James Lovelock: environmentalism has become a religion
Scientist behind the Gaia hypothesis says environment movement does not pay enough attention to facts and he was too certain in the past about rising temperaturesEnvironmentalism has "become a...
View ArticleClegg blocks Cameron's plan for windfarm cap
Lib Dems claim leader rejected Tory proposal to limit the number of new onshore turbinesNick Clegg has blocked a proposal by David Cameron to restrict the construction of onshore windfarms, a Liberal...
View ArticleRestricting onshore windfarms would be a costly policy decision
David Cameron's reported desire to cap number of onshore wind turbines would mean resorting to more expensive alternativesOnshore wind turbines are a significant and fast-growing source of electricity...
View ArticleTories plan new attack on windfarms
David Cameron considers 2015 manifesto commitment to curb onshore turbines, but Nick Clegg says Lib Dems will block it from coalition programmeWhere the windfarms are and the MPs who want rid of...
View ArticleRenewable energy agency warns companies of potential cuts in budget
The Australian Renewable Energy Agency is advising companies there is a 'substantial risk' the organisation could lose more fundingCompanies planning to apply for grants from the Australian Renewable...
View ArticleSocial media explosion powered by dirty energy, report warns
Greenpeace singles out Amazon Web Services and Twitter for siting data centres in coal areas and failing to reveal energy useThe rise of social media is being powered by dirty forms of energy such as...
View ArticleFood supply and climate change: time for politicians to show leadership
The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change report makes it clear that the future of world agriculture is precarious (UN warning over world's food supplies, 31 March). The international mechanisms to...
View ArticleCameron told not to appease minority of Tory MPs opposed to windfarms
Renewable industry and green campaigners concerned prime minister is considering new controls on onshore turbinesGreen campaigners urged David Cameron yesterday to stop trying to appease a minority of...
View ArticleUN - climate 'perfect storm' is already here. Time to slay Zombie Big Oil |...
Business as usual is planetary suicide, but the 'incumbency' plans profit at cost of planet. Thing is, they're already deadThe UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change's (IPCC) Fifth Assessment...
View ArticleGas company special payments dwarf constraint payments to windfarms
National Grid makes figures public for first time as government considers cutting windfarm subsidies before electionNational Grid made special payments of £300m over the last 12 months to big energy...
View ArticleClive Palmer says PUP senators will vote to repeal carbon tax
Leader corrected candidate's support for renewable energy target and said focus should be on reducing nature's carbon emissionsClive Palmer has said his two elected senators have reached the unanimous...
View ArticleSolar farms 'will not spread unrestricted across British countryside'
Greg Barker says he does not want large solar farms to become as controversial as onshore wind powerSolar farms must not spread unrestricted across the British countryside and become as controversial...
View ArticleCaroline Lucas: 'The Green movement has to talk about the positives'
The UK's first Green MP has plenty to be concerned about choking air pollution, the IPCC's climate-change warnings, scant progress on renewable energy, and her trial after the Balcombe anti-fracking...
View ArticleWindfarms have the power to change communities and political allegiances
The Big Field Wind Farm in north Cornwall is dividing local opinion and may well influence voters in the general electionBeef farmer Stuart May looked across the Cornish valley where if an energy...
View ArticleDavid Cameron's Conservatism: blowing in the wind | Editorial
The prime minister's once-determined proclamation of a newly progressive Conservatism is now scarcely audibleA tiny change in the North Kensington skyline was perhaps the first sign that the Cameronian...
View ArticleConservatives to promise ban on new onshore windfarms
Manifesto will focus on solar power and offshore wind instead in attempt to show Cameron is not abandoning green agendaThe Conservative party is planning to pledge in its manifesto for next year's...
View ArticleThe Conservatives' onshore wind sums are all at sea | Chris Huhne
The policy of backing luxury renewables such as offshore wind power simply will not add up to cheaper energy billsRalph Waldo Emerson was probably thinking of politicians when he said that a foolish...
View ArticleIPCC report proposes sucking carbon out of the air as climate fix
Technique of burning biomass then pumping released carbon underground included in leaked draft from UN climate panelAn upcoming UN report suggests that unproven technologies to suck carbon out of the...
View ArticleGood Energy profits rise sharply as dissatisfied big six customers switch
Renewables energy supplier says customer numbers rose 32% in 2013, helping it more than double pre-tax profits to £3.3mGas and electricity supplier Good Energy has seen a sharp increase in profits, as...
View ArticleEU energy strategy must counter Putin's fossil fuel-fed autocracy | Stephen...
The role of climate and energy policy in the 'long game' that will play out between Russia and the west has been overlookedVladimir Putin's land grab in Crimea has shocked the west into rethinking...
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