Hydrogen cars - and the fuel cells that drive them - are about to get a whole lot cheaper thanks to a redesign of the platinum catalyst that makes them work, writes Oliver Tickell. By inserting atom-sized holes into the precious metal's surface, its activity can be trebled.
Hydrogen car price breakthrough: it's the platinum The Ecologist | 14th October 2015 News Energy Transport Technology Renewables Economics platinum catalyst-cut.jpg Hydrogen cars - and the fuel cells …
Precious World Heritage Sites that protect vital biodiversity and human cultures are at risk from oil decelopment and other industries. Under threat are not just nature, wildlife, land and water but the 11 million people who depend on the 114 sites' environmental quality for their livelihoods.
Industrial expansion threatens half of natural World Heritage Sites The Ecologist | 6th April 2016 News Conservation Energy Oil Mining Development Indigenous Peoples Oceans China USA Belize Malawi …
Friends of the Earth has identified 19 onshore sites where new or extended extraction activity is planned using publicly available planning application data.
Fossil fuel extractors mapped Brendan Montague | 11th September 2023 | News Energy Editor’s Picks Friends Of The Earth Good Law Project uyy920qg.jpg Friends of the Earth has identified 19 onshore …
The UK Government claims that three million square kilometres of ocean is 'protected' in Overseas Territories, while still permitting commercial fishing.
Fishy business in the 'blue belt' William Nicolle | 26th November 2019 News Science & Systems Fishing Trawler Commercial Fishing Industrial Fishing Marine Conservation MPA …
If money's tight, but you still want to 'do something' why not join DoNation's growing army of action volunteers to help create a low-carbon society
… with DoNation Ben Hudson | 8th November 2011 Activism Society Campaigning The Donation Activism Climate Change Energy Carbon … dose of inspiration to act now INVESTIGATION Activism special Where next for eco-activism …
Immediate moratorium on all activity by oil and gas industries would help safeguard the local community and ecosystem as well as reduce potential carbon emissions
Greenpeace calls for a ban on Arctic oil drilling The Ecologist | 25th January 2010 News Oil Gas Energy Arctic arcticicebreak.jpg Greenpeace say sustainable oil and gas extraction is not possible in …
Extreme energy in the UK is arousing extreme reactions, write Jess Elliot & Damien Short. On the one side stand citizens committed to preserving the quality of the local and global environment. And against them, a government determined to let fracking rip, and police forces prepared to ignore legal norms to suppress the growing popular resistance.
Fracking is driving UK civil and political rights violations Jess Elliot Damien Short | 30th October 2014 News Fracking Law Human Rights Energy Politics UK barton-moss-steven-speed-cut.jpg Extreme …
Campaigning has never been so easy - sign an Avaaz petition here, send an email there ... and the world is soon put to rights, no? No, writes Paul Mobbs. We must examine the impacts and implications of our e-life, from climate change to corporate dominance, and take control of the technologies we increasingly depend on.
… On-line activism - from surveillance to ecological … outside their constituency surgery? On-line activism has become part of the consuming … author and lecturer. He runs the Free Range Activism website. This article is based on a …
Adding an extra hour of daylight would decrease carbon emissions, promote outdoor activities and make travel safer. Make sure your MP supports the Daylight Saving Bill in today's vote
… Bill Priyanka Mogul | 20th January 2012 Activism Climate Change Energy Carbon Emissions Activism 10:10 Lighter Later …
Dave Hampton on watt's watt in carbon footprints and why he aims to launch a campaign for a million more carbon coaches
… Carbon Coach Ben Hudson | 28th December 2011 Activism Climate Change Energy Carbon Activism Just Do It Wangari Maathai Carbon … says Ruth Styles HOW TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE Activism special Just Do It: the story of …
Extinction Rebellion has a lot to learn from Ende Gelände, the grassroots climate action group that is radical in theory and practice.
… December 2019 News Ende Galaende Ende Gelände Activism Extinction Rebellion Coal Fossil … fantastic mass action. Intersectional activism I was part of the accessible …
The UK’s short sighted approach to energy is damaging people’s health and costing the NHS £3.7 billion a year.
Bad energy policy 'costs billions' Staff Reporter | 30th January 2020 News Thought Leaders Energy Efficiency Travel Transport Insulation Pollution walk-2635038_1280.jpg The UK’s short sighted …
Greenpeace's 'Unfriend Coal' campaign is calling on the world's biggest social networking site to free its energy-intensive business from coal power
… A DIFFERENCE The Ecologist guide to video activism The video camera is the weapon of … MAKE A DIFFERENCE The Ecologist guide to data activism You don't have to be a web geek to …
Aerial surveillance is a proven and effective technique in tackling wildlife crime, writes Elizabeth Claire Alberts - so the arrival on the scene of a new wildlife organization dedicated to providing air reconnaissance services to frontline environmental defenders couldn't come too soon.
… Elizabeth Claire Alberts | 6th February 2015 Activism Natural World Technology Fishing …
A Pacific island paradise 340 miles from Costa Rica's coast should be the ideal place for marine conservation, write Julia Baum & Easton R. White. But while its waters are indeed teeming with life, steep population declines in key shark and ray species show that stronger protection is badly needed.
Shark-counting divers off Costa Rica show marine reserves need active protection Julia Baum Easton R. White | 24th April 2014 Comment Oceans Pacific Cost Rica Fishing Protected Areas Natural World …
Activists close almost 50 square miles of the Dogger Bank protected area in the North Sea to all destructive bottom trawling.
Greenpeace activists protect Dogger Bank Marianne Brooker | 23rd September 2020 | News Food And Farming Greenpeace Dogger Bank Fishing Greenpeace activists Activists close almost 50 square miles of …
Following in the wake of shale gas and coal-bed methane (CBM) extraction is the spectre of underground coal gasification (UCG). But if we adopt these wholesale we could close off any hope of stepping back from the climate change brink, says campaign group Frack Off
… Off | 28th February 2013 News Energy Fracking Activism Comment Politics And Economics …
Sajid Javid's decision to allow shale gas wells to go ahead in Lancashire marks a new phase in the industry's development, writes Michael Bradshaw. But it will also trigger a new phase of organisation, protest and resistance among impacted communities. Cuadrilla, IGas and other companies may just find the 'social licence' they thought they didn't need is essential, after all.
Cuadrilla fracking decision: shale industry's battle is beginning, not ending Michael Bradshaw | 7th October 2016 Comment Fracking Energy Gas Planning England UK Politics balcombe-cut.jpg Sajid …
Barring a miracle Marco Rubio is set to be Trumped in the Republican primary tomorrow in Florida, his home state, putting an effective end to his campaign. But it's not for want of support from one of the US's biggest frackers, Devon energy, and its politically active CEO Larry Nichols. And with or without Rubio, Nichols's influence on the red states' energy policy is only going to get bigger.
Meet the Koch-affiliated fracker behind Marco Rubio's energy policy Zachary Boren Greenpeace Energydesk | 15th March 2016 Comment USA Politics Energy Fracking Oil Gas Corporations bye-folks-cut.jpg …
As European fish stocks decline rapidly the EU’s industrial fishing fleets are increasingly moving into foreign waters and taking away the livelihoods of local fishermen and communities
Illegal European fishing contributing to poverty and piracy in Africa The Ecologist | 20th April 2011 News Fish Piracy Natural World Fishing 7574.jpg Illegal fishing and the decline of African fish …
Coral reefs are under threat from all quarters - rising temperatures, ocean acidity, fishing practices... But can clever management of certain fish species help the reefs to recover their former glory?
Can algae-eating fish save our coral reefs? Anna Taylor | 15th June 2010 News Natural World Coral Reefs Climate Change Fishing Fisheries Marine Protected Areas parrotfish.jpg Coral reefs are under …
Medact, the organization of health professionals for a safer, fairer and better world, has called for a five year moratorium on fracking due to its serious hazards to public health, writes Paul Mobbs. Their new report is a powerful challenge to government policy that cannot be ignored.
… and lecturer, and maintains the Free Range Activism Website (FRAW). The report: ' Health …
Scotland's network of marine reserves doubled in area today with the designation of 30 new marine reserves. The move has been welcomed by green groups who have long campaigned on the issue - but they warn: this is where the real work begins.
Victory - 30 new marine reserves for Scotland The Ecologist | 25th July 2014 News UK Scotland Oceans Fishing Regulation Politics trinchesia_caerulea_jim_anderson-cut.jpg Scotland's network of marine …
Firm continues to mine coal at the UK’s largest open pit weeks after being refused planning permission for the activity.
'Maladministration and a terrible precedent' Catherine Early | 26th June 2023 | News Coal Energy Editor’s Picks ffos-y-fran-cut.jpg Firm continues to mine coal at the UK’s largest open pit weeks …