Rachel Clode explains why every switched-on homeowner should be turned on by SMART technology
… Get SMART: This technology can cut energy use Rachel Clode | 1st May 2008 Ethical Living SMART Technology Energy Efficiency Home Usage Technology Energy Science And Technology Archive_213.jpg …
Renewables good, fossil fuels bad... unless, of course, renewables begin to take up more and more land in order to meet our energy needs. Paul Kingsnorth adds fuel to a tricky debate.
… Climate Change Climate Change Natural World Energy Science And Technology Society … up more and more land in order to meet our energy needs. Paul Kingsnorth adds fuel to a … warming. Action is imperative. Renewable energy projects must be brought online fast; …
With fuel bills rising and back in the news, bizarrely it’s green energy in the firing line.
… Renewable energy - how greywash drowns the green Joss … | 9th June 2008 Comment Renewables Oil Clean Energy Oil Climate Change Energy Pollution Science And Technology …
The current economic downturn is hard, but it’s also filled with opportunities to remake the world in a more sustainable way, says Stephen Hale
… opportunity for a radical transformation of energy, transport, housing and the economy. … that now make some green alternatives such as energy efficiency, public transport and fuel … a downturn. Oil prices are also stimulating energy efficiency in the private sector, and a …
Subsidies paid to electricity generators through users bills are generating profits for the companies without translating into many new turbines.
… Energy companies profit from wind farms … 2008 News Windfarms Wind Farms Planning Wind Energy Politics And Economics News web pic … new turbines. A massive expansion in wind energy is needed to meet the government’s …
Britain has the lowest share of renewable energy of any major EU country: only Malta and Luxemburg have less. The EU is set to change this next week when it delivers a country by country breakdown of its green energy plan.
… EU to tell UK to increase renewable energy production ‘six-fold’ by 2020 16th January 2008 News EU Renewable Energy Sarkozy EU Energy Politics And Economics News web pic …
This month shops in the UK will begin to phase out traditional tungsten bulbs as part of a government plan to replace them completely by 2011 and save 5m tonnes of carbon emissions a year. However the current crop of low energy light bulbs are coming under criticism for causing skin complaints and migraines, releasing Mercury into the environment on disposal and not being as energy efficient as new LED equivalents.
… Dark Days for Low Energy Light Bulbs 7th January 2008 News Light … Light Industrial Landfills Recycling Energy Science And Technology This month shops … a year. However the current crop of low energy light bulbs are coming under criticism …
Two firms in the wind power sector illustrate how companies in the developing world can take advantage of increasing access to technological know-how, while staying within the bounds of intellectual property law, says Joanna Lewis.
… Energy leapfrogging in China and India Joanna … Lewis | 28th March 2008 News Leapfrogging Energy India China Development Wind Solar Energy turbines-waterlg.jpg Two firms in the …
Green energy is coming under pressure to clean up its act after severe criticism of the Government’s attempts to change the rules on how renewable energy is calculated and further condemnation of the ‘splash and dash’ trading scam in biofuels.
… Loopholes and scams dog ‘green’ energy 1st April 2008 News Biofuels Splash And … Nuclear Power Loopholes Biofuel Wind Nuclear Energy Politics And Economics News web pic 2_148.jpg Green energy is coming under pressure to clean up …
Can organic farming feed the world? Ed Hamer and Mark Anslow say yes, but we must eat and farm differently
… to use our waste as an organic fertiliser. 2 Energy Currently, we use around 10 calories of fossil energy to produce one calorie of food energy. In a fuel-scarce future, which experts …
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.
… Algae Biofuels Agrofuels Biodiesel Biofuel Energy Science And Technology Algae_MAIN.jpg … was almost alone in pointing out that growing energy crops for car fuel was ecological … studies showing that agrofuels are neither energy - nor carbon-efficient seems …
Well, now we have it; nuclear power is once again going to save the day. In the past it helped save us from coal, now it is going to save us, if the rest of the world follows our example, from global warming.
… | 12th June 2008 News Nuclear Climate Change Energy Nuclear Comment And Analysis Climate Change Energy Science And Technology atom copy_1.jpg … a trade union with 26,000 members in the energy sector, that not only will we be …
Can organic farming feed the world? Ed Hamer and Mark Anslow say yes, but we must farm and eat differently
… to use our waste as an organic fertiliser. 2. Energy Currently, we use around 10 calories of fossil energy to produce one calorie of food energy. In a fuel-scarce future, which experts …
A growing number of homeowners are taking the green initiative. Laura Sevier reports
… Environment Green Living Climate Change Energy Science And Technology Archive_219.jpg … of a house and have a goal of getting the energy use down‚’ says George Marshall‚ a … not have the benefits now?’ As well as saving energy and money‚ by using such devices as …
Algeria switches from oil production to harnessing the power of the Sahara sun
… sunshine 15th August 2008 News Algeria Solar Energy News web pic 2_178.jpg Algeria switches … with the aim of producing 6% of the country’s energy from renewable electricity by 2015. The … are currently responsible for 0.5% of world energy production. However, this plans marks …
Britain lingers near to the bottom of the European league table for renewable energy, so why does it seem that the government are willing to add more coal nails to the coffin?
… | 22nd June 2008 Comment Coal Renewable Energy Kingsnorth CCS Coal Global Warming Carbon Off-Setting Nuclear UK Energy Pollution Science And Technology … of the European league table for renewable energy, so why does it seem that the …
Do the peaks and troughs of the financial markets really hold the key to solving our environmental troubles? Faisal Islam investigates
… the world’s biggest supplier of hydrocarbon energy: Gazprom, the state-run Russian gas … who serves as the European Commissioner for Energy. He shares responsibility for Europe’s … at an incredible £50 billion. Ofgem, the UK energy regulator, sees windfall profits at £9 …
Three years ago, winter was not a good time of year for residents at Hoathly Hill in West Sussex. A community founded in 1972 on the principles of Rudolf Steiner, many of Hoathly Hill’s residents enjoyed the sense of quiet self-sufficiency that living on a smallholding in Sussex’s High Weald gave them.
… Sussex Green Living Wood Green Lifestyle Wood Energy Society Green Living_43.jpg Three years … ambition. The idea of using renewable energy as an alternative had been a community … but it wasn’t until Briggs met renewable energy expert Stuart Boyle, who was …
We all want our green wings, and the notion of purchasing them via carbon offsetting is powerfully seductive. as Jules Peck reveals, however, buying your way into eco heaven can be fraught with problems
… cent by switching to a green fleet and green energy provision, and has committed to 80 per … business uses, making it the UK’s largest non-energy sector wind farmer. Easyjet backed out … has even forced Scottish and Southern Energy to stop making claims about carbon …
What’s the point of zero-carbon homes that aren’t fit for habitation? There is more to sustainable building than meeting Government targets, argues Dr David Strong
… emphasis being put by the Government on more energy-efficient buildings, and greener … locations they may even be net consumers of energy. I am not convinced that zero carbon is … the occupants’ lifestyles are prescribed and energy is rationed in order to balance on-site …
Our addiction to oil is not inevitable. We can all take steps to kick the habit
… | 1st May 2008 Activism Climate Change And Energy Oil Transport Travel Car Campaign … away from fossil fuel to renewable energy companies, or exercise your right as a shareholder to pressure energy companies to make the transition to …
History will remember 2008 for its ‘crisis of capitalism’. The crash on Wall Street was the game-changer in the US election race, and it could soon be remembered as the gamechanger on climate change, too.
… warming and to make the transition to a clean energy system suddenly sound a lot more … it also now has the fastest-growing clean energy sector in the world. In the past 12 … ever. It had 156 per cent growth in its wind energy sector and became the fourth-biggest …
Last night British nuclear assets went on sale to the private sector to help the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority raise cash to help pay for its £72bn nuclear waste clean up bill.
… 2008 News Nuclear Waste Malcolm Wicks ONS Energy Sellafield Mox Waste Energy Politics And Economics News web pic … largely out of action since. Malcolm Wicks, energy minister, recently admitted that the …
As the urgent necessity of our transition away from fossil fuels becomes plain, it’s inevitable that some of us will take that necessity seriously enough to explore the edges of ‘normal’ behaviour.
… 20th June 2008 Comment Green Carbon Renewable Energy Carbon Dioxide Usage Green Living Energy Climate SOS_1.jpg As the urgent … Techno-Green engineer with every imaginable energy-saving, non-hydrocarbon-based home …