News Headlines
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Hemp is due a hayday as farm-grown revival begins across UK
Business
The British Hemp Company has launched a mill in Warminster and has boosted its plans for 12 farms across the UK, with its founder Stephen Glover pointing out that being locally grown it avoids the carbon footprint of imports. In the 1930s hemp fell out of favour in Britain after the price fell and a government disinformation campaign wrongly linked hemp with Cannabis.
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Darker skies and less carbon from Cumbria County Council's lighting replacements
Energy
Cumbria County Council's seven year £12.9m programme to replace over 45,000 street lights with more energy efficient and cost effective LED technology is nearing completion.
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"Offsetting a cop-out" Polestar boss says as aims for climate neutral car
Transport
Thomas Ingenlath, the boss of Swedish electric car brand Polestar, has turned his back on carbon offsetting in an ambition to create the first 'truly climate neutral car' by 2030.
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Fashion made from seaweed fibre hopes for green takeoff
Business
Fashion from seaweed fibre is behind an environmental entrepreneur's campaign to offset one gigaton of C02 by 2030 and counter the plastic microfibres shed into the environment from clothing.
Trade Shows & Conferences
Britain's momentous EU referendum result presents unique risks and opportunities for environmental law and business. UK and EU environmental law are deeply intertwined, and disentangling them will throw up a huge range of challenges.
RUSHLIGHT SHOW - LONDON, 25 JANUARY 2017
The 8th Rushlight Show, sponsored by Innovate UK, BEIS, Enterprise Ireland, Carbon Limiting Technologies, Venner Shipley and Smith & Williamson, is taking place on Wednesday 25 January 2017 at the Royal College of Surgeons of England, Lincoln's Inn Fields, London. It is a leading event for cleantech companies and sustainable solutions to meet investors and financiers, corporate customers, government departments, advisers and intermediaries in the heart of London.
Themes and talking points at major energy management show
To give you a glimpse into the seminar programme and the exhibition – here are some of the themes and talking points that will be covered this year at EMEX, the Energy Management Exhibition being held at Excel London, 16-17 November.
5th International Electronics Recycling Congress IERC 2016
January 19 – 22, 2016, Salzburg, Austria
The IERC 2016 is the recycling industry's most important event, bringing together over 500 producers, recyclers, equipment manufacturers, recycling associations, refurbisher, standards bodies, NGOs, regulators and many more.
ELECTRONICS RECYCLING ASIA, November 10-13, 2015, Singapore
The world's reliance on electronic products and digital information continues to feed into the corresponding challenge of how best to recycle the electric- and battery-powered devices that touch all aspects of daily life.
ENERGY EFFICIENCY'S MOVERS AND SHAKERS MEET AT EMEX LONDON
Ahead of the 2015 Paris Climate conference, UK energy efficiency's movers and shakers meet at The Energy Management Exhibition (EMEX), the largest business focused event taking place this year on 11- 12 November at ExCeL in London.
GreenbuildEXPO returns to Manchester
THE sustainable construction and refurbishment event Greenbuild Expo returns to Manchester Central in November to highlight and promote sustainability in the built environment.
