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What if we all traded energy between ourselves?
Mark Jansen
16th March, 2010
The time may soon be coming when every government will need to think about rationing fossil fuel usage. What's the quickest and most equitable way to do it? more...
Tar sands money could pay for desert solar or electric cars
Ecologist
16th March, 2010
Oil companies planning 'billion-pound blunder' into environmentally damaging tar sands production in Canada, says Co-op/WWF report more...
Having both emissions trading and feed-in tariffs is a waste of time
Dan Box
12th March, 2010
The new feed-in tariffs are nothing if not controversial, but they also run the risk of conflicting with other, international, climate change policies more...
How a 22-year-old student uncovered peak oil fraud
Tom Levitt
10th March, 2010
Lionel Badal was working on his undergraduate dissertation when he suddenly found himself privy to information that he knew must be made public more...
'Just throw it out' - Council advice on toxic lightbulbs
Ian Randall
9th March, 2010
An Ecologist investigation reveals that three quarters of London Boroughs are advising their residents to simply throw compact fluorescent lightbulbs in their general waste, despite the hazard posed by their mercury content more...
The solar powered house of the future?
Ecologist
4th March, 2010
This gallery of images shows a prototype solar powered, zero carbon house designed by students at Nottingham University more...
LSE's Anne Power: my recipe for 80 per cent energy savings in your home
Matilda Lee
3rd March, 2010
Anne Power, Professor of Social Policy Housing and Social Exclusion at the London School of Economics, on why nearly all homeowners can afford to insulate properly, and how to save energy on a budget 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...
Ecologist guide to greening your home
Laura Sevier
2nd March, 2010
Greening your home can save you energy and money as well as making it healthier and lowering its carbon footprint more...
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Why giving a sofa a second chance leads to so much more than you might expect. more...
European carbon trading labelled 'model for the world'
Ecologist
1st March, 2010
The world’s first carbon trading scheme should be used as a model for global cap-and-trade says leading American economist more...
Ecologist guide to greening your home
Laura Sevier
2nd March, 2010
Greening your home can save you energy and money as well as making it healthier and lowering its carbon footprint more...
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BP and Shell face new shareholder revolt over tar sands
Ecologist
26th February, 2010
Investors want oil giants to answer questions on their involvement in the environmentally damaging extraction of oil from tar sands more...
Wrap up your home
Laura Sevier
1st March, 2010
Insulating your home will save energy and money. This simple guide will show you where to start and what material to usemore...
Installing a biogas digester
Ecologist
23rd February, 2010
This gallery of images shows the simple, low-tech processes involved in turning organic wastes into a clean-burning, forest-preserving cooking fuel more...
Gas pipeline through contaminated Baltic given go-ahead
Ecologist
19th February, 2010
Environmental groups in Germany, Finland and Denmark claim gas pipeline will devastate the Baltic Sea's already fragile marine ecosystem more...
Shell should clean up 'oil exploited' Niger Delta, says report
Ecologist
16th February, 2010
Oil giant should stop gas flaring, provide clean drinking water and clean up the legacy of oil spills, polluted land and waterways in Niger Delta more...
Barack Obama gives green light to new wave of nuclear
Suzanne Goldenberg
16th February, 2010
US president announces $8.3bn in loan guarantees for construction of first nuclear reactors in almost 30 years more...
Methane: the quick fix for global warming?
Tom Levitt
18th February, 2010
Its short lifespan and greater potency means tackling methane emissions now could have a dramatic effect on atmospheric greenhouse gas concentrations 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...
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...
What's stopping us getting solar power from deserts?
Mark Jansen
10th February, 2010
Plans to use concentrating solar power plants in the Sahara to generate and export electricity have been on the table for years. Now, it looks as though political will might help move things forward more...Members
