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Hitchhiking: the greenest form of transport that nobody uses?
Adam Weymouth
6th September, 2011
Petrol prices are on the rise, so is youth unemployment. So why aren't more people thumbing it? Adam Weymouth travels through the generational gap to find out more...
How to campaign for less waste and more recycling
George Wigmore & Matilda Lee
6th July, 2010
From plastic bag-free towns to refashioned clothes and bus fleets run on chip fat, here's a guide to what you can do to tackle waste in your community 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...
Recycling used cooking oil to power diesel cars
Dorienne Robinson
26th November, 2009
Sundance Renewables in Wales is a pioneering workers' co-operative and social enterprise converting used cooking oil into a low emissions alternative to diesel more...
Slippery territory
Mark Anslow
1st April, 2008
It has taken just one year for the land-based biofuels (agrofuels) bubble to inflate and burst. In February 2007, the Ecologist was almost alone in pointing out that growing energy crops for car fuel was ecological nonsense; now the tide of academic studies showing that agrofuels are neither energy - nor carbon-efficient seems unstoppable. more...
Biofuels drive could cause more harm than good
News
8th October, 2007
China has announced a major drive towards the use of biofuels such as ethanol and biodiesel - just as another report pours more water on the idea that biofuels will end the energy crisis. more...
230 say 'no' to EU's biofuels directive
News
7th March, 2007
An open letter signed by over 230 organisations and individuals – including author/campaigner Mark Lynas and Green Party MEP Caroline Lucas – has been sent to the European Union calling for ministers to vote against planned biofuel targets at the EU Summit on Friday. more...
Biofuels Report: Forests or Fuel
Renton Righelato
1st March, 2007
The world’s forests are natural carbon ‘sinks’ that remove and store atmospheric CO2. So why, in the name of saving the earth, asks Renton Righelato, are we cutting down these precious resources to make way for fuel crops? more...
Ecologist Special Report: Biofuels
Ecologist
1st March, 2007
The world fervour for biofuels continues to grow at an alarming pace. In this comprehensive special report, the Ecologist examines the facts, fictions and fabrications behind this ballooning industry. The results are worrying... more...
People Power
Jeremy Smith
1st June, 2004
The community of Machynlleth has gone beyond just investing in someone else’s wind turbine. They’ve clubbed together and planned, built and paid for one of their own. more...
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