Climate change is a problem of fossil fuel dependency, and solving it requires reducing that dependency quickly and dramatically.
… Peak oil is welcome Richard Heinberg | 7th August 2008 Comment Peak Oil Carbon Climate Change Coal Gas Fossil … contraction faces a tough battle. The peaking in production rates of oil, coal and …
Although flowing water is fundamental to river ecosystems, temporary streams are distinctive landscape features that support surprisingly diverse communities, writes Rachel Stubbington. However, the biodiversity of these dynamic ecosystems needs greater recognition and protection.
… rainfall inputs. For example, in England's Peak District, the limestone bedrock - which gives us the undulating White Peak landscape - contains cracks and fissures … as the UK, droughts typically collide with peaks in abstraction to reduce instream water …
From the volcanic caldera of Mount Teide to the craggy tors of Dartmoor, Europe’s national parks combine stunning scenery with wonderful flora and fauna. Ruth Styles rounds up ten of the best
… Park in 1872. The first British park was the Peak District in 1951 and followed the same … Gerlachovský štít, whose gaunt, snow-capped peak towers 2,655 metres above the pretty … routes leading up to the glorious Kriváň peak; one of the symbols of Slovakia. Where to …
Wind, solar and hydro together generated 14.6% of Britain's electrical energy in 2015, the highest ever, writes Grant Wilson. They also peaked at 22% of electricity over the week of Christmas - another British record.
… highest ever, writes Grant Wilson. They also peaked at 22% of electricity over the week of … renewables of wind, solar and hydro peaked at 22% of Britain's electrical energy … ever daily percentage of solar generation, peaking on Sunday 7th June at 8.9% - another …
Your ideas for changing the world may be desperately important. But if you can't find a way to engage the interests of the people around you they may never take off, argues John-Paul Flintoff
… our oil reserves, and entered the era of 'peak oil'. Reading about this in the abstract, … Certainly, when I first found out about 'peak oil', in 2005, I was desperately worried. … to do more than preach to the converted. With peak oil and climate change coming up fast, I …
Anna Taylor takes a closer look at the worrying findings of a recently published study which, unusually, chose to assess potential climate change mitigation scenarios on the more widespread and common species found on our planet.....
… With mitigation, causing global emissions to peak in 2030 then decline, the proportion of … stringent mitigation, global emissions would peak in 2016. In fact, climate change would … by 60%. The authors state that "the date of peak emissions is arguably more important than …
The stunning landscape of the Organ Mountains in New Mexico is now permanently protected as a National Monument following a Presidential Proclamation, reports Ted Zukosjy of Earthjustice.
… ecosystem as the Organ Mountains-Desert Peaks National Monument . The Organ Mountains … The proclamation protects the iconic, jagged peaks of the Organ Mountains, cinder cones, … The proclamation protects the iconic, jagged peaks of the Organ Mountains, cinder cones, …
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.
… impending scarcity. Without doubt, oil has peaked. Not only is less crude being found; … But that is now in the past. Now it is really peak oil that is behind the wheel of the car. Peak oil is driving the rise in price and …
An intensive study of the flora of one meadow in the Rocky Mountains of Colorado over 39 years reveals a consistent long term pattern of change: first flowers 6 days per decade earlier, last flowers 3 days per decades later.
… than normal, one third are reaching their peak bloom well ahead of the traditional … species, including the first flowering, the peak flowering and the last blooms, along with … advanced by six days per decade, the spring peak is on average five days earlier per …
As the Government commits to a high-tech revolution in the home - meters that can be read remotely and may help alter energy habits - questions are raised about data security... and whether any of us will be interested
… And Technology Green Living Smart Meter Off-peak Electricity Gas Miliband Ed Bills Money … example by using electricity in cheaper, off-peak times. Great Britain will be the first …
There will be enough fossil fuel-burning stuff - cars, homes, factories, power plants - built by next year to blow through our carbon budget for a 2 degrees Celsius temperature rise. Never mind staying below a safer, saner 1.5 degrees of global warming, warns STEPHEN LEAHY
… is over, I have to go,” he finally said. Peak and sharply decline I couldn’t accept … says that annual global CO2 emissions need to peak and sharply decline before 2020. Wait …
Thousand-year-old Indian method of using tree seeds to purify water should be used more widely for tackling waterborne diseases
… 'industrial model' of food production REVIEW Peak Water: civilisation and the world's water crisis Alexander Bell's Peak Water offers a fascinating insight into …
While BP is facing billion-dollar lawsuits in the US, another British company, Cairn Energy, is beginning drilling off the coast of Greenland
… be passed on at the petrol pump. Over the peak Staying with BP, a reader – and old … evidence yet that we have passed the global peak in oil production. The figures for global …
Shocking events have taken place in Malta as hunters - angered by a temporary closure of the bird-shooting season - attacked bird watchers, writes Steve Micklewright. But with a Maltese politician taking on the role of Environment Commissioner, the real battle lies ahead: the survival of the Birds Directive.
… chosen because they usually coincide with the peak of migration of protected species over … removed a 3pm curfew on hunting during the peak migration of raptors to prevent them …
There are few things more awe-inspiring in nature than the massing in vast numbers of a single species of animal. To explain why the phenomenon is so thrilling requires an understanding of why and how it happens in the first place
… species, mass aggregations are merely the peak of a fl uctuating population cycle that … around 250 individuals per hectare at their peak, they can cover the tundra like a furry … behind them, following a similar fouryear peak and trough pattern, pad their predators: …
For sheer guts, vision and results, a single organisation stands out among the US's environmental defenders - the Alliance for the Wild Rockies. Jeffrey St. Clair met its leader, Mike Garrity, winner of 2014's Grassroots Activist Award.
… a dazzling sunset dissolve behind the ragged peak of Haystack Mountain on the distant … outed for surreptitiously taking from Chesapeake Energy, one of the country's most … ascended over the dark outline of Sacajawea Peak. Then we heard a faint howl, deep and …
Simple water conservation rather than a multi-billion pound pipeline project would be the best way to save the Dead Sea from disappearing, say environmentalists
… website on Dead Sea plan READ MORE... REVIEW Peak Water: civilisation and the world's water crisis Alexander Bell's Peak Water offers a fascinating insight into …
None of the various technofixes on offer alter the fact that humanity has to learn to stop living on the last drops of cheap energy, and to start living within its means
… of the national economy improved. With the peak of North Sea oil and gas production, and … tar sands are a 'climate crime'; for peak oil experts, they can never do the job of …
WWF president Yolanda Kakabadse on how the media is only interested in ‘doom-mongering’ on climate change, why the US isn't a block on negotiations and how governments are trying to reduce the influence of NGOs
… for everybody. KM: But as we head towards peak oil and oil prices increase, surely the …
In his final State of the Union address, George Bush announced his support for the adoption of biofuels on a massive scale. But is the plan such a good idea? By Pat Thomas
… realities of climate change and the current peak oil demand, pundits on both sides of the …
A decision to allow the destruction of an ancient woodland suggests the UK’s environmental policies are crumbling at the first hint of oil, says Sarah Lewis
… last great oil rush. With the price of oil peaking at $135 (£68) a barrel, even the …
One of the biggest landfill sites in the US is in the process of becoming a nature reserve and a recreation ground. Is this just papering over the cracks, or can our rubbish heaps really turn into something beautiful?
… really turn into something beautiful? At its peak in the mid-1980s, the Fresh Kills …
A ten-year campaign opposing a Shell gas pipeline in a remote cornor of Ireland is documented in a major new film - The Pipe - and has become a focal point for a community's right to oppose corporations and central government
… up to 60 per cent of Ireland's gas, at peak supply. Many different planning …