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Plans for next summer’s Commonwealth Games in Birmingham to be carbon neutral for the first time are a winner, says a Midlands green energy expert. It’s an historic moment for sport and ensures a positive environmental legacy is left for future generations,” said Ron Fox, of Noreus Ltd. [...]

A new trial launched this month is using latest technology to clamp down on litterbug motorists. In the first pilot scheme in the country one county is using webcams to catch and fine drivers who throw rubbish out of their car windows on to roads. The new LitterCam will provide footage and [...]

A “tremendous achievement is how a Midlands green energy expert described last week’s announcement that Britain is already at the halfway point in its 60-year goal of being carbon neutral by 2050. “It’s great news,” said Ron Fox, “but we mustn’t take our foot off the gas as these figures are [...]

A new action week to warn people of the environmental consequences of wasting food has been welcomed by a Midlands energy expert. “Throwing edible stuff away is a huge problem worldwide as it contributes between 8 and 10 per cent to the total of man-made greenhouse gas emissions,” said Ron Fox, [...]

Last week’s budget was a disappointment with green issues a footnote instead of being centre stage, says Midlands energy expert Ron Fox. He said there were some good points with plans for a new savings scheme, expanding the remit of the Bank of England to support the move to zero emissions and [...]

Three in five shoppers were baffled by these nine common recycling symbols on supermarket items. In a recent poll of 2,300 British people conducted by SaveOnEnergy.com 61 per cent of them said they did not know what these green logos found on everyday store packages meant. “It is staggering [...]

A plan by the government to cut back its flagship £2 billion Green Homes Grant’s after less than a year is a big mistake, says a Midlands energy expert. “It sends outs all the wrong signals, especially when the UK is hosting the United Nations Climate Change Conference in Glasgow this [...]

More than 11 million households face a “worrying double whammy” in April, warns a Midlands energy expert. Gas and electricity customers will see their bills increase by up to 9 per cent or £96 a year as the price cap is raised at the same time as the government’s Covid-related support scheme is [...]

A plan for more ‘jumbo’ trains up to half a mile long to take the strain off lorries and to cut air pollution is on the right lines, says a Midlands green energy expert. Ron Fox was commenting on a Network Rail experiment to lengthen supersized freight trains to 775 metres (2,540ft) during [...]

Many green energy users are missing an opportunity to make money out of their investment. “The Smart Export Guarantee (SEG) is a government initiative little known by consumers and is overseen by the independent regulator, Ofgem,” said Midlands expert Ron Fox. “Basically, it is a bonus paid per [...]