Lord Mandelson's plans for a green economy meet cold, hard reality as workers stage sit-in protest to save Vestas wind turbine factory from closure
… Workers protest to save wind turbine factory The … July 2009 News Climate Change Energy Wind Protest Renewables deccplan.jpg The UK's … cold, hard reality as workers stage sit-in protest to save Vestas wind turbine factory …
A new wave of hydropower projects is under way in the quest for clean renewable energy but tribal and indigenous peoples continue to be ignored by those pushing through the plans
… on how the dam will affect them. Brazil protests Survival's campaigners point to the continuing protests in Brazil as evidence of the failure … and environment. In the latest in a series of protests, 300 Brazilian Indians occupied the …
When fracking came to Balcombe in West Sussex in 2013, it divided village opinion, writes Joe Nixon. But the community is now united in its commitment to locally owned renewable energy, with solar projects on schools and farm buildings, and plans just in for a new 5MW solar farm.
… once peaceful community. The anti-fracking protesters arrived, setting up a makeshift … food and a real mix of people supporting the protest. This would become a much more …
Ignoring its significant solar and wind power potential, Turkey is planning a massive 'dash for coal' with over 37,000 MW of new coal fired power stations.
… and to deploy state violence against protestors. This policy came to the world's … in downtown Istanbul, which led to huge protests in summer 2013 which were repressed … and its forest. In September Erdogan told protestors to "go and live in forests", and …
Treasury accused of writing a 'blank cheque' with taxpayers' money for bank to make environmentally-damaging investments
… at Tower Colliery, near the coal-mine-cum-protest-site Ffos-y-fran in Merthyr Tydfil, … us to know... NEWS Mining company targeted by protesters Vedanta Resources plc, the company …
When Michael Buckley took a white water rafting trip in Tibet in 2005, he had no idea of the adventure he was embarking on - a ten-year investigation of China ruthless exploitation of Tibet's mineral and hydroelectric resources, and its systematic attack on indigenous Tibetans, their culture and their survival on the land.
… Tibet. Despite this, Tibetans have bravely protested against dams and mining at great … system, supplying energy to Lhasa. Tibetan protest to save the sacred lake fell on deaf …
Scotland’s First Minister Alex Salmond faces criticism over his decision to allow offshore oil drilling at the same time as pledging Scotland could achieve 100 per cent renewable energy by 2025
… is the trial more important than the protest? As nine climate change activists are …
The UK government’s decision this week to allow fracking undermines its commitments to tackle climate change and reduce fossil fuel use. It came just days before the government’s own data showed renewable electricity hit a record high last year. JOSEPH DUTTON reports
… Energy ac9706ad-fracking_greenpeace_peaceful_protest.jpeg The UK government’s decision this …
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.
… movements and civil society walked out in protest at the lack of ambition by developed …
The Paris Agreement provides a clear mandate to limit global warming, writes Jeremy Brecher. And with governments doing nowhere near enough, it's up to ordinary citizens - through civil disobedience if needs be - to make sure the world breaks free from fossil fuels. Let's make 2016 the year of 'Climate Insurgency'!
… Change COP21 Fossil Fuels Energy Renewables Protest d12-paris-cut.jpg The Paris Agreement …
Germany's 'Energiewende' has made the country a global renewable energy powerhouse. So why have its carbon emissions gone up? Not because of nuclear closures, writes Melanie Mattauch, but because powerful fossil fuel companies have blocked effective climate action. Now the fight is on as public calls to keep the coal in the ground get too loud to ignore.
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Over £1 billion could be paid out by frackers to appease local communities in the UK. Yet Rebecca Cooke finds that wind and solar offers local people a better return ...
… been incredibly vocal about their anger, with protests and petitions to try and put a stop …
Today UK campaigners against burning biomass for power will deliver a 110,000 signature petition to DECC to protest at government subsidies for the practice. But in this 'Right of Reply' article Matthew Rivers, chairman of Drax Biomass, argues that biomass combustion is sustainable, benign, and helps to conserve forests worldwide.
… a 110,000 signature petition to DECC to protest at government subsidies for the …
France's energy minister Ségolène Royal has backed union demands for the EDF's Hinkley C project in Somerset to be re-examined, write Angelique Chrisafis & Chris Johnston - adding that the project must not go ahead if it would 'dry out' funds needed for EDF's renewable energy program.
… Nuclkear Renewables Politics UK hinkley-protest-cut.jpg France's energy minister …
Japan is the world's biggest financier of coal development, setting developing countries on a dirty, coal fired energy track. As President Obama visits Japan, Nicole Ghio urges Prime Minister Shinzo Abe to re-apply its coal billions to build a clean, renewable energy future.
… but people across the world are rising up in protest as soot, mercury, sulfur dioxide, and …
The movement to divest from fossil fuels is gaining strength, writes Ruth Lumley, with $50 billion of institutional investment behind it. This week's news that almost $1 billion of Rockefeller money is moving from fossil fuels to clean energy shows that the world is changing faster than most ever imagined.
… Peoples Climate March, which saw over 2,000 protests take place around the world in a bid …
The world's poorest and most vulnerable countries are doing their bit to promote the expansion of renewable energy. The least we can do in the developed world is to ensure the money in our bank account helps rather than hinders their efforts, writes JOE WARE
… which tackle climate change and maybe even protest against the fossil fuel industry, the …
On 10 January 2017 a new emergency plan was presented in a commission in Belgium's Parliament. The evacuation perimeter was conveniently halved to 10km to avoid an evacuation of Belgium's second and third cities in case of a meltdown. The plan has been called totally inadequate. NICK MEYNEN reports
… an unexpected shutdown as result. Yes, the protesting former president of the European …
On the face of it, the UK's policy to pursue nuclear power at all costs, while destroying the renewable energy sector, is totally illogical, write Philip Johnstone & Andy Stirling. But then it may make perfect sense - if only you accept that it's really all about maintaining the country's role as a nuclear weapons state for generations to come. And the 'deep state' has a way of getting its way.
… were noisily insisting people were wrong to protest against Hinkley C are now themselves …
With the Government wilfully undermining the UK's small but fast-growing solar power sector for the second time, Jonathon Porritt wonders ... why the attacks on what is our second lowest cost source of renewable energy, and getting cheaper all the time?
… EU target for 2015. And despite your protestations at the Big Green Week Election …
Norway's sovereign wealth fund, worth over $900 billion, has today announced that it will divest from coal, a move expected to force the sale of investments worth $13.3 billion. Campaigners say that other funds have now 'run out of excuses' not to follow suit.
… week London's City Hall was targetted in a protest by Reclaim the Power to denounce the …
Poland is the front line for Europe's small scale family farming, writes Julian Rose, under assault from the EU regulations, corporate agribusiness, and a hostile government. A popular campaign is fighting back from its base deep in the Polish countryside, a small organic farm that's developing new green technologies to enhance the sustainability of small farms everywhere.
… to introduce, and in the massive 'Green City' protests in Warsaw . ICPPC's Eco Centre forms …
Deep space missions have previously run on nuclear power, writes Karl Grossman - and have twice showered Earth with radioactive debris. But the ESA's Rosetta probe, about to reach its destination, is 100% solar-powered - showing that space can be nuclear-free.
… the only energy choice. There were numerous protests against Galileo and have been to …