Allowing offsets for green tariffs is 'greenwash'

The decision to allow energy suppliers to offset carbon emissions in order to call fuel package a 'green tariff' has been labelled a "greenwash".

Ecotricity's Dale Vince – a self styled Zero Carbonista – has criticised guidelines set out by energy regulator Ofgem for the marketing of energy tariffs as 'green'.

Its new scheme will only provide accreditation to companies th... Read More

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Sir David, probably the best-loved broadcaster and certainly the most distinguished television naturalist, has blamed the Book of Genesis for many environmental problems, from the burning down of tropical rainforests to the extinction of species.

On the eve of a BBC1 documentary on the life of Charles Darwin and his theory of evolution, Sir David has criticised the centuries-old idea running through the Judaeo-Christian tradition which assumes God gave t... Read More

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