Earth Patrol has become a member of the South African Carbon Protocol as we begin the final stages to launching our Energy Efficiency in Lighting Emission Reductions Project.
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Green Building Council Member Organisation
Earth Patrol has remained a member of the Green Building Council of South Africa for 2011. We are proud to be part of this community of green building specialists, and are currently integrating the Green Star thinking into our sustainable development frameworks for property development.
An American Oil Spill
SINGAPORE – When accidents happen, there is always enough blame to go around, and with the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, no one has been spared – with the exception of one of the main culprits, the American public.
Within a few hours of the accident, critics trained their sights on all the usual suspects: the Minerals Management Service, for giving BP a pass on routine inspections and lapsing into a relationship with the oil industry that United States President Barack Obama denounced as “cozy”; Obama himself, for having failed to enact the reforms at the Interior Department that he had promised while campaigning for election; the oil services firm Transocean, for the faulty blowout preventer; and, of course, BP, for a “lax” and even “reckless” safety culture.
The High Cost of Cheap Fashion
OXFORD – I confess: I do it, too. Like most Western women, I do it regularly, and it is a guilty pleasure every time. It is hard to listen to one’s conscience when one is faced with so much incredible temptation.
I am talking, of course, about cheap trendy fashion. I'll visit a Zara – or H&M, or, now that I am in the United Kingdom for the summer, the amazing Primark – and snap up items that are “cute,” effectively disposable, and so shockingly inexpensive that one does a double take.
BP Spill Bill Advances in the Senate
This legislation seems like a no-brainer: A bill that takes steps to prevent another such disaster, in the wake of the worst oil spill in the history of both the Gulf and the United States. Thankfully, such a bill -- one that requires deep water drilling be better regulated, demands oil companies employ more preventative measures and have thorough response plans, and eliminates the 'liability cap' on how much those companies must pay in damages when they cause a spill -- is advancing in the Senate. In other words, it may not be long before we see a 'BP spill bill'.
London Calling: City Wants to be World’s Greenest by 2012
With the 2012 Olympics as a backdrop, London is setting the stage to become the world’s “greenest” city by 2012.
London Mayor Boris Johnson said the city will use the Olympics “to drive the greening and the improvement” of the city.
London has committed to reduce carbon emissions 60 percent by 2025.
Johnson said domestic and commercial buildings, which account for 70 percent of carbon dioxide emissions in London, must be retrofitted, according to this news report.
Johnson, a self-proclaimed “passionate cyclist,” said he wants to create cycle super-highways around the city.
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