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TAKE ACTION to start a British clean energy revolution
Mark Briggs
11th May, 2012
Friends of the Earth are calling on Prime Minister David Cameron, and Energy Secretary Ed Davey to wean the UK off fossil fuels and create a 'Clean British Energy Revolution' more...
How solar power came to a Brixton council estate
Mark Briggs
25th April, 2012
Following a successful share issue, the UK's first 100 per cent community owned inner-city social housing solar power project went live last month. Mark Briggs visited to find out more more...
How to start a co-operative in five steps
Giles Simon
20th April, 2012
From artisan bakers to green energy schemes, co-operative businesses, owned and run by members, are enjoying a renaissance. Here the co-operative trade association offers a practical guide to creating your own more...
How green is your fuel?
Andrew Simms
12th April, 2012
In an exclusive extract from 'Ampera We're Electric', Andrew Simms takes a closer look at what powers our cars and asks whether motoring has a greener future to look forward to more...
Cruel or eco-friendly: is fur the ultimate sustainable material?
Ruth Stokes
10th April, 2012
Renewable, natural and long-lasting, some claim that it’s time for us to take another look at real fur - or maybe even embrace it. But as Ruth Stokes found out, not everyone is convinced more...
How to... buy a green home
Bethany Hubbard
6th April, 2012
From wool insulation to wood-burning boilers, a greener property is possible. Bethany Hubbard rounds up the key things to look out for more...
Response: biomass 'needs to be part of our low-carbon future'
Jess Lennard
2nd March, 2012
The biomass industry responds to an Ecologist article by Biofuelswatch to counter what it says are the 'myths' around biomass, arguing that it is sustainable, proven and low carbon more...
Are the 'big six' energy companies blocking renewables in the UK?
Kara Moses
1st March, 2012
Just six energy companies EDF, E.ON, Centrica, SSE, Scottish Power and npower control 99 per cent of our domestic energy market but show only minor interest in renewables more...
The communities taking renewable energy into their own hands
Ed Mayo
5th January, 2012
A new report by Co-operatives UK and The Co-operative Group examines those investing time and money in installing solar panels, wind turbines or hydro-electric power for their local communities more...
Green Business: Ecotricity
Peter Salisbury
11th October, 2011
It’s the biggest green energy company in the UK but that’s not enough for founder, Dale Vince. The next step, he tells Peter Salisbury, is to take on the ‘big six’ energy companies and show us all that renewables are the way forward more...
CAMPAIGN HERO: Diana Vogtel, 350.org
Matilda Lee
7th September, 2011
The European coordinator of international climate campaign group 350.org talks to the Ecologist about civil disobedience outside the White House and why she's gearing up for September 24th more...
TAKE ACTION to stop nuclear weapons build in the US
Matilda Lee
31st August, 2011
In Kansas City, Missouri, people have lost jobs, schools have closed and hospitals have moved away. Now the government has subsidised a new federal nuclear weapons plant with $815 million in municipal bonds... more...
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Kazakhstan’s nuclear legacy offers lessons for Fukushima
Matilda Lee
30th August, 2011
The Semipalatinsk region suffered under four decades of Soviet nuclear testing. Now, the country wants to become an international research hub for the effects of radiation on future generations. Matilda Lee reports from Kazakhstan more...
Can Positive Money help fix a fatally flawed banking system?
Sarah Bentley
17th August, 2011
A new campaign group is trying to push through reforms that would give customers a choice in investments and make banks more socially useful. But can it break through the banking bottleneck? more...
TAKE ACTION to save the UK's solar industry
Matilda Lee
8th June, 2011
Solar could provide one third of the UK's electricity demand. So why has the government recently slashed the feed in tariff? more...
Power: keeping it green
Henry Gass
3rd June, 2011
Angela Merkel’s decision to dispense with nuclear power has left environmentalists around the world exploring alternatives. Henry Gass weighs up the options more...
Record carbon emissions leave climate on the brink
Fiona Harvey, guardian environment correspondent
29th May, 2011
Highest ever carbon emissions from energy sector puts hopes of preventing temperature rises of 2C in doubt, according to IEA chief economist more...
Why UK nuclear power plants may cause childhood cancer and leukaemia
Dr Paul Dorfman
16th May, 2011
You won't hear the UK government admit it but after decades of research there is now evidence of real excesses of childhood cancer and leukaemia near some nuclear facilities, argues Dr Paul Dorfman more...
Should future generations be forced to deal with our nuclear legacy?
Tom Levitt
13th May, 2011
In producing nuclear power we are taking the benefits today but leaving the burden of cleaning up waste and accident risks to future generations, argues a study on nuclear ethics more...
How one town foiled energy giant ‘bribes’ over renewable grid
William McLennan and Tom Antebi
9th May, 2011
As Germany attempts to abandon nuclear power, one small town has successfully overcome industry intimidation and begun its own post-nuclear age more...
Wind industry and Decc urged to come clean on output of wind farms
Eifion Rees
4th May, 2011
With a new analysis showing UK wind farms operating at just 20 per cent of their capacity in 2010, the potential of wind power has been called into question. Eifion Rees examines the arguments from both sides more...
Green Business: Good Energy
Peter Salisbury
4th May, 2011
In the latest in his exclusive series examining ethical businesses, Peter Salisbury reports on the rise of the leading eco-electricity supplier - and hears how it all started with a cocktail more...
Solar power: a niche or serious energy source for the UK?
Mark Jansen
27th April, 2011
Much more than just a tool to engage communities in climate change issues, the solar industry argues it could meet between 6-8 per cent of the UK's electricity needs by 2020 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...
Only a quarter of UK population concerned about climate change
William McLennan
18th April, 2011
Twice as many people in India and Japan rank climate change as one of the most important environmental issues, highlighting the challenge facing UK policymakers and climatologists more...Members
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