Scandinavian inventors are hoping that efficient new waves power technologies will for the first time make the sector competitive with other renewable energy sources, writes Paul Brown - opening up a massive new clean energy resource around the world.
New technologies promise cheap wave power Paul Brown | 23rd February 2015 News Oceans Energy Renewables Technology atlantic_wave_portrush-cut.jpg Scandinavian inventors are hoping that efficient new …
Rachel Clode tests out an electric bike, and finds a new best friend
On your bike Rachel Clode | 14th December 2007 Ethical Living Bike Powabyke Electric Bike Bicycle Bicycles Green Living Energy Green Living_17.jpg Rachel Clode tests out an electric bike, and finds a …
Despite the PR spin the truth about nuclear power is clear, says Paul Flynn. Current projects are plagued with technical failures, cost escalations and long delays - while renewables power ahead. As tin-eared ministers refuse to get the message, it's time for civil servants to speak out direct to the public.
Civil servants must speak out: 'the time has gone for nuclear power' Paul Flynn MP | 18th June 2015 Comment Nuclear Energy Politics UK Technology Finance China Saudi Arabia …
The Hinkley deal is a disastrous one for the UK, its taxpayers and energy users, writes Oliver Tickell. We will be locked into a punitively high electricity price, index-linked, from 2025 until 2060, and the cumulative cost of this one nuclear power station will be well in excess of £100 billion, or around £1 billion per year in today's money.
With nuclear power: truth is the first casualty Oliver Tickell | 21st October 2013 News Nuclear UK Renewables Energy Finance Politics Oceans 1609.jpg The Hinkley deal is a disastrous one for the UK, …
The National Planning Policy Framework will sideline smart growth in favour of out-of-town sprawl - rolling back decades of town centred development. Now campaigners have launched a toolkit to reduce travel demand within local transport plans
Campaign For Better Transport: how to reduce the need to travel Richard Bourn | 13th December 2011 Activism Politics And Economics Health Energy Transport Development Public Transport …
Shifting to electric vehicles while maintaining current travelling habits will not deliver emissions reductions required by European Green Deal and Paris Agreement.
The unsustainability of the electric car Margarita Mediavilla Khaled Diab | 5th October 2020 | Comment Energy Electric Cars Editor’s Picks electric car.jpg Shifting to electric vehicles while …
It will take decades to completely leave fossil fuels, writes Richard Heinberg. But we can do it, starting with the easy stuff: going big time for wind and solar, raising energy efficiency, replacing oil-fuelled vehicles, and moving to organic farming. But deeper changes will follow as we transition to a more enduring sustainability - consuming better, and much less.
… and financial savings. Promoting walking, bicycling, and public transit will take much … and reorienting them to public transit, bicycling, and walking. We could electrify all …
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.
Going to extremes Richard Heinberg | 20th June 2008 Comment Green Carbon Renewable Energy Carbon Dioxide Usage Green Living Energy Climate SOS_1.jpg As the urgent necessity of our transition away …
Two power plants in Cornwall could be producing renewable heat and electricity for the local community as early as 2013
Geothermal projects get funding boost The Ecologist | 22nd December 2009 News Geothermal Energy Renewable Energy Decc Cornwall Eden Project Redruth Geothermal Engineering Ltd geothermal.jpg The …
A pioneering community-based hydroelectric energy project in the Brecon Beacons is a blueprint for how green energy can provide more than just low-carbon power...
Communities using hydro power to fund green renewal Paul Miles | 8th April 2010 Activism Climate Change Energy Brecon Beacon National Park The Green Valleys NESTA Hydroelectricity Micro Hydro …
With human beings about to become a predominantly urban species, Dan Box asks whether cities can ever be sustainable.
Greening Cities Dan Box | 1st April 2003 News Sustainable Cities Urbanization China Copenhagen Brazil Population Energy Conservation Community Society Local Economies Community Population Carbon …
Now is the time to fundamentally transform how our societies produce and distribute energy.
Roads to an energy commons Simon Pirani | 18th November 2021 | Comment Climate Breakdown Energy Capitalism Economics Energy 2.63394472.jpg Now is the time to fundamentally transform how our societies …
Energy Secretary Amber Rudd's plan to deliver the UK's emissions reductions promised in COP21 rely on nuclear power as the main 'low carbon' energy source, writes Paul Flynn. But the high cost of nuclear, and the ruinous track record of current technologies, show that this path leads only to massive failure at public expense.
Finally, Amber Rudd must drop her nuclear obsession Paul Flynn MP | 16th December 2015 Comment COP21 Politics UK Energy Nuclear Renewables Finance rance_tidal_power_station-cut.jpg Energy Secretary …
The German-led Desertec initiative believes it can deliver power to Europe as early as 2015
Solar power from Sahara a step closer Ashley Seager | 2nd November 2009 News Solar Energy Renewable Power Africa desertec-map_large.jpg The German-led Desertec initiative believes it can deliver …
With COP21 out of the way there is absolutely no time to lose, Greenpeace director Kumi Naidoo told Pavlos Georgiadis: 'Because by tomorrow, there might be no tomorrow.' We need substantial, structural, systemic change - and this change can only be led by the youth, who are not infected by the political pollution of the past. And whose future is it anyway?
Kumi Naidoo: let the youth be our climate leaders! Pavlos Georgiadis | 18th December 2015 Comment COP21 Climate Change Society Energy Renewables Finance kumi-naidoo-cop21-cut.jpg With COP21 out of …
Who says technology can’t be good for the environment? Rosie Spinks rounds up the apps that are making the planet a greener place to be
Five of the best…eco friendly mobile apps Rosie Spinks | 9th September 2011 Ethical Living Mobile Apps Apple Itunes Project Noah Science Home Energy Shopping Science And Technology holding.jpg Who …
Cars are evil, right? But what if they ran on hydrogen, did 300 miles per gallon, were leased rather than owned, and were produced under an open source business model...
The open-source hydrogen car set to change the industry Alex McDonald | 20th January 2010 News Car Energy Hydrogen Electric Car Transport Science And Technology riversimple4.jpg Cars are evil, right? …
The unspoilt pastoral landscape of Transylvania is the latest battlefield in the war against aggressive fossil energy extraction. Jim Wickens reports on the farming communities fighting back against multinational energy companies.
Transylvania revolts: Farmers against fracking Jim Wickens | 27th November 2013 News Energy Gas Fracking Fossil Fuels Romania Direct Action anti-fracking-protest.png The unspoilt pastoral landscape …
How to dissent peacefully from the corruption, waste and destruction of the world? By a mindful disengagement from evil, writes Julian Rose: from fossil fuel energy to propagandist media, from sweatshop clothing to the predatory financial system. Some of the steps we can take are easy, others very difficult - but what ultimately matters is the direction of travel.
The 'non-compliant challenge' - mindful disengagement from modern evils Julian Rose | 11th April 2016 Ethical Living Energy Food Finance Fashion Consumerism Media egg-cut.jpg How to dissent …
The era of mass consumption has reached India, bringing about a frenzy of over-consumption, pollution and ecological havoc. But so long as there's money to be made, asks Subhankar Banerjee, why worry about climate change?
Gandhi's nightmare has come true Subhankar Banerjee | 18th March 2014 Comment USA India Energy Climate Change Consumerism india-shopping.png The era of mass consumption has reached India, bringing …
After years of protest, plans by the Anadolu Group to build a coal power plant in the seaside town of Gerze are awaiting the go-ahead from the Turkish government. But protest group YEGEP are not giving up without a fight
Coal and Corruption: The Battle for Gerze Chris Walker Morgan Hartley | 17th August 2012 News Coal Power Plant Anadolu YEGEP Turkey Gerze Coca Cola Energy Politics And Economics Science And …