Chris Milton, Author at PlanetSave

About Chris Milton

Chris is a seasoned sustainability journalist focusing on business, finance and clean technology. His writing's been carried by a number of highly respected publishers, including The Guardian, The Washington Post and Scientific American. You can follow him on twitter as @britesprite, where he's one of Mashable's top green tweeters and Fast Company's CSR thought leaders. Alternatively you can follow him to the shops... but that would be boring.

Message from Australia: “It’s time that those who advocate economic growth derived from resource extraction and pollution … be the ones labeled wacky, loopy, irresponsible, divorced from reality or connected to the CIA.”

Posted on December 6, 2012 by Chris Milton

Message from Australia: Stop funding climate change

It’s at times like the current environmental and climate change catastrophe that you realize just how deeply fearful and conservative people can be. For example, leading and well respected proponents of green economics and resilient society are still rabbiting on about how we can avoid rises of over 2°C by 2100. Makes me want to scream… Then there are the politicians. Where they do engage with the issue its all about how to save the environment but … Read More

Top Causes Of Global Warming Hit Record Highs

Posted on November 20, 2012 by Chris Milton

Causes of Global Warming and Climate Change

Like huge, ravening monsters, the top causes of global warming are ignoring man’s attempts to stop them and continue to hit record highs, according to the World Meteorological Organisation. The level of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere, the biggest single cause of global warming, rose by 2ppm (parts per million) in 2010-2011, reaching a new record of 391ppm or 140% of pre-industrial levels. Carbon dioxide is responsible for up to 85% of global warming. … Read More

Which Is The World’s Largest Marine Reserve?

Posted on November 19, 2012 by Chris Milton

Two hot “world’s largest marine reserve” stories have been swimming around the news over the last few months. A few days ago Australia announced it was going to create a massive network of marine reserves whose area would total 888,000 miles2. That’s nearly the combined area of Alaska and Texas… 931,000 miles2! However, back in August, the Cook Islands (Australia’s minnow-like neighbour in the Pacific Ocean) announced it was creating a huge 965,000-mile2 marine … Read More

Best Environment Infographic Ever

Posted on November 14, 2012 by Chris Milton

Seriously. This is the best environment infographic ever. Politicians and oil companies might waste time debating whether or not we’ve reached peak oil. What they ignore is that we run out completely in under 40 years’ time, by which time a third of the planet’s biodiversity will be lost. In the meantime, tantalum, that great mainstay of mobile telecoms, will last only a few years more and run out just in time to celebrate the … Read More

Brits Love Renewable Energy, Hate Fossil Fuels, Divided on Fracking

Posted on October 29, 2012 by Chris Milton

A new survey conducted by UK pollsters YouGov has shown that support for renewable energy remains consistently strong in Britain whilst support for fossil fuels continues to decline. However, the same survey shows that there is division over whether large scale fracking in the north of England should go ahead, and most people continue to support nuclear power. It also points to distinct differences of opinion along age and political lines. … Read More

Scientists Crack The Cauliflower Code

Posted on October 25, 2012 by Chris Milton

A new paper published in the Institute of Physics’ New Journal of Physics reveals how scientists have defined a mathematical formula describing how cauliflowers grow. The formula is based upon the science of fractals but goes beyond previous theories by being able to describe how the plant grows in three dimensional space over a period of time. … Read More

Can Penguins Survive Without Fish? I Don’t Think So…

Posted on October 22, 2012 by Chris Milton

The Commission for the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources (CCAMLR) is a bit of a mouthful, but that’s rather the point. Penguins, seals and other land-based animals living on the Antarctic continent enjoy a privileged, if slightly chilly, position. The land they live upon is protected from human exploitation in a way no other environment on Earth is. Sadly, the same cannot be said for the Antarctic Ocean surrounding their home, and it’s … Read More

Germany Abandons Nuclear Power

Posted on April 4, 2011 by Chris Milton

Germany will shut down all its nuclear power stations by 2020, according to the government’s Secretary of State for the Environment and Nuclear Safety, Jürgen Becker.

His comments were made earlier today to Reuters during a meeting of the International Renewable Energy Association (IREA) in the United Arab Emirates.

Bamboo Bikes In High Demand

Posted on March 29, 2011 by Chris Milton

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When it comes to sustainable transport, you’ve never seen anything like this before.

The Ghana Bamboo Bikes initiative is gaining momentum and is gearing up to start exporting to other African nations, the EU and the US. They’re also looking forward to providing the bikes to teachers and healthcare workers within Ghana.

Human Milk To Come From GM Cows

Posted on March 25, 2011 by Chris Milton

A biotechnology scientist has predicted that genetically modified cows will soon begin the commercial production of a form of human milk.

The claim came as a herd of 200 cows which have already had their genes tweaked was showcased in Beijing as part of …

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