Climate advisors take electric road

"Welcome to the electric future." That was the key message from the Committee on Climate Change, the government's new advisory body, as it delivered its recommendations on how the UK should meet its target of reducing greenhouse gas emissions by 80% by 2050.

There is a wealth of detail tucked away in its 500-plus page report.
It proposes five-yearly "carbon budgets" that the government should adopt, and suggests a range of policy options for achieving them - among which weaning the nation's power providers off fossil fuels is clearly the priority.

"One particularly important development is the de-carbonizing of electricity," the committee's chairman Lord Turner told reporters.
"Once we de-carbonize generation, we can apply electricity to new areas such as road transport and the heating of buildings."

Top Ten Tips to Fight Global Warming

The recent hot and muggy weather has us all thinking about how to take the temperature down a notch. With that in mind, we've culled the top ten ways consumers can cut into the 22 tons of carbon dioxide each of us produces in the United States.

Take these small and not-so-small steps and you'll help ensure a more comfortable future for us all (all carbon savings are annual averages).

Meat, Fish, Eggs and Alternative Sources of Protein.

Why is protein important?? From hair to fingernails, protein is a major functional and structural component of all our cells. Protein provides the body with roughly 10 to 15 per cent of its dietary energy, and is needed for growth and repair.

Proteins are large molecules made up of long chains of amino acid subunits. Some of these amino acids are nutritionally essential as they cannot be made or stored within the body and so must come from foods in our daily diet.

Although all animal and plant cells contain some protein, the amount and quality of this protein can vary widely.