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 …
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 …
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, …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
Austria will launch its legal challenge against the UK's massive support package for the planned 3.2GW Hinkley Point C nuclear power station by April, writes Arthur Nelsen. The move will add years of delay to the controversial project, and may well finish it off altogether as fears over the troubled EPR reactor design grow, and renewables continue to fall in cost.
… Environment | 23rd January 2015 News Nuclear Energy Law EU UK Austria cameron-edf-cut.jpg … power in Britain " , for its ability to meet energy demand and contribute to long-term … production, probably all other forms of energy conversion, and it might even apply …
The High Court has overturned a 'fatally flawed' decision by Eric Pickles MP to refuse planning permission for a locally popular 24MW solar farm on former WW2 airfield in Suffolk, England, close to an industrial estate and go-kart circuit.
… a "fatal flaw" and caused the developer, Lark Energy, "substantial prejudice" . So ruled … Lindblom found in favour of Lark Energy, as he overturned Pickles's decision to reject Lark Energy's planning application for a 24MW solar …
Following her acquittal on charges of obstructing the entrance to a fracking site in Balcombe, Sussex, Caroline Lucas explains why this is only the beginning of the fight against shale gas - and why we must also promote the clean energy alternatives.
… gas - and why we must also promote the clean energy alternatives. Balcombe, one of the … and investment instead in cleaner, greener energy sources. Fossil fuels have to stay deep … not lower our fuel bills, it will not give us energy security, and it will not create …
The GMB trade union has called on the UK government to press ahead with the Hinkley Point C power station despite legal challenges and serious technical failures. In this Open Letter, David Elliott, Ian Fairlie, Jonathon Porritt and colleagues tell the union that its members' interests lie in our renewable future, not the nuclear past.
… Porritt | 15th July 2015 Comment Nuclear UK Energy Politics Law … Dear Gary Smith (GMB National Secretary for Energy), The undersigned are scientists, academics and energy policy analysts who read with concern …
While other countries apply themselves to environmental challenges from climate change to nature protection, Russia - with its massive wealth of nature and natural resources - is stubbornly refusing to take part, writes Lucy E J Woods. And as the economy declines, the pressure is on: to ignore environmental regulations, and clamp down on environmental defenders.
… September 2015 News Russia Climate Change Energy Fossil Fuels Oil Nuclear Law Politics … Vladimir Tchouprov, the vivacious head of energy at Greenpeace Russia and devoted … Academy of Sciences' (RAS)'s Melentiev Energy Systems Institute, located in the …
An array of solar panels on a Chiswick side street, facing a brewery wall, constitute a threat to the quality of life of future generations, according to the council and a planning inspector. Paula Owen begs to differ, and wonders - exactly what kind of mushroom have they been smoking?
… to perfectly innocuous, pollution free, green energy producing solar panels? Let's face it, … need for alternative source of clean, green energy. And therein lies his first mistake. … that the solar panel will produce more energy than other renewable energy sources, or …
The nuclear industry and its media cheerleaders have raised a chorus of misinformation over Fukushima, writes Karl Grossman. But their attempts to suppress the truth are ultimately doomed to failure.
… entities, especially the International Atomic Energy Agency, national governmental bodies - … and others with a vested interest in atomic energy. Deception was integral to the push for … people fully realize the deadliness of atomic energy. Well, massive nuclear accidents have …
Rainforests around the world and the wildlife they sustain have a rosier future after the European Parliament voted to limit the growth of biofuels such as palm oil in the transport sector.
… of biofuels that can be used to meet EU energy targets of no more than 7% of transport energy. The EU Commission has also stated that … biofuels after 2020, and future renewable energy targets for transport. With Europe the …
The Trade in Services Agreement is a multilateral deal like TPP, TTIP and CETA, writes Zachary Davies Boren. But while the 50-nation negotiations are even more secretive, its impacts could be even greater: undermining national sovereignty; allowing only corporate regulation deemed 'necessary' by a panel of WTO lawyers; and allowing no rollback on trade liberalisation.
… global action on climate change Zachary Boren Energydesk | 22nd September 2016 News Trade … to tackle climate change, according to an Energydesk analysis of newly leaked documents. … trade in everything from banking to energy services. This leak comes just months …
A company bidding to undertake 'underground coal gasification (UGC) - a notoriously hazardous and polluting process - in the UK has threatened a Scottish clean energy campaigner: shut up or get sued. Paul Mobbs reports ...
… - in the UK has threatened a Scottish clean energy campaigner: shut up or get sued. Paul … Mobbs reports ... Lawyers for Five Quarter Energy Holdings have sent a 'cease and desist' … In the early 2000s three companies - Cougar Energy at Kingaroy, Linc Energy at Chincilla …
It's tough being a filmmaker on the front line of environmental defense, writes David Lavallee - challenging corporate control of the Earth's resources, not to mention governments and security services, all of them intent on extracting every last drop of oil and gas from the world's most pristine places. All the more so when holding a camera makes you an instant 'eco-terrorist'.
… Media Video Law Canada USA Fossil Fuel Energy Corporations david-lavalee-cut.jpg It's … , I document the current scramble for extreme energy, also known as unconventional sources … activists. Today, in the era of extreme energy, it sometimes seems like the …
The UK government has warned Austria that it will 'embrace any future opportunity that arises to sue or damage Austria' if it pursues its legal challenge to the the Hinkley point C nuclear plant, according to a leaked document.
… leaked document published by Greenpeace UK's Energydesk . The leaked memo to the Austrian … to recognise nuclear power as a sustainable energy source - to bear a greater share in the … the face of it is hard to see how providing energy users with information on the source of …
Four large solar firms are suing the British Government over its decision to end support for 'farm scale' solar generators of 5MW or more. The move reflects ministerial concern about the success of the UK's fast growing solar power sector.
… earlier than planned. Solarcentury, Lark Energy, TGC Renewables and Orta Solar Farms … Jonathan Selwyn, managing director of Lark Energy, said: "We are disappointed and … that is meant to support a range of clean energy technologies up to 2021. But Edmund …