My battle to cut carbon: a baffling, frustrating path to a more honest life | Madeleine Bunting | Comment is free | The Guardian

It was harder and cost more than I'd thought – but in the end, reducing our household's footprint gave me a sense of hope

Climate change funds: the next mega-trend? | Money | The Guardian

But the fact that hard-nosed fund managers at Britain's top investment houses are piling in suggests this is not just a product for bleeding-heart liberals. Simon Webber co-manages Schroder's Global Climate Change fund, one of the first to launch back in 2007. He says: "Climate change is not going to go away. It will require us to move to a low-carbon economy, and will affect sectors such as transport, agriculture, retailing and infrastructure. It touches almost everything in our lives."

First lightbulbs, next EU bans spotlights and kitchen downlighters in a move that's set to cost British homeowners a fortune | Mail Online

Spotlights and kitchen downlighters are next in line for an EU ban, following the axing of traditional incandescent lightbulbs.

New regulations being drawn up by the European Commission are expected to outlaw energy-inefficient 'directional' bulbs - more than 200 million of which are sold in Europe each year.

The move could cost British homeowners a fortune because low-energy replacements are more expensive and could require new fittings to be installed.