Think nuclear power and you probably thing of small amounts of highly radioactive material, safely encased in vast concrete bunkers, generating an endless and constant supply of clean electricity. Yes it's expensive and clearly there is a problem with nuclear waste, but if it is the answer to climate change then why not?
The Nuclear Dossier Jon Hughes | 1st June 2006 News Nuclear Nuclear Power Energy Climate Change Uranium Nuclear Power Plants Waste Carbon Dioxide Global Warming Climate Change Climate Change Energy …
Clean Coal Carbon capture and storage (CCS) is the technology of stripping carbon dioxide from the exhaust gases of fossil fuels and then burying it as a liquid underground.
… that it could save hundreds of thousands of euros in carbon taxes by capturing the CO2 and …
The Environment Agency (EA) is within weeks of letting Monsanto escape its liability for dumping thousands of tonnes of cancer-causing chemicals – including all the ingredients of the DDT defoliant Agent Orange – in two quarries in Wales.
EXLUSIVE: How the Environment Agency is gagging one eyewitness to what is potentially one of the UK's biggest environmental crimes Jon Hughes Pat Thomas | 22nd March 2007 News Monsanto Health …
Growing crops to solve the planet’s energy needs doesn’t work. Recycling the energy in our waste just might have a significant part to play. By Jeremy Smith & Jon Hughes
… targets for cutting C0² emissions set by the EU. So while the rest of the world is only now … largest biogas plant. Costing 3.2 million Euro, the Gothenburg plant will be able to … need refuel. It cost them just 1.08 million Euros to develop. Closing the loop Biogas is …
Each year, UK livestock produce some 60 million tonnes of collectable faeces. If left to run into water-courses or even spread on fields, this waste can lead to the same problems associated with excessive fertiliser use – algal blooms and aquatic life starved of oxygen.
… but is under-exploited. Research by the European Environment Agency in 2006 showed …
Even among green campaigners, nuclear energy is quietly gaining ground as a potential solution to the impending energy crisis. However several issues – particularly those of raw materials, cost and waste – remain unaddressed within the mainstream of opinion.
… energy systems expert Jan Willem Storm Van Leeuwen and nuclear physicist Dr. Phillip Smith …
There is much talk of the possibility of a future ‘hydrogen economy’, which will power all our vehicles and homes. It is important to remember that hydrogen is not an energy source; it is an energy carrier. To obtain hydrogen it must be split from either natural gas or water molecules. The former, most widely used, method not only requires energy but also gives off carbon dioxide (CO2) in the process. Hydrogen produced in this way requires more energy to make than will eventually be returned when it is used. It makes more sense from a climate perspective to burn the natural gas itself than to convert and re-convert it to hydrogen in this way.
Power On - Hydrogen Jon Hughes Mark Anslow | 1st November 2007 News Hydrogen Energy Carbon Dioxide Emissions Electricity Renewable Hydrogen Carbon Dioxide Global Warming Climate Change Energy Science …
The UK has been described as the ‘Saudi Arabia’ of wind, with some 50 TWh of onshore and at least 450 TWh of offshore power available every year, well in excess of our current electricity demand.
Power On - Wind Jon Hughes Mark Anslow | 1st November 2007 News Wind Energy Electricit Hydro-electric Wind Farms Wind Carbon Dioxide Global Warming Climate Change Climate Change Energy Science And …
The potential for the use of tidal power in the UK is enormous, amounting to, at the very least, 20 per cent of our electricity needs.
Power On - Tidal Power Jon Hughes Mark Anslow | 1st November 2007 News Tidal Power Energy UK Estuary Water Electricity Lagoon Tidal Stream Tidal Carbon Dioxide Global Warming Climate Change Climate …
Every year, each square metre of the UK receives between 900 and 1200 kWh of solar radiation. Capturing just some of this energy could make a significant contribution to fulfilling our energy requirements.
Power On - Solar Power Jon Hughes Mark Anslow | 1st November 2007 News Csp Solar Power Energy Sun Turbines Electricity Solar Photovolataic Panels Solar Thermal Technology Cadmium Titanium Carbon …
Sir David King is credited with bringing climate change to serious political attention. But he is also a campaign of GM crops. How does that square?
An audience with Sir David King Jon Hughes | 1st February 2007 News David King Climate Change Gm Nanotechnology Global Warming Politics Carbon Dioxide Global Warming Climate Change Biotechnology Gm …