The world is in the grip of a 'fracking frenzy that threatens us for centuries to come with polluted aquifers, runaway climate change, destruction of biodiversity and worthless 'sub-prime' investments. Just as the world must make the transition to a sustainable future, our 'leaders' are determined to make this last losing throw of the fossil fuel dice.
… The search for unconventional fossil fuel energy sources is taking place against a … points and must rapidly decarbonise our energy system for these to be avoided. According to the International Energy Agency (IEA), two thirds of the known …
Interface's sustainability model shows how large industrial companies can slash their carbon emissions and other environmental impacts without compromising profitability, reports Sophie Morlin-Yron. The key is to aim high!
… Corporations Green Economy Waste Recycling Energy fishing-net-cut.jpg Interface's … of its European facilities on 100% renewable energy since the beginning of 2014 - including … facilities in Scherpenzeel, Holland. The energy at the factory is produced by green gas …
The recent closure of five US power stations is forcing the industry to confront big questions about radioactive waste, writes Paul Brown. Who is to pay the mounting costs of managing the wastes and keeping them secure? And precisely where will be their final resting place?
… Brown | 20th July 2014 News USA UK EU Nuclear Energy Waste san-onofre-cut.jpg Now it's just … Who is to pay the mounting costs? Nuclear Energy Insider , which keeps a forensic watch …
The European Commission has dropped measures to improve air quality and reduce waste from its work plan for 2015 - instead 'cutting red tape' and prioritizing 'jobs, growth, investment' at all costs.
… part of the legislative follow-up to the 2030 Energy and Climate Package" , insisted the … then delayed because of the 2008 Climate and Energy Package, and did not appear until 2013. …
East Liverpool, a small city by the Ohio river, is a cancer-ridden dumping ground for the detritus of the global economy, writes Caitlin Johnson. With its filthy power station, coal ash lake, 1,300 fracking wells, silica sand mountains and a huge toxic waste incinerator, the city's people need your help in their fight for environmental justice.
… | 5th December 2014 Activism USA Waste Coal Energy Fracking Toxics Society … Down river in Jefferson County is First Energy's dilapidated Coal Fire Power Plant WH … Organizer, Communities United for Responsible Energy - Ohio Organizing Collaborative. She …
The Yucca Mountain radioactive dump may have been officially 'cancelled', writes John LaForge, and with very good reason. But like all those zombies out for Hallowe'en last night, it's not dead yet, as US nuclear regulators declare that the site perfectly meets nuclear waste storage requirements.
… and the departments of Transportation and Energy (DOE). Of course, lawsuits by the State … - like the one that burst and wrecked the Energy Department's Waste Isolation Pilot …
A Parliamentary report reveals that £200 million has been wasted on failed 'public-private' PFI projects for waste management, writes David Hall. The obvious solution: to allow local authorities to build and operate their own, which is cheaper and more flexible. The only problem: under UK government rules, it's PFI or nothing.
… deal with a contractor to build two waste-to-energy plants. Fifteen years on, these plants … No surprises then that the waste-to-energy companies aren't too pleased - but the …
This month a tailings dam at the Mount Polley mine in BC breached, writes Carol Linnitt - spilling 14.5 billion litres of toxic mine waste into Quesnel Lake. A major source of freshwater and one of BC's premier fly-fishing destinations, the lake will never be the same again. But it's just the first big victim of Canada's wave of environmental de-regulation ...
… congratulated Bill Bennett, BC's minister of energy and mines, for ridding industry of … Carol is a writer and researcher focusing on energy development, environmental policy and …
In the search for Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 we have found oil slicks and debris everywhere - none of it connected to the missing plane, writes Paul Mobbs. The seas are littered with human trash, and it's killing the oceanic ecosystem.
… Microplastic ingestion decreases energy reserves in marine worms , Stephanie L. …
Isn't it daft it is to use plastics that last for centuries to make short-life packaging? Now there's an alternative, writes Sophie Morlin-Yron - using fungi to bind farm and forestry waste into strong, non-toxic, complex forms. When the job is done, the material can be safely burnt or composted - and it even works for buildings ...
… the production of other materials in terms of energy efficiency or carbon emissions. " But I … it generally with a smaller percentage of energy than what was used to create that …
Six environment heroes, one from each continent, are honoured for their work today - fighting threats from giant coal mines to forest destruction, fracking, high dams, illegal development and toxic waste dumps. Sophie Morlin-Yron reports.
… 2014 News Fracking Fossil Fuels Waste Water Energy USA Indonesia Russia Peru Africa India …
A new system for cleaning soils contaminated with industrial toxins harnesses the power of White rot - a common fungus that decays fallen wood in forests. Research in Finland shows it can also destroy dioxins and poly-aromatic hydrocarbons.
… But the process is expensive and highly energy intensive - and in any case few …
How can we reduce our ever increasing throughput of raw materials? By breaking out the the 'iron cage of consumerism', writes Mariale Moreno: make things to last - whether clothes, houses, cars, or washing machines. Join a car club. Share domestic appliances with neighbors. And bring back the laundromat!
… is far from ideal as it takes a great deal of energy to reprocess and remanufacture …
An anti-environment plot by Junckers' Commission would abandon agreed 'green' laws for clean air, waste reduction and recycling. But the leak of key documents to EurActiv has stimulated fierce opposition by Green MEPs and environment groups, while eleven EU countries have called on Junckers to hold to the green laws and speed up their implementation.
… be modified in view of the 2030 Climate and Energy package, the document said. Timmermans …
As Cameron 'cuts the green crap' Paul Mobbs remembers how the decisions of a Conservative government 20 years ago to go easy on the owners of contaminated land and old waste dumps have led to present day blight, ill-health and death. Now brow-beaten regulators and politicians in hock to party funders are doing it all over again.
… in 1992 I discovered the the UK Atomic Energy Authority's Harwell Laboratory, …