CCA Newsletter Issue 18
Hi Everyone
I thought I would begin this holiday month by passing on a bit
of good climate related news sent in by Julie Barrie - thanks
Julie:
A giant kite like sail billowed out
in front of MS Beluga SkySails, as she set out on her
maiden voyage from Germany to Venezuela. Following routes
traditionally used by sailing ships, the kite-sail cuts fuel costs
for the cargo ship by roughly $1500 a day. On the pilot voyage from
Bremen to South and North America and back via Norway, engineers on
board studied the SkySails system. The results will soon be
published. The technology can be retrofitted onto nearly all types
of cargo ships, making huge savings in fuel while cutting carbon
emissions by up to 35%.
Enjoy the remaining weeks of summer!!
Paula
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A completely new leaflet for CCA has been
printed and stocks are currently held by Alan Murray. The leaflet
has a bright new format thanks to Jeff Bellingham of Scribble and
Nonsense and features pictures of CCA activities over the past few
months. It includes the details for all the groups wi ... |
I'd like to know how people in general might use our site. Is it
for giving out information such as news and events, educating the
general public about climate change, peak oil, transition towns,
advertising what CCA has to offer? Are there other things we should
be doing on our site?
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You may have heard in the news recently that Gordon Brown has
added potential legislation about plastic bags to the Climate
Change Bill. This is great news and we really believe that the war
on plastic carriers is fast being won!
Over 60 shops in Crediton have now either stopped using plasti ... |
From Martin Maggs, Town Clerk
Following the recent initial scoping
meeting of the working group, I am trying to arrange another
meeting to include as many interested people/organisations as
possible.
Scout Memorial Gardens, Peoples Park
As most of you know, the Town Council is looking at ... |
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