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Stop the biomass blackout: say no to the UK's destructive bioenergy policies
Ian Lander
7th February, 2012
Biofuelwatch warn of an unfolding 'biomassacre' as the UK is set to rely on a growing amount of wood-based biomass, driving landgrabbing, replacing old growth forests with plantations, destroying biodiversity and causing air pollution more...
The Third Industrial Revolution: How Lateral Power is Transforming Energy, the Economy, and the World
Mark Newton
2nd February, 2012
If you only pick up one green book this year, make it Jeremy Rifkin’s The Third Industrial Revolution. It will change the way you think, says Mark Newton more...
Biomass is the next biofuel 'land grab' on tropical forests, warn campaigners
Tom Levitt
5th December, 2011
Just as biofuels have gobbled up farmland that should have been growing food so the push on biomass by Monsanto, Cargill and others will see an 'unprecedented' grab on land, plants and biodiverse-rich forests more...
Steve Kretzman 'We won the Keystone XL campaign because of nonviolent protest'
Matilda Lee
17th November, 2011
The founder of Oil Change International, Steve Kretzmann, talks about the tight bond between politicians and the fossil fuel industry, 'fracking', and why Occupy is now the anti-Tea Party more...
TAKE ACTION to stop Arctic oil drilling
Hannah Corr
19th October, 2011
Greenpeace are calling for a curb on Arctic oil exploration in order to save this fragile wilderness more...
Top 10...easy ways to make driving greener
James Hind
7th October, 2011
In an ideal world we’d all take the train but it isn’t always possible. So what to do? Carbuzz.co.uk's James Hind has some tips more...
Our sugarcane is greener than your corn: Brazil takes on US biofuel industry
Beth McLoughlin
4th October, 2011
Brazil claims to have clamped down on slash and burn tactics, slave labour and links to deforestation as it seeks to gain foothold in Europe’s lucrative biofuels market more...
TAKE ACTION: Join London's biggest bike photo on September 24th
Ecologist
21st September, 2011
This Saturday bring your bike to a global day of action organised by Moving Planet to show the government we can move beyond fossil fuels more...
Could we be entering the era of greener air travel?
Henry Gass
12th July, 2011
Last week Thomson announced the launch of a weekly flight to Palma, fuelled by old cooking oil. Henry Gass asks whether more sustainable air travel could finally be in sight more...
European airlines to start controversial biofuel-powered flights
William McLennan
24th June, 2011
The use of plant-based fuels for flights, backed by the EU, could contribute to higher food prices and increased greenhouse gas emissions more...
UK ministers ignored 'peak oil' warnings, report shows
Terry Macalister, guardian energy editor
15th June, 2011
Report reveals threat of civil unrest from energy shortages, which has been played down as 'alarmist' by ministers more...
Barclays, HSBC and RBS linked to 'dirty financing' for fossil fuels
Henry Gass
14th June, 2011
With a bigger spotlight than ever on the role of banks in funding fossil fuel projects we report on unethical and environmentally damaging investments by Barclays, HSBC and Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS)more...
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UK scientists launch scathing criticism of EU biofuel targets
Ecologist
2nd June, 2011
Claims that biofuels have lower greenhouse gas emissions than fossil fuels are 'complete nonsense' and EU-wide targets to increase their use should be scrapped says letter to transport ministermore...
Campaigners should support aviation industry biofuel trials
Ecologist
20th April, 2011
The aviation industry deserves credit for being proactive about looking for alternatives to fossil fuels, says Paul Steele from the Air Transport Action Group more...
Germany joins up with Lufthansa to sponsor biofuel six times worse than fossil fuels
William McLennan
19th April, 2011
Campaigners are outraged over airline Lufthansa and German government funding for jatropha biofuels trial more...
Sugar: why our favourite spoonful is not so sweet
William McLennan
13th April, 2011
Sugar can be produced from both sugar beet and sugarcane. Sugarcane production is of particular concern in terms of environmental degradation and human rights abuses, reports William McLennan more...
Revealed: how your country compares on renewable investment
Tom Antebi
29th March, 2011
A breakdown of how major countries compare on their success in attracting investment in wind, solar and other forms of renewable energy in the past year more...
Fleeing Vesuvius: Overcoming the Risks of Economic and Environmental Collapse
Tom Antebi
3rd March, 2011
Although arguably reductive in its initial analysis, Fleeing Vesuvius is a refreshingly uncompromising critique on almost every aspect of current global trends more...
UK's 'fracking' gas-extraction is not unconventional says industry
Ecologist
2nd March, 2011
The controversial gas-extraction process known as 'fracking' is safe, says UK-based Cuadrilla Resources, and not a threat to ground or surface water supplies more...
UK urged to stop funding dirty coal power stations overseas
Ecologist
10th February, 2011
Overseas aid still being channelled by DFID through the World Bank who is investing record amounts in coal-fired power stations more...
Turning our Victorian Terrace into an Eco-Home part seven - Heating
Sue Wheat
7th February, 2011
Sue Wheat thought a wood-burning stove was the greenest way to heat her house until a chat with authors, Nick Grant and Alan Clarke, made her think again. The biggest crisis of her eco-refurb so far? You bet it was! more...
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...Members
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