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"Renewables Work" meeting at the Langdale Hotel March 11th 2008

Cumbria ripe for renewables

CUMBRIA'S woodlands, mountains, waterfalls, rivers and lakes are a treasure trove of renewable energy sources and it's high time we started reaping the benefits of the county's unique topography.
Full story by Matthew Connolly West Moreland Gazette

Some of the speakers at the event

Left to Right:

David Welch - Vice Chair CGBF,
Miles Postlethwaite – Turbine Services,
John Withers – Geowarmth,
Andy Mason – Sundog Energy, Clive Wickham – LDNPA,
Roger Bell,
John Barwise – Chair CGBF
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TOURISM businesses across the Lake District are being urged to become more environmentally friendly by joining a new green organisation being launched at Brathay Hall, near Ambleside, at 7pm tomorrow

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ASA gets tough on advertising green claims
Over the last few months the ASA has investigated and upheld seven complaints against advertisers who have made unsubstantiated environmental claims. The ASA is raising consumer awareness of misleading ads, reminding advertisers of the rules and why it is not always easy being green.

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Gore and UN panel win Nobel prize
Al Gore's film An Inconvenient Truth was an unlikely box office hit
Climate change campaigner Al Gore and the UN's Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change have been jointly awarded the Nobel Peace Prize.

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