Spirit
19th April 2013 | Kate Roche
The Scotch whisky industry has been using its by-products for several years to save money and reduce the carbon emissions of its world-famous distilleries, capturing CO2 and converting it into animal feed.