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A fossil-free world by 2050 not an 'unattainable utopia', says WWF
Ecologist
3rd February, 2011
In 2009 alone, China installed enough renewable energy capacity to meet the UK's electricity consumption four times over, proving a fossil-free energy supply is achievable more...
World's largest ecological experiment to examine impact of oil palm plantations
Tom Levitt
1st February, 2011
Ten-year project will look at whether setting-aside natural forests within oil palm plantations can save threatened species such as the Orang-utan, Pygmy Elephant and Clouded Leopard more...
How to ensure a warmer winter by seasoning your firewood
Jonathan Rouse
17th September, 2010
Drying wood properly can increase the energy it releases when burned. Read on for The Ecologist's guide to ensuring your Yuletide logs are as fuel-efficient as possible more...
Biofuels: jatropha still linked to 'land grabbing and displacement of farmers'
The Ecologist
26th January,2011
European investment companies continue to tout the biofuel as a 'wonder-crop' despite serious environmental and social impacts - Friends of the Earth report more...
Climate change: we are like slave-owners
Jean-Francois Mouhot
29th December, 2010
An economy run on slave labour has much in common with one run on fossil fuels, argues Jean-Francois Mouhot. Ending suffering means we all need to become modern-day abolitionists more...
A 300-year history of fossil fuels in 300 seconds
Ecologist
30th December, 2010
The Post Carbon Institute has produced an illustrated guide to how we have become so reliant on fossil fuels and how we could shake off that addiction more...
Mark Lynas: 'More than half of greens agree with me on GM & nuclear'
Matilda Lee
15th November, 2010
Mark Lynas, featured in Channel 4's recent and highly controversial documentary, 'What the green movement got wrong', tells Matilda Lee why he is not the pariah of the eco movement more...
End $300 billion subsidies for fossil fuels, says energy watchdog
Tom Levitt
9th November, 2010
Subsidies for oil, coal and gas sectors were six times higher than those for renewable energy in 2009, the latest International Energy Agency (IEA) assessment has revealed more...
Europe's push on biofuels 'no better than fossil fuels'
Tom Levitt
8th November,2010
Targets for increasing the use of biofuels to power cars, trains and buses will result in more ecosystems being converted to agriculture - actually increasing carbon emissions, says new report more...
Forget palm oil and soya, microalgae is the next big biofuel source
Matthew Aylott
24th September
Microalgae could help turn the tide on climate change by providing clean, green energy for everything from light bulbs to planes, argues Matthew Aylott. But does the UK have enough space, sunshine - or indeed the stomach - to grow them? more...
Human response to climate change is making matters worse
Ecologist
19th August, 2010
Our attempts to adapt to, and mitigate, the effects of climate change, such as using biofuels, could worsen the direct effects of climate change on our ecoystems more...
Why we should grow and eat more seaweed
Eifion Rees
20th July, 2010
It's one of the healthiest, most versatile 'weeds' around. Asian countries have enjoyed the benefits for centuries. So where is the market for homegrown UK seaweed? more...
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Will high petrol prices help the environment?
Mark Jansen
12th July, 2010
High petrol prices mean less demand and less pollution, right? Not necessarily, finds Mark Jansen. Our relationship with our cars is far more complex... more...
Jatropha better suited to local communities, not biofuel markets
Ecologist
6th July, 2010
Study predicts the yields of jatropha will fall in the next decade and that it is better suited to community-level, rather than industrial-scale, production for the biofuel market more...
The human cost of 'super-clean' sugar ethanol
Ella Windsor
2nd March, 2010
Brazil is hailed as a biofuels success story - producing and using ethanol from high yielding crops within the country. But those indigenous families who have been displaced by sugar cane cultivation see things differently more... Jatropha biofuels: UK investors sell controversial crop as 'green'
Andrew Wasley
15th February, 2010
UK fund managers are selling investments in jatropha plantations as a wallet-swelling, planet-saving financial bonanza. But the reality for poor farmers is very different. Andrew Wasley reports more...
Jatropha biofuels: the true cost to Tanzania
Thembi Mutch
15th February, 2010
Billed as wonder crop, the establishment of jatropha plantations on the ground in Tanzania has been far from successful, or, in some cases, ethical more...
Jatropha is no miracle plant for hungry farmers
Meredith Alexander
15th February, 2010
Everyone wants an alternative to fossil fuels, but in our rush to develop biofuel alternatives, we risk creating even worse problems for ourselves more... Jatropha biofuels: UK investors sell controversial crop as 'green'
Andrew Wasley
15th February, 2010
UK fund managers are selling investments in jatropha plantations as a wallet-swelling, planet-saving financial bonanza. But the reality for poor farmers is very different more... Jatropha biofuels: the true cost to Tanzania
Thembi Mutch
15th February, 2010
Billed as wonder crop, the establishment of jatropha plantations on the ground in Tanzania has been far from successful, or, in some cases, ethical more...
Palm oil plantations could be classified as forests
Ecologist
8th February, 2010
European Commission guidance would allow biofuels to be labelled as sustainable even if forests have been destroyed to make way for the palm oil plantations more...
US used quarter of 2008 grain crop to make biofuel
Ecologist
25th January, 2010
More than a quarter of the total US grain crop was turned into ethanol to fuel cars last year, according to a new analysis more...
Do you want next generation biofuels? Have your say
Ecologist
22nd December, 2009
New consultation to look at whether the next generation of biofuels will be more environmentally-sustainable than current food crop varieties more...
Biofuels can be sustainable, say less industrialised nations
Ecologist
19th December, 2009
EU looking at the impact of land use changes on greenhouse gas emissions from moves to increase biofuel production more...
Councils using chip fat as fuel and road filler
Amy Dickson
5th November, 2009
Richmond council has become the first in the country to run its entire vehicle fleet on 100 per cent recycled biodiesel, while Lincolnshire is using the stuff to patch roads more...Members
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