A letter from Energy Secretary Amber Rudd leaked to The Ecologist shows that she misled Parliament by promising the UK was 'on course' to deliver on its renewable energy targets - when in fact there is a delivery shortfall in 2020 of almost 25%. Her plan to fill the gap relies on more biofuels, buying in green power and 'credits' from abroad - everything but wind and solar.
… Leaked letter: Rudd admits 25% green energy undershoot, misled Parliament Oliver Tickell | 9th November 2015 News Energy Renewables Politics Finance EU UK Law rudd-2-cut.jpg A letter from Energy Secretary Amber Rudd leaked to The …
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 … a legal challenge from Germany's biggest energy co-op, which claims that the subsidy package will distort energy markets across Europe and disadvantage …
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
… future: the corrosive influence of extreme energy Frack Off | 28th February 2013 News Energy Fracking Activism Comment Politics And … countryside, you know the cheap and easy energy is long gone. The signs have been …
The theme at COP21 today has been the urgent need to cut fossil fuel subsidies that favour dirty energy over renewables, writes Tony Juniper. Sadly the UK is setting all the wrong examples - ramping up its spending on fossil fuels, while slashing its much smaller renewable energy budgets.
… | 30th November 2015 Comment COP21 Unfccc Energy Fossil Fuels Gas Coal Fracking … cut fossil fuel subsidies that favour dirty energy over renewables, writes Tony Juniper. … while slashing its much smaller renewable energy budgets. COP21 opened today in Paris …
We, the signatories of this declaration, are calling on the European Union (EU) to exclude bioenergy from its next Renewable Energy Directive (RED), and thereby stop direct and indirect subsidies for renewable energy from biofuels and wood-burning.
… Large-scale bioenergy must be excluded from the EU's renewable energy definition Biofuelwatch co-signatories … on the European Union (EU) to exclude bioenergy from its next Renewable Energy …
Hundreds of campaigners are gathering at Didcot Power station in Oxfordshire to demand a green energy future - and an end to the Government's relentless push for fossil fuels and nuclear power, writes Diêgo Lôbo. Preparations are under way for a series of actions due to take place tomorrow, Monday 1st June.
… Reclaim the Power: join the camp for energy democracy Diêgo Lôbo | 31st May 2015 … station in Oxfordshire to demand a green energy future - and an end to the Government's … a surprise that whilst support for renewable energy is being cut , government subsidies to …
Polish PM Donald Tusk is using the Ukraine crisis as a pretext to revive the EU's fossil fuel industries. His proposals spell disaster for EU emissions targets and the wider environment, writes Mark Siddi. Europe's energy future must be efficient and renewable!
… Poland's 'EU energy union' plan: an attempt to revive … environment, writes Mark Siddi. Europe's energy future must be efficient and renewable! … Times calling for the formation of an EU energy union. According to Tusk, reducing the …
A second legal challenge to the UK's proposed Hinkley C nuclear power plant in Somerset was launched this morning by ten renewable and municipal power suppliers in Germany and Austria, citing grave distortions to European energy markets.
… Green energy suppliers launch Hinkley C nuclear … The Ecologist | 15th July 2015 News Nuclear Energy Renewables Law Finance UK EU … Austria, citing grave distortions to European energy markets. The 'Action Alliance' of ten …
A Spending Bill now under debate in Congress would cut over $100 million from renewable energy, grant extra funds for dumping nuclear waste and fossil fuel research, exempt 'mountain top removal' coal from regulation, and limit the EPA's power to enforce clean water laws.
… House Spending Bill's huge dirty energy giveaway Farron Cousins | 24th June … News US Law Politics Fossil Fuels Nuclear Energy Renewables mtr-wva-cut.jpg A Spending … would cut over $100 million from renewable energy, grant extra funds for dumping nuclear …
The UK's abject failure to implement national and EU laws on energy efficiency in buildings is a disgrace, writes Andrew Warren, and one that is costing us dear in higher fuel bills now and for long into the future, while adding to air pollution and climate change.
… Shame on the UK government: ignoring its own energy efficiency laws Andrew Warren | 25th January 2017 Comment Energy Efficiency Law Brexit EU UK Politics … failure to implement national and EU laws on energy efficiency in buildings is a disgrace, …
Shale gas advocates say we must open up the UK to fracking to reduce our dependence on Russian gas, writes Tony Bosworth. But why not just burn less of the stuff? Energy efficiency and renewables can achieve the same aim without the adverse impacts on land, water and climate.
… - efficiency and renewables are the key to energy security Tony Bosworth FoE | 27th May 2015 Comment Fracking Energy Politics UK fracking-cameron-cut.jpg … But why not just burn less of the stuff? Energy efficiency and renewables can achieve …
The surprise removal of tax benefits for investors in community renewable energy schemes - effective from Monday - is unlawful and must be reversed, states a legal letter to the Treasury. But meanwhile, investments in the sector have hit record levels, with two days still to go.
… The Ecologist | 27th November 2015 News Energy Finance Renewables Law Politics UK … benefits for investors in community renewable energy schemes - effective from Monday - is … levels, with two days still to go. Community Energy England are challenging George …
Austria today filed its legal challenge to the UK's €108 billion support package for the Hinkley Point C nuclear plant, writes Oliver Tickell. A second such challenge at the European Court is due from green energy suppliers in Germany and Austria who fear unfair competition from subsidised nuclear power in Poland, Czech and Hungary if the Hinkley C precedent stands.
… Court Oliver Tickell | 6th July 2015 Activism Energy Law UK EU Austria Germany Nuclear … at the European Court is due from green energy suppliers in Germany and Austria who … for a state aid approval." Even if nuclear energy contributed to the UK's …
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
… the 'nuclear option' of unconventional energy The Ecologist | 23rd September 2013 News Fracking Energy Comment Climate Change Politics And … what-the-frack.jpg So-called extreme energy - including fracking, coal bed methane …
With its choice of Hinkley Point C - a £100 billion nuclear boondoggle - its enthusiastic support for expensive and environmentally harmful fracking, and its relentless attack on renewable energy, the UK government's energy policy is both morally and economically bankrupt, write Peter Strachan & Alex Russell. It must urgently reconsider this folly and embrace the renewable energy transition.
… the economic and moral bankruptcy of UK energy policy Peter Strachan Alex Russell | 27th September 2016 News Energy Nuclear Fossil Fuels Fracking UK … and its relentless attack on renewable energy, the UK government's energy policy is …
The government's policies on climate, energy and industry are not merely stupid, writes Alan Simpson. The repeated cuts to renewables and energy efficiency, combined with limitless largesse to fossil fuels, has reached the point of insanity in the face of the UK's legal obligations and the growing climate crisis. Only we, the people, can end the madness.
… | 13th November 2015 Comment Climate Change Energy Renewables Fossil Fuels UK Politics Law … The government's policies on climate, energy and industry are not merely stupid, … Simpson. The repeated cuts to renewables and energy efficiency, combined with limitless …
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........
… Extreme Energy The Ecologist | 23rd September 2013 Comment Fracking Energy Comment Climate Change Politics And … There’s a general term we use called extreme energy, and extreme energy is a collection of …
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.
… Koch-affiliated fracker behind Marco Rubio's energy policy Zachary Boren Greenpeace Energydesk | 15th March 2016 Comment USA Politics Energy Fracking Oil Gas Corporations …
Europe's new targets for carbon emissions and renewable energy are severely retrograde and fly in the face of both science and economics. They will endanger climate and retard the renewable energy revolution.
… plan Oliver Tickell | 22nd January 2014 News Energy Fracking Fossil Fuels EU UK Renewable Energy Climate Change denmark-turbine.png … targets for carbon emissions and renewable energy are severely retrograde and fly in the …
Large-scale fracking is a must for the UK economy, says a new report from the House of Lords. But it confuses opinion with fact, cherry-picks data, and six of its authors have a stake in the industry. The real solutions, writes Tony Bosworth, lie in energy efficiency and renewables.
… Britain Tony Bosworth | 9th May 2014 Comment Energy Fracking Fossil Fuels Renewables UK … real solutions, writes Tony Bosworth, lie in energy efficiency and renewables. Thursday's … help us tackle climate change and improve energy security. What's not to like? The …
The UK Government plans to lock consumers into a 2.5bn a year, 15-year spend to support peak-time fossil power generation - while undermining energy demand savings capable of achieving the same purpose more cleanly and cheaply. But today the 'unlawful' system has been hit by an ECJ lawsuit.
… Oliver Tickell | 4th December 2014 News Energy Finance Corporations Fossil Fuels UK … fossil power generation - while undermining energy demand savings capable of achieving the … has been hit by an ECJ lawsuit. An innovative energy company today launched a legal …
The latest IPCC report urges a dash for gas to allow us to reduce the burning of coal, including shale gas from fracking. But as Alex Kirby reports, their calculations appear to be based on an arithmetical flaw.
… Kirby | 14th April 2014 News Fossil Fuels Energy Ipcc Climate Change Fracking … emphasis on the need for more renewable energy - including solar, wind and hydropower … to move us rapidly to a world of clean energy has scored an own goal by failing to …
In this joint statement to COP21 Amnesty International and Greenpeace International call on all governments to protect human rights by including making respect for human rights an explicit purpose of any agreement, while agreeing to phase out fossil fuels and deliver 100% renewables for all by 2050.
… To protect human rights means 100% renewable energy for all by 2050 Greenpeace Amnesty … Climate Change Human Rights COP21 Law Unfccc Energy Renewables solar-aid-cut.jpg In this … a just transition towards 100% renewable energy, as well as the protection and …
North Yorkshire County Council gave planning permission for frackers Halliburton - while having shares in ... Halliburton. The council argues the decisions were made by different committees, avoiding a conflict of interest. JAN GOODEY investigates
… green light for exploratory drilling by Third Energy UK Gas Ltd at Kirby Misperton in May 2016. In turn, Third Energy UK Gas Ltd signed a contract with … fuels and reinvest their money in clean energy. Chemicals conglomerate Third Energy’s …