'Carbon-neutrality is a fairy tale': how the race for renewables is burning...
Wood pellets are sold as a clean alternative to coal. But is the subsidised bioenergy boom accelerating the climate crisis?Kalev Järvik stands on a bald patch of land in the heart of Estonia’s Haanja...
View ArticleSámi reindeer herders file lawsuit against Norway windfarm
Indigenous communities say planned Øyfjellet turbines will interfere with migration pathsIndigenous reindeer herders are bringing a legal action against a proposed wind power project that would be one...
View ArticleGreen homes: how to shut out the winter cold and save cash
Some households could be wasting £330 a year because of poor heating and insulationWith storms and snow sweeping much of the country this week, many people’s thoughts will have turned to how to make...
View ArticleSaxon church prays for deliverance from nuclear plant
Community says boom in renewable energy means Bradwell B in Essex is not neededFor the 55 years that Tim Fox has worshipped at St Peter-on-the-Wall, his only neighbours have been a farm and a...
View ArticleGovernment plans to turn England homes green 'in chaos' with debt and job losses
Exclusive: firms out of pocket and losing faith in scheme administered by US-based corporation US firm running eco grants scheme has won multiple UK government contractsEngland’s much-hyped £2bn green...
View ArticleUS firm running eco grants scheme has won multiple UK government contracts
Virginia-based ICF has been awarded more than 80 government contracts in the last five yearsDebt and job losses as England’s green homes grant scheme ‘in chaos’The American corporation running the UK...
View ArticleRating agency S&P warns 13 oil and gas companies they risk downgrades as...
Firms including Woodside, Chevron, Shell and Exxon Mobil, told they could be downgraded within weeksRating agency S&P has warned 13 oil and gas companies, including the some of the world’s biggest,...
View ArticleUN global climate poll: ‘The people’s voice is clear – they want action’
Biggest ever survey finds two-thirds of people think climate change is a global emergencyThe biggest ever opinion poll on climate change has found two-thirds of people think it is a “global...
View ArticleGreen homes grant: UK standards body calls on government to pay up
Failure to pay for work on green scheme is leading to debt and job losses, say businessesThe industry standards body for renewable energy installers is calling on the government to immediately rectify...
View ArticleUK electricity from renewables outpaces gas and coal power
In 2020 wind turbines provided almost a quarter of electricity, and in EU renewable energy outperformed fossil fuelsThe UK’s renewable electricity outpaced its fossil fuel generation for the first time...
View ArticleWorld needs to kick its coal habit to start green recovery, says IEA head
Energy watchdog’s Fatih Birol says shift away from coal in key regions needs to be made a global priorityDependency on coal in key parts of the world is preventing a global green recovery from taking...
View ArticleRemote Tasmanian island to be powered by ‘blowhole’ energy that harnesses waves
Hopes the above-water unit on King Island can be expanded across Australia’s vast southern coastlineTechnology that harnesses wave energy through a “blowhole” is being tested at a remote Tasmanian...
View ArticleDenmark strikes deal on £25bn artificial wind energy island
Thanks to an inter-party agreement, the clean energy hub in the North Sea is set to be the largest construction project in Danish historyDenmark’s government has agreed to take a majority stake in a...
View ArticleWorld's biggest battery with 1,200MW capacity set to be built in NSW Hunter...
The announcement by CEP Energy is the latest in a flurry of major energy storage projects for Australia’s national electricity gridDevelopers plan to build what they say will be the world’s biggest...
View ArticleQueen's property manager banks huge windfarm bonanza
Offshore seabed auction lands £4bn over 10 years for Treasury and Crown Estate prompting calls for green sovereign wealth fundThe Queen and the Treasury are in line for a multibillion-pound bonanza...
View ArticleHow the Queen came to own the seabed around Britain
An auction of offshore plots for future windfarms is being held by the Crown EstateThe Queen’s ownership of the British coastline is as old as the monarchy itself. But her right to collect royalties...
View ArticleCan Australia’s Labor party match Joe Biden’s winning message on climate...
Biden dissolved the decades-old wedge between jobs and the environment. It’s an electoral field that is Labor’s to claimDemocrat Joe Biden had only been the US president for a week when, on one single...
View ArticleLess than 5% of green homes grant budget paid out, Labour reveals
Party calls for flagship renewables scheme to be extended amid significant delays and problemsLabour is calling for the government’s green homes grant scheme to be extended by at least a year after...
View ArticleVictoria gives $10m for hydrogen hub which will study storage and clean...
Government says project will create 300 jobs and will test and improve technologies, including a refuelling station for hydrogen vehiclesThe Victorian government has given $10m for a hub in Melbourne’s...
View ArticleMassive losses should be a warning to big oil that its bonanza is over
Covid has battered the industry, and the race for renewables is speeding up. We are at a tipping point The final months of 2020 were a tough end to a tough year, according to BP’s chief executive. But...
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