Cavendish Hotel earns green ‘gold’

Jermyn Street's Cavendish Hotel is the first to win a gold award as part of the London Development Agency's (LDA) Green Tourism programme. The 230-room hotel has taken a number of steps to go green, installing low-energy light bulbs and dual-flush toilets, controlling lighting and heating of rooms that aren't in use, using local and organic…

ByThe Global ViewFebruary 23, 20090Comments

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Londoners warned on climate change

Back from his unbuttoned jacket controversy and shoddy flag waving efforts at the closing ceremony of the Olympic Games in Beijing, London Mayor Boris Johnson has published a climate change report warning that London isn't prepared to cope with the predicted effects of global warming, including increased floods, droughts and heatwaves. The key findings of the…

ByThe Global ViewSeptember 1, 20081Comment

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Hydrogen hybrid black cabs coming to London by 2012

What do you expect to see on the streets of London before the 2012 Olympics? A fella with a torch maybe, and some political protesters being wrestled to the ground by burly Chinese military? A lot of confused tourists blocking the escalators at the top of the Tube, as irate commuters stumble over them? Burger…

ByThe Global ViewMay 21, 20080Comments

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Scots paying to generate renewable energy, Londoners don’t

Unless scientists come up with a way of connecting irate commuters and one-legged pigeons up to the national grid, then London isn't going to be the biggest generator of renewable energy. Scotland however might have more of a chance, with all those windy hillocks and stormy seas. However, in an exemplary piece of logic, some…

ByThe Global ViewApril 29, 20080Comments

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Virgin biofuel plane completes London to Amsterdam flight

Remember how Virgin Atlantic said was going to fly a biofuel plane in February? Well, it's February and guess what? The flight has flown. The biofuel-powered 747 flew from London to Amsterdam, using fuel made from a mix of babassu oil and coconut oil and no amendments to its engine. The demo flight was piloted by…

ByThe Global ViewFebruary 25, 20081Comment

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Cavendish Hotel earns green ‘gold’

Londoners warned on climate change

Hydrogen hybrid black cabs coming to London by 2012

Scots paying to generate renewable energy, Londoners don’t

Virgin biofuel plane completes London to Amsterdam flight

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