How the world burns: fuel consumption compared
Which countries depend the most on coal and gas? Who’s going green? Our graphic looks at ten countries’ comparative reliance on the six main fuelsContinue reading...
View ArticleObama's India visit could yield progress on climate change and solar power
Meeting between US and Indian leaders could see announcements on climate, solar and nuclear liability, say officialsThere could be progress on US-India civil nuclear cooperation, solar power and...
View Article'Green' biomass boilers may waste billions in public money
Over £10bn could be paid in incentives for non-domestic biomass boilers despite a government study showing they are less efficient than thought and won’t help the UK meet clean energy targetsBillions...
View ArticleEngaging with oil companies on climate change is futile, admits leading UK...
After years working on sustainability projects with BP and Shell, Jonathon Porritt says he came to the conclusion it was ‘impossible’ for today’s oil and gas companies to adapt to the need to exit...
View ArticleIt is 'impossible' for today’s big oil companies to adapt to climate change |...
Leading UK environmentalist Jonathon Porritt calls his years working on green energy projects with Shell and BP a ‘painful journey’ that have led him to believe no major fossil fuel company will commit...
View ArticleWill Gezi Park be redeveloped after all?
City links: From the future of Turkey’s most contested park to city-friendly wind turbines and ‘ruin porn’ tourism, we round up the week’s best city storiesThis week’s best city stories take us from...
View ArticleCoalition climate policy under fire after 2014 shown to be hottest year on...
Anthony Albanese says: ‘Tony Abbott is frozen in time while the world warms around us’ following release of Nasa-Noaa global warming data Anthony Albanese has attacked the Coalition’s record on climate...
View ArticleShould tackling climate change trump protecting nature? | Miles King
Planners have given the green light for a solar farm at Rampisham Down, a SSSI in West Dorset. But stopping biodiversity loss is as important as stopping global warmingDoes the need to mitigate the...
View ArticleHow to encourage investment in Africa's energy sector
Our expert panel suggests how African governments can attract foreign investors to energy projectsPrioritise the energy sector: Political will goes beyond campaign speeches and rhetoric, governments...
View ArticleRicky Muir: I’m finding my feet now
Six months since he was elected to the Senate with just 0.51% of the primary vote, the Motoring Enthusiast party representative understands the meaning of balance of power all too wellRicky Muir hasn’t...
View ArticleEcotricity promises 6.1% gas tariff cut for all customers in May
‘Green gas’, windfarm and ‘frack-free’ energy company says move will reduce domestic annual bills by, typically, £42Ecotricity, one of the UK’s fastest growing independent energy suppliers, has reduced...
View ArticleSix in 10 UK onshore windfarms rejected, says report
Rejection rate now double that when coalition came to power, as onshore wind power becomes major area of political tensionAbout six out of 10 new UK onshore windfarm projects were rejected last year as...
View ArticleUK nuclear ambitions dealt fatal blow by Austrian legal challenge, say Greens
Lawyers say legal delays could prevent UK from realising its ambitions for new nuclear reactors at Hinkley Point C by 2023Plans for a new generation of nuclear reactors in the UK have been dealt a...
View ArticleFossil fuel firms accused of renewable lobby takeover to push gas
Fossil fuel companies have taken up majority positions in key renewables trade groups steering them towards a pro-gas stance that influenced Europe’s 2030 clean energy targets, industry insiders...
View ArticleWith this attack on community energy the 'big six' win out over big society |...
By changing the rules, this government has sabotaged the promise of a UK community energy revolution and secured the dominance of the big six energy companiesYou would think the government had invented...
View ArticleWhy London is rubbish at solar
Lack of political leadership, a mobile population, cramped roof spaces, and the indifference of the rich to energy costs contributes to poor take-up of solar In the end, it was a bit of an anticlimax....
View ArticleChina coal production falls for first time this century
Coal production fell 2.1% in 2014 against 2013, with further decreases expected this year, BusinessGreen reportsThe impact of China’s clean air and renewable energy policies are beginning to have an...
View ArticleHow renewables can come to the rescue in disaster zones
UK entrepreneurs are showing how off-grid solar power and decentralised grids could save lives by bringing rapid relief to the world’s trouble spotsWhen people’s lives are thrown into chaos by war,...
View ArticleLow oil prices won't hurt renewable energy, says US EIA
Tax incentives more important than oil price and oil is not in head-on competition with renewables for electricity production, says government’s chief energy analystCheap oil is not about to kill off...
View ArticleBiofuels are not a green alternative to fossil fuels
Biofuels and bioenergy take up finite land resources at the cost of food production and carbon storage and doesn’t guarantee carbon emissions cutsPowering cars with corn and burning wood to make...
View Article
