So-called extreme energy - including fracking, coal bed methane extraction and underground coal gasification - is being rolled out with little concern for the environment, leading campaigner, author and engineer Paul Mobbs tells the Ecologist Film Unit
… Underground coal gasification: the 'nuclear option' of … extreme energy - including fracking, coal bed methane extraction and underground coal gasification - is being rolled out with …
Paul Mobbs, leading environmental campaigner, author and engineer, tells the Ecologist Film Unit that extraction industries, including coal bed methane extraction, are going ahead in the UK despite serious environmental concerns........
… Unit that extraction industries, including coal bed methane extraction, are going ahead … rolled out and developed in the UK, including coal bed methane? Paul Mobbs: There’s a … shale to get the gas out now, you can shatter coal seams to get the methane out of the coal. …
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 … Walker Morgan Hartley | 17th August 2012 News Coal Power Plant Anadolu YEGEP Turkey Gerze … plans by the Anadolu Group to build a coal power plant in the seaside town of Gerze …
Britain lingers near to the bottom of the European league table for renewable energy, so why does it seem that the government are willing to add more coal nails to the coffin?
… Coal is over Joss Garman | 22nd June 2008 Comment Coal Renewable Energy Kingsnorth CCS Coal Global Warming Carbon Off-Setting Nuclear …
Clean Coal Carbon capture and storage (CCS) is the technology of stripping carbon dioxide from the exhaust gases of fossil fuels and then burying it as a liquid underground.
… Power On - Clean Coal Jon Hughes Mark Anslow | 1st November 2007 News Clean Coal Carbon Dioxide Carbon Capture Coal Carbon Dioxide Global Warming Climate …
Greenpeace campaigners yesterday shut down Kingsnorth coal power station in Kent to send a message that expansion plans for coal power in the UK are outdated and dangerous.
… Greenpeace shut down coal-powered monster in Kent 9th October 2007 News Coal Kingsnorth Coal Power Energy Climate Change Greenpeace …
Over 50 coal-fired power stations were cancelled or delayed in the US during 2007 according to Global Energy Decision, a consulting firm employed by the Department of Energy.
… 50 coal-fired power stations cancelled in US … 23rd January 2008 News Kansas Kent Kingsnorth Coal US Energy Politics And Economics News web pic 2_171.jpg Over 50 coal-fired power stations were cancelled or …
Slovakia’s first female president will challenge long-standing industrial interests and the financing of coal mining.
… Slovakian president-elect to fight coal subsidies Natalie Sauer Climate Home News | 4th April 2019 News Slovakia Coal Global Warming Change Makers caputova.png … industrial interests and the financing of coal mining. Zuzana Čaputová - '‘Slovakia’s …
Two trucks, sent by Greenpeace and daubed with "BLAIR DUMPS CLIMATE" tipped four tonnes of coal on the doorstep of the Department for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs this morning, to expose this government's failure to act on climate change.
… Greenpeace Dumps Four Tonnes of Coal at Defra Offices 2nd February 2007 News Greenpeace Protest Coal Ipcc Global Warming Carbon Dioxide Coal Global Warming Climate Change UK …
Campaigners in the US are celebrating a victory against a proposed coal power plant in Iowa, Environmental News Services reports.
… Big Coal sent packing in Iowa 17th October 2007 News Coal Power Energy Carbon Dioxide Iowa Sierra Club Campaigns Coal Carbon Dioxide Global Warming Climate …
The battle against coal mining by Mountain Top Removal has been fought by the people of Appalachia over generations. The campaigners' target is now Swiss bank UBS, the main financier of the destruction.
… The Ecologist | 27th November 2013 Activism Coal Global Warming Fossil Energy Extreme Energy hoa.png The battle against coal mining by Mountain Top Removal has been … is an extreme form of strip-mining in which coal companies blast up to a thousand feet off …
Environmental groups in the US are taking the government to court over its plans to subsidise new coal-fired power plants.
… Environmentalists sue over US coal subsidies 27th July 2007 News RUS US United States Coal Power Electricity Carbon Dioxide Climate Change Carbon Dioxide Global Warming Coal Energy Politics And Economics News web …
The recent U-turn by of some of the UK's leading environmentalists - and one-time nuclear energy opponents - on the issue of nuclear energy, has caused vigourous debate in the media. Their reasoning is that we simply don't have the capacity to produce enough renewable energy to meet our needs. But as this comprehensive Ecologist report from 2007 shows the UK is really a renewable energy powerhouse.
… 2009 News Renewable Energy Energy Oil UK Coal Gas Climate Change Global Warming Carbon … Global Warming Climate Change Nuclear Oil Coal Depleted Uranium UK Environment Climate … the energy crisis. Stop using oil, gas and coal and we might just stabilise carbon …
It may seem odd timing that many of us are heading to the nation's capital early next month for a major act of civil disobedience at a coal-fired power plant, the first big protest of its kind against global warming in America.
… for a major act of civil disobedience at a coal-fired power plant, the first big protest … that the world as a whole must stop burning coal by 2030 - and the developed world well … you some sense of what Obama's up against. Coal provides 50 percent of our electricity. …
It’s hard to see what unconventional gas - including fracking and coal bed methane extraction - has to offer the UK with our vast renewable energy potential, says Mary Church
… unconventional gas - including fracking and coal bed methane extraction - has to offer the … inside the rock formations such as shale gas, coalbed methane and tight gas. Together they … of unconventional gas is higher than coal. Even if local environmental and health …
The upcoming Australian elections will see yet another tussle between industry-supporting climate sceptics, and politicians trying to nudge their electorate towards the real world
… indeed. The reason for both is simple: coal. On one hand, the country is the world’s biggest coal producer – over a quarter of all coal burned is dug up there. So any …
The Ecologist investigates allegations a coal power project in India, approved under the UN's Clean Development Mechanism, is destroying forests and livelihoods
… Climate Change Politics And Economics coal1.jpg The Ecologist investigates allegations a coal power project in India, approved under … central India to document the impact of a new coal power plant, and associated coal mines, …
Ten of the Europe's thirty most polluting power stations are in the UK, a new report from the World Wildlife Fund has revealed.
… Dirty Thirty WWF Power Plants Electricity Coal Drax Carbon Dioxide Global Warming Climate Change Coal Climate Change Energy Pollution News web … say that this increase implies a return to coal as a fuel of choice. The much-picketed …
With a bigger spotlight than ever on the role of banks in funding fossil fuel projects we report on unethical and environmentally damaging investments by Barclays, HSBC and Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS)
… companies with corporate loans during the US coal rush from 2004 to 2005. This money was put towards mountaintop removal coal mining, responsible for severe water … mountains through waste water from cleaning coal and the dumping of waste earth in or near …
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
… 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 … gas. Following in the wake of shale gas and coal-bed methane (CBM) is the even more dire …
Climate change campaigner Dan Glass explains why he and other protesters have set up camp on the site of a proposed coal mine
… Climate Change Politics And Economics Society Coal Copenhagen dan-1.jpg Climate change … have set up camp on the site of a proposed coal mine In today's economically strapped … one of the front-lines in the resistance to coal exploitation in the UK. Scottish Coal, …
Energy giant BP has scrapped plans to build a 'carbon capture' power plant in Scotland, which would have been able to bury its CO2 emissions underground, because of government delays.
… 2007 News Carbon Capture And Storage Bp Clean CoalCoal Climate Change Energy Politics And … Its role in reducing the pollution from coal power plants, the most polluting …