The Rolls Crescent Community Primary School in Hulme has had a £5million revamp to incorporate energy and water saving technologies. All new public buildings should be required to be net zero carbon, or better, before they’re given the go ahead. It sounds like a lot to ask, but in the long run it’ll save money and set a good example.
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Trees absorb less carbon dioxide as the world warms up.
The ability of forests to soak up man-made carbon dioxide is weakening, according to an analysis of two decades of data from more than 30 sites in the frozen north.
Oil price hits $100 per barrel for the first time.
German cities ban the most polluting cars.
A School in Trafford is about to become one of the country’s ‘greenest’ when solar panels are installed on its roof as part of a renewable energy drive.
Sale Grammar School is being given the panels, which are worth about £20,000, by the Co-operative Group.
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Education secretary Alan Johnson claimed the eco-schools would help save five million tonnes of carbon dioxide.
The scheme, which comes as part of a £110m investment package to be delivered over three years, will also see all secondary schools given a copy of Al Gore’s film ‘An inconvenient truth’.
“As people and businesses try to reduce their carbon emissions, it is only right that the government plays its part,” Johnson said.
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