carbon footprint

Green News

Can a four day work week shrink your carbon footprint?

Working four days a week gives people 50 per cent more free time and helps drive down their carbon emissions too.

29/01/2025

Living

Spotify, Netflix…Heat pumps? How to get eco-heating on subscription

Buying and installing a heat pump comes to an eye-watering €11,500 – but this company aims to change that.

19/12/2024

Living

Is it time we retire the carbon footprint concept?

A quarter century since we learned about ‘carbon footprints’, researchers say it’s time to change the conversation.

09/11/2024

Mobility

World's most liveable city: Is transport secret to Vienna's success?

The Austrian capital was voted "most liveable city in the world" by The Economist in part because of its public transport.

20/10/2024

Green News

Ranked: Best and worst European cities for green transport

The study compared the transport in 24 cities across Europe.

18/10/2024

Green News

Risk experts name climate change as biggest concern

Climate change topped the poll for the third year in a row.

15/10/2024

Culture news

Billie Eilish partners with Google Maps to offer sustainable tour bets

As part of her upcoming worldwide tour, Hit Me Hard And Soft: The Tour, Billie Eilish is working with Google Maps to help fans make more sustainable choices when travelling to her shows.

25/09/2024

Green News

Nutella’s new vegan spread: Is it really better for the planet?

Replacing milk cuts the spread’s carbon footprint, but experts say that removing palm oil would have a bigger environmental impact.

05/09/2024

Climate

Could this year’s Super Bowl be the most polluting yet?

As superstar singer-songwriter Taylor Swift comes under fire for her “excessive” private jet usage, just how damaging will the thousands of planes going to Las Vegas for this weekend’s Super Bowl really be?

09/02/2024

Green News

‘Upgrade madness’: How the planet picks up the tab on Black Friday

A UK charity has calculated the emissions that could be saved by resisting Black Friday marketing

23/11/2023

Space

New satellite will track C02 released from polluters for first time

The satellite launched by a Canadian company will be able to detect carbon emissions from sites like coal plants from space for the first time.

12/11/2023

Mobility

How green are EVs really compared to your petrol or diesel car?

Carmakers are pledging billions to develop supposedly eco-friendly EVs but their manufacture is not carbon-free. How do they compare with ICE cars?

29/10/2023

Experiences

From Brocken to Hell: 5 of Europe’s spookiest train journeys

The only thing that’s not scary is the carbon emissions you’ll save from not flying.

19/10/2023

Mobility

Are new aerodynamic, lighter designs spelling the end of the SUV?

Sales of bigger, heavier cars have never been higher. But as the EU pushes towards electrification, more efficient vehicles could spell the end for SUVs.

22/09/2023

Tech News

Could computers someday function with real brains?

A growing field of research known as organoid intelligence is trying to reproduce the human brain to take over AI and more.

05/09/2023

Germany

More Germans would travel by train but it's too expensive: residents

While some people prefer this mode of transport, experts have said that reducing tax breaks for airlines and subsidies was needed to make it more affordable.

30/08/2023

Green News

Could a carbon tax on luxury items be fairer and more effective?

Researchers found that applying a carbon tax on luxury goods would be a “fairer” way to reduce emissions.

12/07/2023

Culture news

Fix You: Coldplay tour reducing band’s carbon emissions by 47%

Coldplay have shared new figures that show the celebrated British band have reduced their carbon emissions by nearly half with their eco-friendly world tour.

05/06/2023

Tech News

Is generative AI bad for the environment?

Generative AI is the hot new technology behind chatbots and image generators. But how hot is it making the planet?

24/05/2023

Green News

Meet the American millionaire selling his private jet to go green

Millionaire Stephen Prince sells private jet after learning how polluting it is.

09/05/2023