Our collective amnesia on climate change | Letters
George Monbiot’s article (The climate crisis is already here – but no one’s telling us, 3 August) reinforced something I’ve been aware of since the Paris climate talks – a dearth of information and...
View ArticleFor a secure energy future, there are far better investments than Hinkley |...
The nuclear project is outdated and expensive - the UK should be focussing time and money on renewables, interconnectors, storage, smart grids and efficiency Hinkley Point C, the multibillion pound...
View ArticleHow Florida and Colorado are trying to build smart cities from the ground up
Ambitious new cities Songdo and Masdar may not have lived up to their promise, but smaller projects in the US aim to be laboratories for sustainable city planningMasdar, on the edges of Abu Dhabi, was...
View ArticlePaul McCartney and Ranulph Fiennes back Amazon tribe threatened by dams
Artists, poets, film directors and musicians call on Brazilian government and European companies to recognise the rights of the Munduruku peopleSome 48 musicians, poets, chefs, artists, film directors...
View ArticleElectricity price spikes caused by energy companies 'gaming' the system,...
Analysis finds fossil fuel generators may have withheld electricity at ‘strategic’ times and got an additional $30.3m windfallHuge spikes in wholesale electricity prices in South Australia have been a...
View ArticleSolar and wind 'cheaper than new nuclear' by the time Hinkley is built
UK government’s own projections expect onshore wind power and large-scale solar to cost less per megawatt hour than new nuclear by 2025 The government expects solar and wind power to be cheaper than...
View ArticleScotland wind turbines cover all its electricity needs for a day
High winds on Sunday boosted renewable energy output to provide 106% of Scotland’s electricity needs for a dayHigh winds on Sunday were strong enough to power the equivalent of all of Scotland’s...
View ArticleClub owned by Shell blocks small Thames hydropower scheme
Club succeeds with an appeal to stop planning permission for the west London project that would power 600 homes A proposed small hydropower project in west London has received a further setback, as...
View ArticleAxing clean energy supplement has barely caused a ripple, but it should |...
Although the amounts appear insignificant, the cuts in payments to new welfare recipients will hit hard for the most disadvantaged Australians For many people, $4.40 a week is a small sum – trivial...
View ArticleHinkley C's future is in doubt. Let's turn our sights to offshore wind | Huub...
Falling costs and increased reliability mean this clean power now offers a mature part of the solution for the UK’s energy mixWith the government re-examining the case for new nuclear reactors at...
View ArticleCrown estate wades into Hinkley Point nuclear debate
Body says, with government reviewing £18.5bn project, benefits of renewables such as offshore wind should be looked atThe crown estate has waded into the battle over Hinkley Point, pointing out that...
View ArticleToyota, Tesla and Vestas ranked among world’s top green companies
BusinessGreen: Clean 200 list finds world’s greenest large companies are outperforming most polluting counterparts by three to oneToyota, Tesla, Vestas, DONG Energy and Panasonic are among the top...
View ArticleAmazon chiefs visit British Museum as part of dam-building protest
Leaders of the Munduruku people will be shown the storeroom’s head-dresses and other objects made by their tribe more than 150 years ago Amazonian leaders, in Britain to protest against the...
View ArticleSecond phase of world's biggest offshore windfarm gets go-ahead
Multibillion-pound Hornsea Project Two, 55 miles off Grimsby coast, would see 300 turbines span an area five times size of HullPlans for the world’s biggest offshore windfarm off the Yorkshire coast...
View ArticleGreener alternatives to Hinkley Point C | Letters
Simon Jenkins writes that “To question China’s good intentions in financing the power station [at Hinkley Point] is silly. It is a French-built plant, and the idea that Beijing might contrive to embed...
View ArticleTidal energy support ebbs and flows | Letters
Steve Emsley is wrong when he compares tidal lagoons with Hinkley and asks why tidal energy is not even being discussed (Letters, 17 August). The latest estimated cost of the lagoon proposed for...
View ArticleThe Guardian view on the heatwave: still hope on climate change | Editorial
Ira Glass the radio show host says global warming may not be amusing or surprising but it is still the most important thing that’s happeningThe documentary broadcaster Ira Glass, the man behind the hit...
View ArticleMajority of Victorians support urgent shift to renewable energy, poll finds
A ReachTEL poll commissioned by Friends of the Earth shows 68% of the state, including a majority of Liberal voters, want to see an end to reliance on coal The vast majority of people in Victoria – and...
View ArticleEnergy companies withholding supply to blame for July price spike, report finds
Analysis of temporary jump in prices in South Australia showed generation capacity far exceeded demand, pointing to market manipulation Fossil fuel electricity generators in South Australia withheld...
View ArticleBehaviour, not appearance, make a dog dangerous | Brief letters
Tax avoidance | Dangerous Dogs Act | French infrastructure planning | Pithy lettersThe news that “firms giving advice on aggressive tax avoidance could face large fines” (17 August) is welcome....
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