Carbon capture sounds like a fantastical idea: dig up fossil fuels, burn them, then return the captured CO2 underground. But the hurdles that stand in its way are formidable
… Will carbon capture and storage work? Mark Jansen | … 15th December 2009 News Energy Climate Change Carbon Capture And Storage CCS pipework.jpg Carbon capture sounds like a fantastical idea: …
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?
… Change Politics And Economics Personal Carbon Trading Teqs Tradable Energy Quotas … This is a difficult time to promote personal carbon rationing. A February poll by Ipsos … that the only way for nations to reduce their carbon emissions rapidly is to introduce …
George Osborne pledged £1billion to a green bank that could help Britain reduce carbon emissions. But with low carbon technologies unproven, banks, institutions and energy companies are wary, meaning the venture may not attract the capital to make it viable
… News Politics And Economics Finance Banks Carbon Emissions Technology Investigations … a green bank that could help Britain reduce carbon emissions. But with low carbon technologies unproven, banks, …
The UK government plans to get companies to pay to insulate energy inefficient homes - recovering the money from savings on the householder's energy bill
… have to be refurbished if we are to meet our carbon reduction targets. So far, hardly any … bills, which should mean they can slash their carbon emissions without any cost to … as 'A once-in-a-generation chance to reduce carbon emissions, improve the fabric of our …
High petrol prices mean less demand and less pollution, right? Not necessarily, finds Mark Jansen. Our relationship with our cars is far more complex...
… Energy Petrol Fuel Petrol Prices Pollution Carbon Emissions oilbarrelsgraph.jpg High … almost all of us, but those who care about carbon emissions may see some good in all … before there is any discernible impact on carbon emissions. Pump logic Prices at the …
As the fiscal dust kicked up by Alistair Darling's 2010 budget begins to settle, experts say they are 'surprised' by how 'un-green' the budget turned out to be
… believes more should be done to support low carbon forms of public transport and … road-building schemes that generate a lot of carbon and for public transport to be … 'There was only one mention of the low carbon economy, well into the second half of …
HS2, the UK's £50bn+ high-speed rail project to speed travel between London and Birmingham - and eventually Manchester and beyond is colossal waste of money, writes Rupert Read. The resources should be used to fund sustainable local and regional transport schemes.
… the West Coast main line would return £6.06. Carbon emissions - benefits 'could result' ... … the reduction of negative externalities from carbon emissions, are thus seriously diminished. The carbon reduction argument for the passenger …
Public transport often doesn't work for travellers because it's fragmented, deregulated and operated for short-term profit, writes Rupert Read. A Green transport policy would force operators to coordinate their schedules, integrate multiple transport modes, and entice travellers out of their cars building a real public transport 'system'.
… contribution to reducing the UK's overall carbon emissions by 80% of the 1990 level by … Party) or policy framework aimed at reducing carbon emissions attributable to travel and … the pollution and congestion as well as the carbon footprint) - but how can we expect …
As the UK government deliberates its new aviation policy campaigners warn that moves to approve airport expansion would put climate targets at risk
… 2011 News Aviation Climate Change Airports Carbon Emissions Transport … the then-Labour government set a target that carbon emissions from UK aviation should be … probably achieve a 30 per cent reduction in carbon emissions per passenger mile by 2050 …
'Apollo-Earth' is a new mission to bring action against climate change to its Tipping Point. Here's what needs to happen and how you can get involved, write RUPERT READ and DEEPAK RUGHANI
… for plantation monocultures, increasing carbon emissions and decimating biodiversity … such as straw and hemp which both lock in carbon and offer insulation benefits. Growing … fossil fuels. The only way we can achieve a 'carbon descent' is by implementing an ‘energy …
The courts have given the private corporation behind HS2 three weeks more to desecrate our ecological heritage.
… the line is wreaking; the vast slug of carbon that is going into the atmosphere from … is incompatible with a 2025 deadline for carbon-zero as called for by Extinction … that we have reached: one where mega-costly carbon-heavy mega-projects need to go extinct… …
High costs of offshore wind farms could be reduced through investment in a UK manufacturing base says report, but warns nuclear is no cheap alternative
… estimated £105-£115 per megawatt hour, with carbon capture and storage attached. By … Nuclear power, seen by some as a proven, carbon-free energy solution, could prove … problems.' READ MORE... NEWS ANALYSIS Zero carbon Britain: how to get there in 10 steps A …
Governments should turn to citizens to decide how we’ll work together to build the post-coronavirus world.
… can be expected to worsen as more and more carbon is put into the atmosphere. Decarbonisation All plans to rebuild the economy … crisis must be designed to simultaneously decarbonize the economy and restore ecosystems …
Local Extinction Rebellion groups rise up ahead of a wave of actions on Saturday, 15 December.
… be a contribution to increasing our nation’s carbon emissions at the very time we need to … - is telling us that we need to halve our carbon emissions within a decade. We occupied … Councils and parliament, executive offices, carbon-polluting factories and the like, we …
Only one party is challenging the mainstream concensus on transport, write Rupert Read, Sandy Irvine and Bennet Francis - massive spending on roads and HS2, and the little that's left for everything else. It's time to throw away the old thinking and commit to an effective, sustainable transport system that begins with local needs.
… that scrapping costly investment in the high-carbon economy would be a no-brainer. Yet with … can become an effective replacement for carbon-intensive road and domestic air travel, …
The coalition Government's silence on the Severn tidal barrage may be a reflection of the high economic costs rather than the environmental concerns surrounding the project
… the coming decades, as the UK wrestles with carbon reduction targets beyond 2020. With … by the year 2040, there is a [high enough] carbon price that would justify doing it,' he … Government will be whether we reduce our carbon footprint. We've got a fixed-term …
Greens are united in opposing neoliberal 'austerity', write Rupert Read & Sandy Irvine. But there's another kind of austerity to which we are committed - that of living within ecological limits. But base the transition on social, economic and environmental justice, and there will be nothing austere about it. The future we're working for is one of sustainable, life-enhancing abundance.
… harmful new transport infrastructure (roads, carbon-intensive high-speed rail and, soon, … spending on infrastructure within a shrinking carbon budget will tend to increase … will be able to afford to use that invested carbon - over and above basic needs. This is a …
How can Green parties acquire real political power? A new book by Per Gahrton, founder of the Swedish Green Party, is much more than a useful reference text on the history of Green Parties around the world, write Bennet Francis and Rupert Read. It's also a valuable manual in realpolitik that resonates here and now in the UK.
… power is cost competitive with other low carbon technology and is a crucial part of our …
As the public comes to terms with Government plans to sell public woodland, industry analysts predict much of the forest could be snapped up by energy companies looking to burn wood as a biofuel
… power stations and argues much more carbon can be saved by continuing to use wood … that provide more green jobs and lock up carbon in wood products,' says ConFor UK chief …
Will we rein in robotisation soon enough to ensure that 'Peak Robot' occurs under our control, and not as a result of a crash forced on us by collapsing ecosystems, asks RUPERT READ
… near complete - decoupling of production from carbon emissions; despite the fact that, as …
Best-selling book The Uninhabitable Earth focusses attention on unprecedented climate breakdown - but places false hope in geoengineering.
… first place. You point out that since “a decarbonised economy, a perfectly renewable … of attitudes and practices which our carbon-fuelled way of life has so dangerously …
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
… cost of German solar in terms of tonnes of carbon saved is astronomic, at £628 per tonne. … too many other options, if we are going to decarbonise our electricity supply within four … for large-scale deployment. If we want to de-carbonise our electricity supply, we have to …
The EU referendum debate is taking place between different wings of the corporate elite, dominated by assumptions in favour of big business, free trade and endless economic growth, write Helena Norberg-Hodge, Rupert Read & Thomas Wallgren. But to vote for a sustainable future we must adopt a very different, local perspective - one you'll never find in UK's 'mainstream' media.
… individuals to reduce their personal carbon footprints - actually benefits no one …
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
… will have bigger impact on Africans and carbon emissions …