On the face of it, the UK's policy to pursue nuclear power at all costs, while destroying the renewable energy sector, is totally illogical, write Philip Johnstone & Andy Stirling. But then it may make perfect sense - if only you accept that it's really all about maintaining the country's role as a nuclear weapons state for generations to come. And the 'deep state' has a way of getting its way.
Making sense of the UK's muddled energy policy - is it all about nuclear weapons? Philip Johnstone Andy Stirling | 14th October 2015 News Nuclear Energy Renewables Politics WMD nuclear-sub-cut.jpg On …
In an open letter to the UK's political party leaders, Scientists for Global Responsibility urge those politicians to take the global threat of climate change seriously and to exploit science and technology to create jobs, tackle fuel poverty, and reduce local air pollution
Open letter to party leaders on climate change and the UK economy Dr Stuart Parkinson Dr Philip Webber Scientists for Global Responsibility | 13th June 2017 News Climate Change Politics Science …
Onshore wind power is effective, hugely popular, and the UK's cheapest form of new power generation, writes Max Wakefield, already competing against gas turbines in prime locations. So why did Cameron's Government ban it? And what will it take to get Chancellor Philip Hammond to reverse that decision next week?
Bring back onshore wind, UK's cheapest green power source! Max Wakefield | 18th November 2016 Comment Renewables Wind Politics UK pinwheels-cut.jpg Onshore wind power is effective, hugely popular, …
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
What's stopping us getting solar power from deserts? Mark Jansen | 10th February 2010 News Solar Energy Africa Renewables Csp Desertec Concentrating Solar Power desertec-worldmap_collector-area.jpg …
Next April the UK government proposes to increase taxes on self-consumed solar electricity installations on schools, offices, warehouses and factories by a whopping 6-8 times, write the STA and undersigned. This inexplicable move, which threatens a once thriving solar industry already on its knees, must be abandoned.
Chancellor - stop the solar tax hike! Solar Trade Association | 5th December 2016 Comment Solar Energy Renewables Politics UK Finance Education school-solar-cut.jpg Next April the UK government …
French energy giant EDF will today give the formal go-ahead for the Hinkley C nuclear power station in Somerset, writes Chris Goodall. But that's no reason for the UK to sign up to a disastrous deal that will cost us over £1 billion per year for 35 years - money that should be used to support the green technologies of the future.
Dump Hinkley! And invest in the UK's real energy future Chris Goodall | 28th July 2016 Comment Nuclear Energy Renewables Technology Finance Politics UK France Corporations stop-epr-cut.jpg French …
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.
Leaked letter: Rudd admits 25% green energy undershoot, misled Parliament Oliver Tickell | 9th November 2015 News Energy Renewables Politics Finance EU UK Law rudd-2-cut.jpg A letter from Energy …
Electric cars are no longer just a 'pipe dream' claims transport minister as he announces £60 million in funds for charging points and grants for people buying new vehicles
UK announces £5,000 subsidy for electric car buyers from 2011 Tom Levitt | 14th December 2010 News Electric Cars Renewables Energy Transport electriccar.jpg Government advisors have said the UK …
At first glance the abolition of the Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) tolled a death knell for UK action on global warming. However, rising from the ashes is a new department that has the potential to put the climate agenda at the very heart of Government.
Will Theresa May's new heavyweight Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy put climate change centre stage? Joe Ware | 19th July 2016 Comment Climate Change Decc Greens Politics …
What do the Australian Environment Foundation, the Renewable Energy Foundation and the Global Warming Policy Foundation have in common? They are all fiercely anti-environment, writes William Laurance - and we must beware their 'eco-doublespeak'.
Beware environmental wolves in sheep's clothing! William Laurance | 9th June 2014 Activism Climate Change Forests Politics Campaigning Renewables Energy UK Australia Media sheep-wolf-teeth-cut.jpg …
The government is due to announce a £250 million support package for 'small modular reactors' his week, just as the price of wind and solar power contracts fall 10% below UK wholesale prices. OLIVER TICKELL argues that the Britain's 'civilian' nuclear power expenditure is actually a camouflaged subsidy to the UK's Trident nuclear missile system.
Small nuclear reactors are a 1950s mirage come back to haunt us Oliver Tickell | 24th October 2017 News Nuclear Submarine Renewables Solar Wind 405592.jpg The government is due to announce a £250 …
Despite outrage in the US over ‘fracturing’ techniques used to extract shale gas and new evidence its greenhouse gas footprint may be higher than that of coal, the UK has given the go-ahead to companies here to begin drilling. Tom Levitt reports from the centre of this potential unconventional gas boom near Blackpool
UK shale gas boom 'may be dirtier than coal' Tom Levitt | 13th April 2011 News Shale Gas Energy Investigations Renewables Coal Methane fracturing.jpg Methane emissions have been found to escape …
Over 18 million people live off the natural bounty of the The Mekong Delta, writes Tom Fawthrop - the source of huge annual harvests of fish, rice, fruit, and one of the world's most productive ecosystems. But now huge dams threaten to strangle the Mekong river and the abundant life it supports, while the world sits idly by.
Death by strangulation? Hydropower threatens to kill the mighty Mekong Tom Fawthrop | 27th March 2015 News Water Renewables Dams Vietnam Laos Cambodia mekong-dolphin-cut.jpg Over 18 million people …