New York has approved a massive $7.6 billion subsidy to keep four ageing upstate plants open on the false promise that they provide 'clean and renewable energy', writes Karl Grossman. Campaigners for genuine clean energy fear that other pro-nuclear states may follow NY Governor Cuomo's dubious lead.
$7.6 billion 'clean energy' bailout for New York nuclear plants Karl Grossman | 3rd August 2016 News Energy Nuclear Renewables USA Politics Economics ginna-cut.jpg New York has approved a massive …
Bristol’s Clean Air Zone is a positive step in tackling illegal levels of pollution - but campaigners want further action to enhance the quality of life in the city.
Bristol's fossil free future Yasmin Dahnoun | 3rd May 2023 | News Bristol Clean Energy Economics 52647616643_615bb53d0c_o.jpg Bristol’s Clean Air Zone is a positive step in tackling illegal levels of …
Despite all the hype that fracking the UK will mean cheaper energy bills, it is increasingly clear that the opposite is the case, writes Lesley Docksey. And who will pay the cost? Taxpayers, energy users, and the environment ...
… or by raising taxes elsewhere. The cost of cleaning up We will pay because a proposal …
The UK has left an ‘outdated’ treaty that could penalise shift to net zero.
UK quits outdated energy treaty Emily Beament Brendan Montague | 5th March 2024 | News Net Zero UK Economics COP26 Net zero talks The UK has left an ‘outdated’ treaty that could penalise shift to net …
What's the biggest threat to your life savings you've never heard of? Rebecca O'Connor shows how the world's exposure to unburnable carbon assets, and competition from clean energy technologies, could hammer your savings, pensions and investments.
Will the carbon bubble burst your pension? Rebecca O'Connor | 8th August 2014 Comment Energy Finance Renewables Green Economy Economics UK Corporations westmill-cut.jpg What's the biggest threat to …
Donors, NGOs and investors want to help grassroots sustainable energy enterprises grow, so they can bring the myriad benefits of clean and affordable energy to many more people, writes Emily Haves. But just what kind of support is needed?
Reaping the benefits of community energy Emily Haves | 31st July 2014 Comment Renewables Energy Green Economy Economics solar-hut.jpg Donors, NGOs and investors want to help grassroots sustainable …
The best approach to reducing consumers’ exposure to volatile prices is to cut demand for fossil fuels, confirms official Climate Change Committee.
Clean energy lowers bills - official Emily Beament | 24th February 2022 | News Climate Breakdown Climate Change Committee Cost of Living Crisis Economics san_gorgonio_pass_wind_farm.jpg The best …
Pollution caused by burning fossil fuels are already causing the premature deaths of 200,000 people a year - in the US alone, writes Pete Dolack. Add up the figures worldwide and it comes to many millions. And that's before we even count the catastrophic long term impacts of global warming. The US response: to loosen anti-pollution regulation and encourage increased oil, coal and gas production.
Deadly toll of fossil fuel pollution: the old economy versus planet and people Pete Dolack Systemic Disorder | 6th April 2017 Activism Economics Future Climate Change Pollution Health …
The World Trade Organisation (WTO) has found India's huge solar initiative 'guilty' of breaking trade rules, write Dipti Bhatnagar & Sam Cossar-Gilbert, because it gives domestic manufacturers a small 10% quota for the supply of panels, leaving up to 90% for foreign competitors. It's a warning for perils of the entire WTO system, and of even harsher trade rules like those in TPP, TTIP and CETA.
World Trade Organisation smashes India's solar panels industry Dipti Bhatnagar Sam Cossar-Gilbert | 28th February 2016 News Energy Solar India Economics WTO Trade Agreement solar panels india.jpg The …
We need a watertight windfall tax to stop rebound on climate action.
Tax oil and gas Molly Scott-Cato | 5th August 2022 | Comment Cost of Living Crisis Windfall Tax Economics Energy Editor’s Picks Rishi Sunak We need a watertight windfall tax to stop rebound on …
Campaigners fear that the abolition of DECC, the department of energy and climate change, indicates that climate will take a low priority in Theresa May's policy agenda. Meanwhile the pro-fracking, pro-nuclear Andrea Leadsom is in charge of environment department Defra.
Dis-May-ed! DECC scrapped, Leadsom to run Environment Oliver Tickell | 14th July 2016 News Politics UK Energy Climate Change Brexit Economics leadsom-cut.jpg Campaigners fear that the abolition of …
'Sharpe’s favoured alternative to neoclassical economics is a form of evolutionary economics: when it comes to the energy transition this notion is deeply flawed.'
Climate policy at the Sharpe end Peter Somerville | 5th February 2024 | Comment Climate Breakdown EVs Economics Editor’s Picks …
Just transition needed ‘at pace’ amid cost of living crisis, report says.
Just transition 'would bring more jobs' Hannah Carmichael | 15th July 2022 | News Just Transition Commission Scottish Government Just Transition Economics Green New Deal Editor’s Picks …
A legacy of lies and covered-up accidents has left nuclear energy with a serious credibility gap, writes Paul Brown. But poor safety is only the beginning of the industry's problems. With 'new improved' reactor designs all running late and way over budget, any nuclear revival can only be sustained at massive, unaffordable taxpayer cost.
… be completed for decades. There is no hope of cleaning up Chernobyl or Fukushima this …
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.
… cars produce no toxic emissions that need cleaning up with a catalytic converter. The …
A new energy market analysis shows the average cost of electricity from renewables is already lower than from fossil fuels, writes Alex Kirby. And as renewables eat deeper into the 'market share' of coal and gas power plants, so the entire economics of fossil fuel power generation will unravel.
Renewables have the economic advantage over fossil fuels Alex Kirby | 15th September 2016 News Energy Fossil Fuels Economics Carbon Tracker wind-cut.jpg A new energy market analysis shows the average …
Orthodox economic measures like Gross Domestic product fail to measure the things that matter most, write Judith Schleicher & Bhaskar Vira: like human wellbeing and ecological health. This creates a systematic bias in 'development' policies that must urgently be addressed if we are to build an inclusive, equitable and sustainable society
Measures of poverty and well-being still ignore the environment - this must change Judith Schleicher Bhaskar Vira University of Cambridge | 15th March 2017 Comment Economics Green Economy Natural …
The renewable energy revolution is in full swing, writes Jeremy Leggett, with costs falling to new lows, deployment of wind and solar surging to unprecedented highs, and confidence ebbing away from fossil fuels. But global warming is also accelerating, with global temperature records broken every month for a year. Will the energy transition happen in time to avert catastrophe?
Renewables versus climate change - the battle heats up! Jeremy Leggett | 7th June 2016 News Energy Renewables Solar Wind Climate Change Oceans Finance Economics fort-mcmurray-cut.jpg The renewable …
When Chancellor George Osborne delivers his Budget next month, we can be sure that climate and environment won't take a high priority, writes Alan Simpson. All the more reason for the Labour leadership to develop a new 'one planet' economics for the 21st century that delivers social justice and respects ecological limits.
A sustainable UK needs a 'one planet' Budget Alan Simpson | 5th February 2016 Comment Politics Economics UK Climate Change Emissions Energy Renewables 1024px-nasa_earth-cut.jpg When Chancellor George …
The UK's troubled Hinkley C nuclear power station faces a legal challenge from Germany's biggest energy co-op, which claims that the subsidy package will distort energy markets across Europe and disadvantage renewable generators and vendors.
Greenpeace Energy to launch legal challenge to UK nuclear subsidies Oliver Tickell | 5th March 2015 News Nuclear UK Germany EU Economics Law gpe-csm_windpark_buchhain-cut.jpg The UK's troubled …
New York state recently set a terrible example by approving a $7.6 billion bailout of failing nuclear power plants, writes PETER BRADFORD. But other states aren't following. including California and Nebraska, where a host of highly competitive clean energy technologies are filling in the power shortfall left by nuclear closures, at much lower cost. It's time to let old nuclear reactors die.
No more taxpayer subsidies for our failing nuclear reactors! Peter Bradford Vermont Law School | 25th August 2016 Comment Nuclear Energy Renewables USA Finance Economics diablo-canyon-cut.jpg New …