Privatised energy has failed us, writes Sam Lund-Harket. While energy company chiefs earn millions of pounds a year, one in ten English households live in fuel poverty. But there is another way. All over the world countries and communities are taking energy, water and other essential public services back under democratic control.
… the power! It's time to deprivatise Britain's energy Sam Lund-Harket | 16th December 2014 Activism Energy Corporations Society Health Commons fuel-poverty-cut.jpg Privatised energy has failed us, writes Sam Lund-Harket. …
Repowering London is an energising force - not just making renewable energy projects happen, but engaging communities to finance them, training young people to install them, and ensuring the benefits stay local. Lucy Anna Scott meets the dynamic Agamemnon Otero ...
… energising force - not just making renewable energy projects happen, but engaging … launches its latest community-owned renewable energy project - an initiative to help … Boris Johnson and secretary of state for energy and climate change, Edward Davey paying …
At last year's climate talks in Warsaw the corporate fossil fuel lobby was firmly in charge - and the result was catastrophic failure. At the talks now under way in Bonn, it's our turn to set the agenda - the billions of people crying out for positive action on climate and energy.
… crying out for positive action on climate and energy. At the UN climate talks in Bonn, … the route of justice, necessary action and energy transformation? Proposals unveiled by … us to transition beyond fossil fuels in our energy systems, not entrench ourselves ever …
As well as being masters of water engineering, the Romans also engaged in a long distance trade in water across the Mediterranean - embodied in grain, oil, wine, cloth, metals and other goods. They also discovered the food-water-energy nexus - and not in a good way. We need to heed the warnings from Roman history.
… The food-water-energy nexus defeated the Romans. It could … 13th December 2014 Comment History Water Food Energy Society caesaria-aqueduct-cut.jpg As … goods. They also discovered the food-water-energy nexus - and not in a good way. We need …
Green growth is a myth, writes André Reichel, because it ignores the social, political and personal dimensions of sustainability. Instead we must plan for economic 'de-growth' - and go for growth only in the areas that really matter, like culture, learning and joy.
… happening. In Germany , for example, both energy intensity and energy consumption have declined slightly over … largely by doing away with lots of its own energy-intensive industries, and outsourcing …
In the industrial era, economic growth has become equated with human progress, writes Jules Pretty, with a fundamental assumption that material growth and consumption inevitably leads to improvements in our well-being. Now think again ...
… green economy would be sufficient to reduce energy-related CO 2 emissions sufficiently to … in 65 countries to encourage renewable energy has led to renewables now meeting 17% of world energy consumption. Many poor countries' …
On January 9 thousands of gallons of a toxic chemical used to produce “clean coal”, spilled into Elk River, leaving 300,000 with no water supply. Trish Kahle asks - how could this happen?
… 16th January 2014 News Coal Fossil Fuels USA Energy Society wva-water-distribution.png On … be considered part of a so-called 'clean' energy process? In reality, ' clean coal' is a … the steel companies and, more recently, the energy conglomerates. As capitalists rushed to …
There is more to sustainable transport than cutting emissions, writes Nicola Spurling - like reducing car dependence, cutting congestion, and reducing the need for travel. The Tesla Model S is a wonder of engineering, but does little to address the real challenges.
… Spurling | 9th June 2014 Comment Transport Energy Climate Change Society … electric cars displace their emissions to the energy generation sector, rather than remove … DEMAND Centre receives funding from the RCUK Energy Programme and EDF as part of the R&D …
When Shell decided to quit its Arctic oil exploration it cited 'insufficient quantities' of oil and gas, writes Louise Rouse. But that was not the whole story: what tipped the balance was a combination of investor discontent, reputational damage and public opposition on an unprecedented scale.
… tipped the scales? Louise Rouse Greenpeace Energydesk | 30th September 2014 Comment Energy Fossil Fuels Oil Corporations Finance … and Portland and other countless centres of energy and daring during 2015 further loaded …
Former Shell oil boss Mark Moody Stuart's ableptic, self-satisfied book on 'responsible leadership' left Danny Chivers seething. The sooner we stop caring about the opinions of the Moody-Stuarts of this world, he concludes, the sooner we're likely to improve it.
… about the fact that even the International Energy Agency now accepts that we need to … lead to the transformative change in our energy systems we urgently need in order to … against environmental legislation and clean energy the world over, from rules governing …
East Liverpool, a small city by the Ohio river, is a cancer-ridden dumping ground for the detritus of the global economy, writes Caitlin Johnson. With its filthy power station, coal ash lake, 1,300 fracking wells, silica sand mountains and a huge toxic waste incinerator, the city's people need your help in their fight for environmental justice.
… | 5th December 2014 Activism USA Waste Coal Energy Fracking Toxics Society … Down river in Jefferson County is First Energy's dilapidated Coal Fire Power Plant WH … Organizer, Communities United for Responsible Energy - Ohio Organizing Collaborative. She …
The regional government of Castilla y León cancelled the plan for further coal mining by Mountain Top Removal Coal Mining in Spain's Laciana Valley. It's a huge victory for campaigners, but now a new kind of economy is needed for the already depressed area.
… driven by EU liberalization measures of the energy market that reduce State subsidies for … If we want to promote a new and sustainable energy model, as well as having a chance of …
The growth of food banks reflects a simple truth: the government does not care about hungry families, writes Rupert Read. To tackle hunger, work must pay a living wage, social security must do its job, and communities must rebuild local food networks.
… to increase (except for the rich); rising energy costs, thanks to the Big Six oligopoly, … the high cost of utilities such as housing, energy, and water Making allotments more …
Our economies and our jobs depend on mass consumption, argues Oliver Williams. If we all consume less to save the planet, the economy will tank and millions will lose their jobs. The answer is not frugality, but reductions in population.
… seemingly incompatible outcomes: that green energy can be cheap, but also that it will … people of the third world to have affordable energy or not? Do we want them to have …
The issues surrounding powerful new technologies from GMOs to nuclear power appear disparate, writes David King - but look harder and most are linked by common threads. Key among them are issues of profit, control and socialisation of cost ...
… on the technology politics of environment, energy, climate, food, the military, work, …
For today's tourists and travellers the elephant in the room is the jumbo jet which whisks us to our destinations - but pollutes the air, promotes destructive development, and isolates us from the the real world. Rose Bridger reviews 'Beyond Flying'.
… lifestyle efforts such as plant based diets, energy efficient homes and recycling. In …
Left wing governments across the Americas are faced with a dilemma, writes Daniel Macmillen - high social spending programs financed by income from destructive mining and hydrocarbon extraction - or a slower but sustainable development path that puts ecology, equity and justice first. Their answer - a constant pushing back of the resource frontier.
… Miguel Galuccio, CEO of the Argentine state energy firm YPF, assured everyone that any … Bank, Latin America boasts a renewable energy potential which could cover its …
A Sussex-based forest gardening project has overcome adversity to celebrate its 20th anniversary, writes Jan Goodey. And now it features one of the most eco of eco-builds in Britain, using all local timber, clay, straw ... and wine bottles.
… , Russell adds. So he harnessed this new energy and decided to build the most eco of …
Detroit is shutting off water to 40% of residents to prepare the water system for a corporate buyout, writes Justin Wedes. Residents are organizing to resist the water shuttoffs, anti-democratic rule and the demands of Wall Street - but they need our help!
… knows where we'll stop? Rebuild the water and energy systems with renewable technologies and … on JustinWedes.com . Rebuild the water and energy systems with renewable technologies and …
The oil and gas industry is disrupting communities and damaging ecosystems worldwide, writes David Poritz. Tough, independent social and environmental standards for the industry can bring urgently-needed improvements to company practices - even where government regulation has failed.
… operated by Toronto-based Pacific Rubiales Energy, and their certification was confirmed …
Well-being is not just a luxury for good economic times, writes Christine Berry. Reducing poverty and promoting equality are more important economic goals than the pursuit of endless growth.
… or community ownership of resources like energy. Ecological limits Although a …