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Lester Brown: 'We shouldn't count on Copenhagen to save us'
Matilda Lee
10th November, 2009
Lester Brown, founder of the Earth Policy Institute and the WorldWatch Institute, on his fears for Copenhagen, genetically modified food and the failure of the media more...
Activists celebrate week of action against coal
Ecologist
30th October, 2009
Protest group celebrates as activists force Didcot power plant to temporarily halt coal-fired electricity generation and switch to gas more...
Protest moves from Kingsnorth to Ratcliffe-on-Soar
Ecologist
9th October, 2009
Climate activists prepare to shut down Ratcliffe-On-Soar after celebrating the demise of plans for a new coal power plant at Kingsnorthmore...
Emissions from tar sands seriously underestimated
Ecologist
5th October, 2009
Governments and companies making no effort to quantify the real climate impacts more...
Coal gets 20 times more money than marine power
Terry Macalister
24th August, 2009
Amount invested in marine energy is a drop in the ocean against more than £50m for collieries more...
Climate Camp Scotland: why we are protesting
Dan Glass
4th August, 2009
Climate change campaigner Dan Glass explains why he and other protesters have set up camp on the site of a proposed coal mine more...
The Mongolian detour
Ewan Kingston
22nd July, 2009
Ewan deviates from his odyssey to check out Mongolia, and finds a friendly country full of surprises but fully in thrall to King Coal... more...
ExxonMobil and Venter sign $600 million algae biofuel deal
Ecologist
15th July, 2009
Oli giant ExxonMobil has signed a $600 million deal with controversial genome scientist J Craig Venter to develop biofuels made from algae more...
Three positive reports hammer home wind message
Eifion Rees
13th July, 2009
Inconsistent wind is no impediment to the generation of electricity by turbines, three separate reports have concluded, as well as showing that the National Grid is more than able to cope with increased investment in wind energy more...
Fighting Coal
Frank Joseph Smecker
7th July, 2009
The Appalachians, America's vast network of mountains, has long been threatened by destructive coal mining practices. Local communities fighting mountain top removal are putting their hopes behind new legislation now in Congress more...
Sustainability 'undone' by Treasury and BIS, says Porritt
Ecologist
6th July, 2009
The outgoing chief of the Government's independent sustainability watchdog, Jonathon Porritt, has criticised the Treasury and Department for Business for a failure to advance the sustainable development agenda more...
Legal challenge to Treasury over RBS investments
Ecologist
2nd July, 2009
A green coalition has brought a legal challenge against the Treasury for refusing to rein-in the Government-owned RBS bank, which continues to invest in polluting industries more...
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James Hansen arrested during anti-coal demonstration
Ecologist
24th June, 2009
Scientists are leading the charge against political foot-dragging on climate change, with James Hansen arrested for protesting against coal mining and Kevin Anderson warning the UK Government its emissions levels are 'dangerously optimistic' more...
Ecologist guide to ethical finance
Ecologist
14th October, 2009
Banks, building societies, ethical funds, pensions or people - where should the discerning environmentalist put their money? more...
Vattenfall & Shell win Climate Greenwash '09
Ecologist
19th June, 2009
Swedish energy giant Vattenfall won a gold medal at this year's celebration of climate spin and misinformation, with a special award going to the government of Denmark for services to the world's most polluting industries more...
How to have the most ethical barbecues
Andy Hamilton
19th June 2009
As summer sets in, Andy Hamilton grabs his tongs and invites you to have a sizzling and sustainable barbecue more...
A breathe of fresh air
Ecologist
12th March, 2009
Coen brothers give us a reality check more...
The future of energy is renewable
Jon Hughes and Mark Anslow
27th February, 2009
The recent U-turn by of some of the UK's leading environmentalists - and one-time nuclear energy opponents - on the issue of nuclear energy, has caused vigourous debate in the media. Their reasoning is that we simply don't have the capacity to produce enough renewable energy to meet our needs. But as this comprehensive Ecologist report from 2007 shows the UK is really a renewable energy powerhouse. more...
Peak coal? Governments may be over-estimating global coal reserves, says US engineer
Ecologist
23rd January, 2009
Governments may be over-estimating global coal reserves, says US engineer more...
Oxfordshire beauty spot saved from becoming a waste coal ash dump
Ecologist
21st January, 2009
It has been a long and bitter struggle. When locals who had for years enjoyed the peace and tranquillity of Thrupp lake at Radley, Oxfordshire, learned that it was to be filled with fly-ash from Didcot power station, they assumed that a small but vocal protest would help see off the plans. more...
Coalfinger
Ecologist
1st November, 2008
Join in with Greenpeace's latest campaign: Coalfinger more...
Climate camp visions
Luisa Miller
14th August, 2008
Climate camp isn't just about direct action - it's an alternative space giving many the opportunity to do things differently, as Luisa Miller tells us more...
Peak oil is welcome
Richard Heinberg
7th August, 2008
Climate change is a problem of fossil fuel dependency, and solving it requires reducing that dependency quickly and dramatically. more...
Activists get thrashed by locals
Phil Moore
1st August, 2008
When opponents of local youth football team Deansgate Ridge in Kent failed to turn up, Camp for Climate Action members stepped in – only to lose 7-1. more...
Clean coal myth at E-On's Kingsnorth
News
1st July, 2008
Don't believe the carbon capture hype, say MPs and NGOs more...Members
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