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.
The future of energy is renewable Jon Hughes Mark Anslow | 27th February 2009 News Renewable Energy Energy Oil UK Coal Gas Climate Change Global Warming Carbon Dioxide Carbon Dioxide Global Warming …
Following last month's Ecologist story, Burying the truth, the Douglas Gowan story continues.
… have also been following Gowan’s case; and GM campaigner Ian Panton. All these recipients … it from the original) ‘new’ Monsanto, the GM division. When this spin-off occurred, past … to retract it – a case in point being their dogmatic insistence that only a small portion of …
Think nuclear power and you probably thing of small amounts of highly radioactive material, safely encased in vast concrete bunkers, generating an endless and constant supply of clean electricity. Yes it's expensive and clearly there is a problem with nuclear waste, but if it is the answer to climate change then why not?
The Nuclear Dossier Jon Hughes | 1st June 2006 News Nuclear Nuclear Power Energy Climate Change Uranium Nuclear Power Plants Waste Carbon Dioxide Global Warming Climate Change Climate Change Energy …
Is it worse than Mc Donalds? The BLT sandwich is an icon, the ultimate symbol of convenience culture. Tesco alone sells 5 million a year. This is what the £1.80 you pay for your BLT buys...
… Germany, adding 1,049 food miles to your BLT. GM 90% of the world’s soya harvest – 200m … biggest producer of genetically modified (GM) soya after America and Canada. Food labels … have to state if animals have been fed on a GM diet. Soya In 1971 soya was farmed on …
The secretive side of nuclear power that uses chemicals 10,000 times more potent greenhouse gases than CO2...and is fuelling a nuclear arms race
Nuclear Power Dossier: Conversion and Enrichment Jon Hughes | 1st June 2006 News Nuclear Enrichment Fuel Nuclear Power Plants Depleted Uranium Energy The secretive side of nuclear power that uses …
The rise of free newspapers means that hundreds of thousands of trees are pulped each week to provide us with disposable pap
What a load of rubbish Jon Hughes | 1st November 2006 Comment Metro Freesheets Freesheet Free-sheet Newspapers Newspaper Media The Media Rupert Murdoch Politics And Economics Society The rise of free …
If you don't want an incinerator near you, you are either going to have to move to a rich neighbourhood or bin your bin...
Bin your bin Jon Hughes | 1st July 2006 News Bin Waste Incinerator Incineration Incineration Campaigns Risk UK Green Lifestyle Green Living Health Politics And Economics Pollution Investigates_13.jpg …
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 Change Climate Change Energy Science And …
Sir Nicholas Stern was asked to find out what way of averting climate change was economically feasible. A loaded question that has allowed him to find a perverse solution to a fatal problem.
… scrubbers or carbon capture. They could be GM food expansion to counteract the changing …
The Environment Agency (EA) is within weeks of letting Monsanto escape its liability for dumping thousands of tonnes of cancer-causing chemicals – including all the ingredients of the DDT defoliant Agent Orange – in two quarries in Wales.
… creating new Monsanto – today known for its GM activity; Pharmacia, which is now part of … is increasingly troubled by boycotts of its GM products, such as that recently launched by … Its recent announcement that it is to share GM research and development of products with …
Growing crops to solve the planet’s energy needs doesn’t work. Recycling the energy in our waste just might have a significant part to play. By Jeremy Smith & Jon Hughes
Less waste, more speed Jeremy Smith Jon Hughes | 29th March 2007 News Biogas Sweden Bush Biofuel Dung Biomass Biofuel Biotechnology Agribusiness Farming Biotechnology Ozone Layer Incineration …
Just over one week ago, the Ecologist posted a story on its website detailing the Environment Agency's failure to sue Monsanto for dumping tonnes of highly toxic chemicals in a Welsh landfill site.
UPDATE: Environment Agency responds to the Ecologist's article Jon Hughes Pat Thomas | 3rd April 2007 News Monsanto PCBs Douglas Gowan Environment Agency Baroness Young Solutia Brofisicin Quarry …
The insurance industry is set to abandon two million British homeowners to the perils of climate change. Jon Hughes and Rebecca Bole report
Safe as Houses? Jon Hughes Rebecca Bole | 1st July 2007 News Insurance Home Sea Levels Climate Change Green Lifestyle Climate Change Politics And Economics investigates.jpg The insurance industry is …
Football used to be a sport. A great one. Exciting, all-consuming – heck, we played, talked, lived and breathed it. Now it’s another commodity, traded among the super-rich. And, laments Jon Hughes, the Yanks have bought ‘my’ club
Football’s cold war Jon Hughes | 1st August 2007 Comment Football Football's Cold War Russia US America Cold War Military Society Football used to be a sport. A great one. Exciting, all-consuming – …
What does Douglas Gowan know that everyone else wants to keep hidden? For 40 years the story of Brofiscin Quarry – now the most polluted place in the UK – has been suppressed...
… this new tech revolution which includes GM crops, nanotechnology and smart materials. …
A ruling in the US courts at a meeting which the Environment Agency claims never took place has dashed all hopes of making Monsanto pay up for polluting Brofiscin quarry in Wales. Is the Agency guilty of obstructing the course of justice? Jon Hughes investigates
Has the Environment Agency obstructed the course of justice? Jon Hughes | 26th October 2007 News Monsanto Brofiscin Environment Agency UK Industrial Health Politics And Economics Pollution …
Prominent critics of the failure of Environment Agency Wales (EAW) to pursue the UK’s interests against Monsanto in the US Bankruptcy Court have come under extraordinary attack over the past 10 days.
Brofiscin: Environment Agency shoots the messenger Jon Hughes | 7th November 2007 News Brofiscin Environment Agency PCBs Wales Environment Agency Monsanto Industrial Health Pollution …
The answer to the ongoing Brofiscin saga lies not in the South Wales Quarry but in Doncaster. Jon Hughes explains the complex legal judgement that has paralysed the Environment Agency and undermined its raison d’etre; to make the polluter pay
The Brofiscin saga Jon Hughes | 10th January 2008 News Brofiscin Bawtry Gowan Monsanto Risk Cancer Pollution Society Archive_22.jpg The answer to the ongoing Brofiscin saga lies not in the South …
The insurance industry is set to abandon two million British homeowners to the perils of climate change. Jon Hughes and Rebecca Bole report
Will climate change make your house uninsurable? Jon Hughes Rebecca Bole | 29th January 2009 News Climate Change Insurance Housing Government Global Warming Sea Levels Climate Change Population …
Each year, UK livestock produce some 60 million tonnes of collectable faeces. If left to run into water-courses or even spread on fields, this waste can lead to the same problems associated with excessive fertiliser use – algal blooms and aquatic life starved of oxygen.
Power On - Energy from Waste Jon Hughes Mark Anslow | 1st November 2007 News Waste Energy Carbon Dioxide Biodigesters Methane Electricity Microbes Biomass Carbon Dioxide Global Warming Climate Change …
Even among green campaigners, nuclear energy is quietly gaining ground as a potential solution to the impending energy crisis. However several issues – particularly those of raw materials, cost and waste – remain unaddressed within the mainstream of opinion.
Power On - Nuclear Power Jon Hughes Mark Anslow | 1st November 2007 News Nuclear Energy Uranium Carbon Dioxide Uranium Orre Greenhouse Gases Nuclear Carbon Dioxide Global Warming Climate Change …
There is much talk of the possibility of a future ‘hydrogen economy’, which will power all our vehicles and homes. It is important to remember that hydrogen is not an energy source; it is an energy carrier. To obtain hydrogen it must be split from either natural gas or water molecules. The former, most widely used, method not only requires energy but also gives off carbon dioxide (CO2) in the process. Hydrogen produced in this way requires more energy to make than will eventually be returned when it is used. It makes more sense from a climate perspective to burn the natural gas itself than to convert and re-convert it to hydrogen in this way.
Power On - Hydrogen Jon Hughes Mark Anslow | 1st November 2007 News Hydrogen Energy Carbon Dioxide Emissions Electricity Renewable Hydrogen Carbon Dioxide Global Warming Climate Change Energy Science …