Whitelee wind farm, the largest onshore wind project in the UK, powers home in nearby Glasgow.
… Wind farm 'a national success' Lewis McKenzie | 7th June 2019 News Wind Farms Renewable Energy Climate Breakdown … Whitelee wind farm, the largest onshore wind project in the UK, powers home in nearby …
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.
… | 1st April 2008 News Renewables Nimby Wind Solar Biofuels Land Use Equity Climate Change Dams Tidal Solar Wind Climate Change Climate Change Natural … yet fully have grasped. The battle is over a wind farm – potentially the world’s biggest – …
Labour's 10-year plan for a 'green industrial revolution' will bring regeneration funds to coastal towns.
… to coastal towns. Jeremy Corbyn has praised wind power as "the future" after announcing … plans to create 67,000 jobs and 37 new wind farms. Labour's 10-year plan for a "green … towns, the party leader said. The "crucial" wind farms will be built with a mix of public …
Scotland’s First Minister Alex Salmond faces criticism over his decision to allow offshore oil drilling at the same time as pledging Scotland could achieve 100 per cent renewable energy by 2025
… Change Renewables Oil Energy Natural World windturbinesoffshore.jpg Scotland is on target … for electricity by 2050 through offshore wind and tidal power. However, green … READ MORE... NEWS ANALYSIS Offshore wind: can we afford it? High costs of offshore …
Two critical markets are pursuing a stressed planet’s renewable resources, presenting policymakers with complex and difficult choices. The Worldwatch Institute’s latest look at Earth’s “vital signs” sees dangerous times ahead as the “sustainability crisis” unfolds. China Dialogue's Maryann Bird investigates
… use is up (as is, more encouragingly, wind and solar power), while carbon emissions … the encouraging signs was the growing use of wind power, spurred by concerns about climate … energy security. Outside of Europe – where wind capacity rose 19% last year -- Asia …
Stuck for ideas when you're stuck with the kids? Here are five outdoor activities from the Wildlife Trusts' new book '152 Wild Things to do'
… Kite flying is an excuse to get thoroughly windswept and to lose yourself watching clouds … shape-shift across the sky. Wait for the wind to pick up, then walk to the top of the … good gust and then launch your kite into the wind. Feel immense pride as it glides through …
The past year was the cleanest on record for the British grid as zero carbon technology exceeded electricity supplies from polluting fuels.
… grid as zero carbon technology such as wind, solar and nuclear exceeded electricity … months. Data released by National Grid shows wind farms, hydro plants, solar and nuclear … of the power supply in Britain and wind, solar and hydro accounted for just 2.3 …
Engineers and specialists needed across country to meet UK's legal targets to drive down greenhouse gas emissions.
… needed to deliver projects such as offshore wind farms, technology to capture and store … are updating the grid to channel power from wind farms off the coast and cope with extra … East to deliver projects such as offshore wind and the interconnector off the coast of …
Jeremy Corbyn's Labour party has created the new role of Shadow Minister for Climate Justice and Green Jobs.
… government to ban fracking, allow onshore wind and create free bus travel for under 25s. … barriers in the planning system to onshore wind development in England, and blocked onshore wind from competing for subsidies, effectively …
Women’s organising in Kyrgyzstan serves as an example of the inseparable linkages between gender, environmental and economic justice.
… landscape that exposed the community to high winds that are driving people away from the … will benefit the whole community. By reducing winds and soil degradation and preserving … and care for itself. In addition to providing wind breaks and supporting local food …
Campaigners demand a 'no new nuclear' clause in climate emergency planning.
… far from complete. Utility scale solar or wind schemes take from two to five years to … to come online or be refurbished, compared to wind or solar farms. Jacobson argues that even … release. This contrasts with solar panels and wind turbines, which reduce heat or water …
Marianne Brown speaks to the founder of Ecotricity, Dale Vince.
… Energy Change Makers Resurgence & Ecologist wind_turbine_holderness.jpg Marianne Brown … across Britain from a growing fleet of wind and sun parks. Ecotricity has electric … opposite direction, shutting down the onshore wind and solar industries and promoting …
The biggest and most indiscriminate killers of wildlife on the planet, commercial fishing fleets have brought us to the edge of a maritime ecological disaster, with fish stocks facing extinction all around the world.
… is the beauty. Along the peninsula, the road winds through fishing settlements known as … maples and yellow birch glow against the wind-stunted fir and spruce. Seawards, in the … tell you that the Bonavista peninsula is windy all year but never gets particularly hot …
Lib Dems to prioritise fuel-poor households so all low-income homes are insulated by 2025 as election campaign heats up.
… There are also plans to double solar and wind power by 2030, bringing the amount of … She accused the Tories of banning onshore wind, slashing support for solar power and …
Scientists mapping the effects of deforestation in the Amazon are increasingly concerned that we are reaching a tipping point – when the forest will start to die back of its own accord and rain, currently generated by the Amazon forests, will stop falling, not just in neighbouring countries but as far afield as the United States and South Africa.
… brought in from across the Atlantic. Trade winds that sweep close to the surface of the … process. When passing over the warm ocean the winds pick up massive quantities of water … being drawn across the Atlantic in the trade winds, and so the cycle is complete. Every …
Who are we? We are the people who are ready to fight back, writes Derrick Jensen. The people who no longer live in hope that the Earth will be saved, but in the certainty that we will save her. We are activists, survivors, lovers and fighters. And we say: the destruction will stop.
… the shark. We speak for the soil, for the wind, for the snow, for the ice caps. We speak … voices that are no more and no less than the wind moving in and out of our bodies, over our …
To find out about habitats, species and ecosystems are faring, don't just look, writes Ella Browning. Listen! Many species are hard to see, but have distinct auditory signatures, and advances in electronics suggest a future of landscapes 'wired for sound' feeding data streams for ecological analysis, not to mention detecting criminal activities from 'black' fishing to illegal logging and hunting.
… prey or even just find their way around. Wind whistles, rain hammers and streams … natural but non-biological sounds like rain wind and waves (geophony). Humans often don't …
Commons Science and Technology Committee says government policy to support bringing in low-carbon tech delayed, cut back or had undermined emissions reductions.
… tackle vehicle pollution, support onshore wind and solar power and sustain nuclear power … emissions Ministers must support new onshore wind and large-scale solar power projects …
Thanks to the efforts of local residents, Ennerdale has been restored to its natural glory. Matilda Lee takes up the villagers' inspiring tale
… streetlights makes a night drive through the winding mountainous roads to Cumbria’s Low … own definition of wild from unpredictable wind, to the wandering sheep to the bits of …
Next week the indigenous peoples of the Yukon challenge their Government in the Territory's Supreme Court, writes Jill Pangman. At issue, its plans to open the Peel watershed, a vast unspoilt ecosystem rich in wildlife and cultural meaning, for industrial development.
… in the translucent shallow waters of the Wind River. A great arc of limestone peaks … outfitter in the Bonnet Plume, Snake and Wind River drainages since the 1960's, and has …
An ancient grassland SSSI at Rampisham could be saved following a government decision to put an 'hold' notice on the West Dorset Council's planning consent for a huge solar farm, writes Martin Harper. Now Eric Pickles must 'call in' the case to a public inquiry, or set a truly dreadful precedent for our most precious nature sites.
… from the exposed nature of the site, open to wind, rain and the fierce summer sun. The … that this decision needed challenge. As with wind farms the RSPB is in principle supportive … of renewable energy developments. But as with wind farms our line is simple - they must be …
Business and Energy Department survey shows deepening concern about climate breakdown - including among celebrities.
… with backing for solar, offshore and onshore wind, wave and tidal sources all reaching new … despite record levels of support for onshore wind, the technology is being excluded by …
Want to mix a little conservation with your holiday? Volunteering on Skomer Island, a haven for seabirds and nature lovers, is a rewarding experience says Eifion Rees
… of Jack Sound can be choppy, with northerly winds and bad weather meaning cancelled … against the island's rocky shores and the wind is a constant presence, the towering …