Beko gas cooker killed at least five people from carbon monoxide poisoning

A company which made a faulty cooker that killed up to 18 people failed to test it with the grill door closed, an inquest heard today.  Maureen Cook, 47, and her parents Audrey, 86, and Alfred Cook, 90, died in their static caravan home in Camborne, Cornwall, in 2013.  Kevin Branton, 32, and Richard Smith, 30, … Read more

Chocolate that’s 99% carbon free… but costs you a packet!

Chocolate that’s 99% carbon free… but costs you £24.95 for 180g! New brand being stocked at Fortnum & Mason claims to be the first with no virtually adverse effect on environment Sailboat Chocolate is said to be 99 per cent free of carbon emissions New brand says it is first to have virtually no adverse … Read more

Lewis Hamilton is mocked for saying he’ll cut his carbon footprint with new £80,000 Mercedes

Formula One ace Lewis Hamilton has been mocked for saying he will cut his carbon footprint – with a new £80,000 top-of-the-range Mercedes. The 35-year-old motorist was accused of being out-of-touch after boasting about the electric Mercedes EQS to his 20 million Instagram followers. Six-time world champion Hamilton bragged he is doing his bit to … Read more

Altered Carbon canceled after 2 seasons over low viewership as COVID-19 spells end of other shows

Altered Carbon canceled by Netflix after 2 seasons over low viewership… as COVID-19 spells out end of other fan favorites By Glenn Garner For Dailymail.com Published: 01:39 BST, 27 August 2020 | Updated: 01:40 BST, 27 August 2020 The ongoing global COVID-19 pandemic has kept Hollywood on lockdown for more than four months. And as … Read more

Stars twice the size of the Sun produced the majority of carbon in the Milky Way

White Dwarfs, the dead remnants of a Sun-like star, are responsible for most of the carbon in the Milky Way – the element essential for life as we know it, a study found.  Astronomers from the US and UK including the University of Warwick, studied star clusters throughout the Milky Way to track down the … Read more

Harry and Meghan’s carbon footprint could be 26 times more than average Briton

So much for SAVING the trees! Eco-preachers Harry and Meghan’s carbon footprint could be TWENTY SIX times more than average Briton – meaning they would need to plant forest of 10,745 saplings to offset their CO2 Former MP Norman Baker has studied their carbon footprint over a year, he says Couple flew 53 times in … Read more

Carbon dioxide levels hit new record that experts say is the highest in several MILLIONS years

The world has hit a new record high for heat-trapping carbon dioxide in the atmosphere, despite the drop in emissions due to the coronavirus pandemic, researchers announced Thursday. Scripps Institution of Oceanography and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) measured 417.1 per million over Hawaii’s Muana Loa this month, which is 2.4 parts million … Read more

Rivers carry 43m tonnes of carbon from fires to sea every year

Up to 43 MILLION tonnes of carbon from fires is absorbed by rivers every year and flushed out to sea where it can be stored for thousands of years Carbon tumbles into rivers as ash and charcoal or is dissolved into the waterway Rivers carry around 17 per cent of all carbon left on the … Read more

Carbon emissions are being detected from the moon

Carbon emissions from the moon are making scientists question the theory that our dusty rock was formed in a collision between Earth and the ‘wandering planet’ Theia. Readings from a retired Japanese spacecraft found traces of carbon and volatile water in lunar gases that show the moon is emitting carbon ions from its surface.  This … Read more

Carbon emissions from the power sector have fallen 39 per cent due to virus

Carbon emissions from the power sector have fallen by nearly 40 per cent across Europe due to coronavirus lockdowns, analysis suggests. Emissions of CO2 from power generation, including the harmful burning of coal, have been 39 per cent lower in the past 30 days than the same period in 2019. The analysis from climate think … Read more