So-called extreme energy - including fracking, coal bed methane extraction and underground coal gasification - is being rolled out with little concern for the environment, leading campaigner, author and engineer Paul Mobbs tells the Ecologist Film Unit
… 'nuclear option' of unconventional energy The Ecologist | 23rd September 2013 News Fracking … author and engineer Paul Mobbs tells the Ecologist Film Unit Ecologist: Could you describe some of the …
Paul Mobbs, leading environmental campaigner, author and engineer, tells the Ecologist Film Unit that extraction industries, including coal bed methane extraction, are going ahead in the UK despite serious environmental concerns........
… Extreme Energy The Ecologist | 23rd September 2013 Comment … campaigner, author and engineer, tells the Ecologist Film Unit that extraction … serious environmental concerns........ Ecologist: Could you describe some of the …
A unique collaboration between The Ecologist and Link TV lifts the lid on fracking and the shale gas boom sweeping into Europe and beyond...
… big story 6th March 2013 News Fracking Energy Ecologist Films Politics And Economics andrew … 3.jpg A unique collaboration between The Ecologist and Link TV lifts the lid on … the energy companies. The big picture The Ecologist has partnered with Link TV's Earth …
Documents reveal Celtique Energie has been privately touting 'dedicated fracking' to investors for Sussex oil and gas drilling - while publicly describing fracking plans as 'hypothetical'. Andrew Wasley reports.
… And Gas Politics And Econimics News Energy Ecologist shutterstock_128666570.jpg Documents … . But documents obtained by The Ecologist reveal how the company has been … Celtique CEO, denied the claims. He told The Ecologist : "From the outset Celtique Energie …
The irrepressible Bill McKibben, and the movement he founded - 350.org - have been behind two of the biggest climate change victories in recent years: the blocking of the Keystone XL pipeline and the withdrawal of 3.4 trillion dollars of fossil fuel investments. He talks to JOE WARE
… The Ecologist Environmentalist Interview: Bill … from the Pope). He spoke exclusively to The Ecologist at the Greenbelt festival near … a journalist and New Voices writer for The Ecologist. He can be found on twitter at …
Two Councils at the front line of fracking protests - Greater Manchester and West Sussex - have pension funds investing in the major fracking operators - while decisions on planning applications to frack are pending.
… emerged from a special investigation for The Ecologist - reveal a serious conflict of … West Sussex County Council spokesman told The Ecologist : "There is not a conflict of … ... A Salford Council spokesperson told The Ecologist : "Planning permission for coal-bed …
Today's announcement of a £2 billion government guarantee for Hinkley C confirms that Chancellor George Osborne and his Treasury cannot be trusted to run the UK's energy policy - which is precisely what they are doing. On top of decimating the renewables industry, now they're risking billions on a failed nuclear design owned by failing companies. It's time to stop the madness.
… the actual risks the project faces. And as Ecologist readers know, these risks are … with renewables? Surely some mistake? The Ecologist has requested answers from the … examined in detail by Neil Crumpton on The Ecologist . A DECC spokesman contacted The …
British impressionist, comedian, actor and musician Alistair McGowan is also a staunch environmentalist - he doesn't even drive a car. He tells TIM SAUNDERS we should all be doing more to help save the planet and that the environmental costs of the proposed new runway at Heathrow are not worth the promised economic benefits
… ECOLOGIST INTERVIEW - ALISTAIR McGOWAN Tim … Only Zac Goldsmith, previous owner of the Ecologist and until this week MP for Richmond …
In a dramatic decision this morning, Lancashire county councillors voted 9:3 to reject Cuadrilla's planning application to frack at Preston New Road, defying the warnings of their own planning officers.
… Cuadrilla's fracking application defeated The Ecologist | 29th June 2015 News Fracking … the opposite viewpoint, as reported on The Ecologist . And this advice appears to have … to fracking on their turf. Also on The Ecologist : ' Lancashire councillors have …
Marmite. Barry Manilow, Nigel Farage and wind turbines. People either love them or hate them with rarely anyone on the fence. But Deon Reynolds' atmospheric turbine photographs might just buck that trend and persuade even rabid climate deniers to acknowledge their beauty, writes
GARY COOK
… The Ecologist Arts Interview: Photographer Deon … This Author Gary Cook is The Ecologist's Arts Editor Online: …
Information from Colombia's National Hydrocarbons Agency shows that at least 43 new fracking concessions have been handed out to multinational companies including Exxon Mobil, ConocoPhillips and Drummond. These concessions affect over three hundred municipalities, in the departments of Cesar, Santander, Boyacá, Cundinamarca and Tolima. SEBASTIAN ORDOñEZ and DANIEL MACMILLEN VOSKOBOYNIK report.
Shadow energy minister Huw Irranca-Davies calls for a halt to shale gas drilling after an Ecologist investigation and Tyndall Centre report highlight environmental risks of hydraulic fracturing
… for moratorium on UK shale gas 'fracking' The Ecologist | 27th January 2011 News Energy … for a halt to shale gas drilling after an Ecologist investigation and Tyndall Centre … surrounding 'fracking'. Last year The Ecologist investigated the environmental and …
Deepwater Horizon disaster firm hold talks with company planning to drill for oil and gas in South Downs National Park. Andrew Wasley reports
… Politics And Economics Investigations Gas Oil Ecologist what-the-frack.jpg Deepwater Horizon … oil and gas “fracking” industry, The Ecologist and The Independent have learnt. … Celtique Energie documents, obtained by The Ecologist and The Independent , relate to a …
The Ecologist harnessed the power of several luminaries from the renewables world to find out why a wholly renewable future seems no closer than before.
… Nicholas Josefowitz lights_roundtable.jpg The Ecologist harnessed the power of several … was given. It was with this in mind that the Ecologist brought together eight renewable … car park was one example. Mark Anslow is the Ecologist's News Editor A masterplan for the …
North Yorkshire County Council gave planning permission for frackers Halliburton - while having shares in ... Halliburton. The council argues the decisions were made by different committees, avoiding a conflict of interest. JAN GOODEY investigates
… Williams, a spokesperson for NYCC, told The Ecologist : “We appoint fund managers for … manager at JRCT, previously told The Ecologist : “The trust has raised the issue of … Author Brendan Montague is editor of The Ecologist . We appoint fund managers for North …
The Ecologist's Lorna Howarth reports on news and action from the environmental frontline
… have been advised not to venture outside. The Ecologist's Lorna Howarth reports on news and … given that Bill McKibben and other eminent ecologists believe 350ppm remains the ceiling … She is a contributing editor to Resurgence & Ecologist magazine and the founder of a small …
A letter from Energy Secretary Amber Rudd leaked to The Ecologist shows that she misled Parliament by promising the UK was 'on course' to deliver on its renewable energy targets - when in fact there is a delivery shortfall in 2020 of almost 25%. Her plan to fill the gap relies on more biofuels, buying in green power and 'credits' from abroad - everything but wind and solar.
… Energy Secretary Amber Rudd leaked to The Ecologist shows that she misled Parliament by … Energy Secretary Amber Rudd leaked to The Ecologist shows that the UK is on track to … to reverse cuts ' Oliver Tickell edits The Ecologist. The papers: PDF of the letters …
… gospel. The latest edition of Resurgence & Ecologist magazine is out now ! The 2000 … featured in this issue of Resurgence & Ecologist , from France and Germany, where … story was first published in Resurgence & Ecologist magazine. Image: Tim Lüddemann , …
Plans for a tidal barrage across the River Severn to produce hydroelectric power have been scrapped due to financial constraints as government confirms eight sites for new nuclear power plants
… challenges with experts telling the Ecologist recently that the scheme had become … and Peter Clark report SPECIAL CONTENT The Ecologist June 1980: Tidal barrages: boon or …
Local authority pension funds continue to invest in dirty oil and gas.
… known with more than £1billion at risk, The Ecologist can reveal. Tameside/Greater … that. Resisting change Cllr Dowding told The Ecologist : “The serious prospect is that many … Jan Goodey is a regular contributor to The Ecologist . x …
Despite strong public support for wind and solar power in an official survey published today, the UK's likely failure to meet its EU renewable energy target, and an impending legal challenge, Energy Secretary Amber Rudd today told MPs she would not be reversing recent cuts, writes Oliver Tickell.
… and solar in particular. And yesterday The Ecologist published a leaked letter from Rudd … its EU target. The letter published by The Ecologist , stating that the UK was on track … resources." Oliver Tickell edits The Ecologist. Petition: Debate a vote of no …
US researchers behind a study that showed links between gas drilling and sickness in livestock say a moratorium should be imposed on fracking in the UK until its impact on food safety can be assessed. Andrew Wasley reports
… if this goes ahead?' Another farmer told The Ecologist , bluntly: 'We don't know enough … to the typical 50:50 ratio. Oswald told The Ecologist that if fracking goes ahead in the … Resources Defence Council (NRDC) told The Ecologist . She said the group is also worried …
Lord Smith, chairman of the Environment Agency, joins the calls for a gas 'fracking' boom, saying it would provide 'energy security'
… gas 'fracking' and nuclear in the UK The Ecologist | 8th May 2012 News Fracking Energy … of environmental problems, as shown by the Ecologist Film Unit's investigation from the …
Solar panels made using perovskite technology pay back the energy used to make them ten times faster than those using silicon. In time, this could lead to similar falls in price.
… energy payback time to a few months The Ecologist | 5th August 2015 News Energy … Energy & Environmental Science . Also on The Ecologist: ' Seven breakthrough solar …