After ten massive renewable energy cuts that are leaving the UK falling well short of EU renewable energy targets, an eleventh! The axe is now falling on solar heating, writes Oliver Tickell - even though it's meant to be at the core of the government's renewable energy strategy.
… UK energy infrastructure. It also follows The Ecologist 's exposé last November which … be found on p. 47. Oliver Tickell edits The Ecologist. This proposal simply doesn't make …
Sanctions against Russian natural resource tycoons could be good for the environment, writes eco-campaigner Konstantin Rubakhin - if only they would target the right people. But so far, the EU has been turning a blind eye to powerful Kremlin insiders with an open licence to pollute and destroy.
… aren't going so well for us either." It seems ecologists feel the same way in Russia. Some … arctic shelf with Rosneft. At the same time, ecologists note that in the Kara Sea, where …
The world's poorest and most vulnerable countries are doing their bit to promote the expansion of renewable energy. The least we can do in the developed world is to ensure the money in our bank account helps rather than hinders their efforts, writes JOE WARE
… savings accounts. It's a scandal that while Ecologist readers may take the time to buy low … and a New Voices contributor to The Ecologist. He is on twitter at @wareisjoe. …
You've read about the Occupy Wall Street and London protests and you know about corporate greed (and the banking bail-out) but how can you do something about it?
… consider ethical investment funds (see the Ecologist's guide to ethical investments ). … but with the evidence growing daily the Ecologist cuts through the jargon to explain … now spread to cities all over the world. The Ecologist visited the London demonstration …
The UK government kicked away one of the main financial supports for renewable energy in yesterday's budget. The surprise move will cost the sector £3.9 billion over the next five years and undermines any prospect of the country meeting its EU renewable energy targets.
… response to the budget . As reported on The Ecologist Drax's use of biomass is highly … on renewables." Oliver Tickell edits The Ecologist. Yet again the Government is moving …
Greece's economic woes will never be solved by merely moving money around the banking system, writes Oliver Tickell. The lasting solution is to restore native forests to her barren hills and mountains, invest in large-scale solar power to energise Europe, and create an examplar of sustainable development for our global future.
… forest', in the jargon of plant ecologists. "But, as the Greek population … filthiest power stations. As reported on The Ecologist , until a few years ago Greece had … all to follow. Oliver Tickell edits The Ecologist. This is the sustainable alternative …
As nuclear projects using the EPR design run into long delays and huge costs overruns, industry hopes are pinned on the Westinghouse AP1000 reactor, writes Chris Goodall. But with eight AP1000 projects around the world going the way of the EPR, is it really a wise choice for the UK's Moorside nuclear site?
… climate change and valued contributor to The Ecologist. He blogs at Carbon Commentary . … published on Carbon Commentary . Also on The Ecologist: ' Toshiba's nuclear project - …
The UK's financing of fossil fuels abroad increased tenfold in two years to exceed £1 billion in 2013 / 2014, writes Christine Ottery. Incredibly, the fossil fuel funding increase came after a government promise to use the money to support 'innovative and green technologies'.
… India, and Indonesia. But as reported in The Ecologist , those figures related to 2012. The … blog . This version has been edited by The Ecologist . David Cameron denounced …
As Cuadrilla's application to frack in Lancashire goes to public inquiry today, protestors from Greenpeace have installed a full-size 'fracking rig' in Parliament Square, London, complete with flare and deafening sound effects, to let MP's know just how great it is to have a fracking well on your doorstep.
… Greenpeace 'frack' Parliament Square The Ecologist | 9th February 2016 News Protest …
In the last budget before the general election, Alistair Darling announced a series of measures that could have a positive environmental impact, including a £2 billion green investment bank
… the budget does for the green economy The Ecologist | 24th March 2010 News Politics And …
Ukraine's state-owned nuclear generator is suing anti-nuclear activists in its latest attempt to stifle public debate over the country's ageing fleet of 15 nuclear reactors, while refusing to release information in breach of international obligations.
… Ukraine sues anti-nuclear campaigners The Ecologist | 28th August 2015 News Ukraine …
EU and US resume their negotiations next week over the TTIP trade and investment deal. But deep rifts have emerged over the corporate courts in which investors can sue governments for any actions that reduce their profits. Meanwhile MPs are seething over their restricted access to draft texts and negotiating documents.
… talks resume Monday as EU-US rifts deepen The Ecologist | 19th February 2016 News Trade …
Two innovative renewable energy projects are moving forward in Scotland: Britain's first tidal power array, and the world's first deployment of two-bladed wind offshore turbines. The experimental technologies are hoped to achieve significant cost savings and unlock a huge offshore energy resource.
… and twin-bladed offshore wind turbines The Ecologist | 29th August 2014 News Oceans …
Campaigners today today delivered Commission President Juncker a 'birthday card' with 1.1 million signatures from EU citizens. Yes, it really is his birthday today - but the real message was calling on him to back off from negotiations over the TTIP and CETA trade deals with the USA and Canada.
… 1.1 million signature 'birthday card' The Ecologist | 9th December 2014 News EU Trade …
With better planning, EU spending can finance projects which bring environmental, social and economic benefits to all, says a new coalition of campaign groups
… to make EU budgets a force for good? The Ecologist | 31st October 2012 News Finance …
The Guardian Media Group is to divest its £800m fund from fossil fuels over five years. The terms of its promise appeared to leave the door open to natural gas and fracking, But GMG now insists that it aims to ditch all fossil fuels within five years.
… pledge does rule out gas and fracking! The Ecologist | 1st April 2015 News Fossil Fuels …
Turkey's plans for a hydroelectric dam on the Tigris have been scrapped as Europe withdraws funds for a failure to meet environmental obligations, while plans for the trans-Europe Nabucco gas pipeline are ratified
… scrapped, but pipeline gets go-ahead The Ecologist | 13th July 2009 News Investigations …
Pledges by investors to divest from fossil fuels have soared to $2.6 trillion - 50 times more than a year ago. 'Now is the time to divest', says Leonardo di Caprio, one of the latest to join the movement, which even includes Newcastle, Australia, home to the world's biggest coal port.
… pledges rise 50-fold to $2.6 trillion The Ecologist | 22nd September 2015 News Fossil …
The UK government has announced massive cuts in support for solar roofs and farms that appear designed to undermine investor confidence just as the technology is on track to be subsidy-free by 2020.
… Senseless and damaging: UK's solar cuts The Ecologist | 22nd July 2015 News Solar …
In 2009 G20 nations pledged to eliminate fossil fuel subsidies. But they are still supporting them with $452 billion a year. Worst offenders include the UK, the only G7 country that's ramping up its fossil fuel spending; and Turkey, host of tomorrow's G20 summit, which plans to double its CO2 emissions with a huge new fleet of coal power plants.
… year fossil fuel subsidies - and rising! The Ecologist | 12th November 2015 News G20 Energy …
The World Bank's 'Tropical Forest Action Plan' was an abject failure, writes Chris Lang. Now the same mistakes are being repeated under a new acronym. TFAP is out, REDD is in - but it's still all about corporate control of forests, and blaming deforestation on its victims.
… In 1990, they wrote an article in The Ecologist : ' Paved with good intentions: …
The impact of the Paris Agreement on leading rating agency Moody's assessment of the world's fossil fuel companies is ... nothing at all. The one change is in Europe, where thermal generators have a worsening outlook, and renewables are 'credit positive'.
… credit ratings unmoved by Paris Agreement The Ecologist | 14th December 2015 News Climate …