With fuel bills rising and back in the news, bizarrely it’s green energy in the firing line.
… Renewable energy - how greywash drowns the green Joss Garman | 9th June 2008 Comment Renewables Oil Clean Energy Oil Climate Change … Energy Pollution Science And Technology Renewable-Energy-Standardlg.jpg With fuel …
Traveling in the US by boat and train visiting solar laboratories and environmental groups, Keith Barnham found many successful community initiatives in renewable electricity, and brings news of progress towards the ultimate renewable challenge: a solar fuel that could eventually replace gasoline in cars, trucks, buses, trains and aircraft.
… Keith Barnham | 21st July 2016 Comment Energy Renewables Solar UK US Economics Transport … many successful community initiatives in renewable electricity, and brings news of progress towards the ultimate renewable challenge: a solar fuel that could …
Hopes of strengthening Britain’s energy security are often pinned on the fossil fuel industry says Vicente López-Ibor Mayor, as exemplified by the hysteria over the claimed 'discovery' of 100 billion barrels of oil beneath Gatwick airport. But the real long-term solution lies with abundant and ever cheaper decentralised renewables.
… fuel wealth - our energy future is green, renewable, decentralised Vicente López-Ibor … 20th April 2015 News Energy Fossil Fuels Oil Renewables Solar Corporations … with abundant and ever cheaper decentralised renewables. A geo-politically volatile energy …
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 … don't have the capacity to produce enough renewable energy to meet our needs. But as …
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
… Scotland's renewable pledge let down by offshore oil … Crosse | 4th October 2010 News Climate Change Renewables Oil Energy Natural World … meet 30 per cent of its electricty needs from renewable sources by next year, says Salmond …
Amber Rudd's speech today exposes her total failure to assemble a coherent energy strategy, writes Oliver Tickell. It reveals the increasingly certain failure to meet EU renewable energy targets, proposes a new tax on wind and solar generation, and leaves the country facing the real prospect of lights going out in the next decade. The one hard policy? To maximise oil and gas recovery.
… News Energy UK EU Politics Nuclear Coal Oil Renewables Climate Change light-bulb-cut.jpg … the increasingly certain failure to meet EU renewable energy targets, proposes a new tax … we need to do." Oh yeah? Indigenous renewables are key to energy security If she …
Current oil price volatility is a symptom of the end of cheap oil, writes Nafeez Ahmed, and it's destablising the entire global economy. The answer is a major shift to renewables - but the the International Energy Agency, which should be leading the transition, is in the grip of nuclear and fossil fuel interests. Instead the leadership must come from us, the people!
… madness is the death spasm of the oil age - renewables now! Nafeez Ahmed | 4th February 2015 News Energy Economics Oil Renewables Politics alberta-oil-sands-cut.jpg … economy. The answer is a major shift to renewables - but the the International Energy …
Mexico's oil looks set to run out within a decade, writes Jeremy Leggett, and it can hardly rely on Trump's America to make up the difference. But Mexico enjoys abundant sunshine, and the cost of solar power generation is falling fast. Let Trump tie America's economy to debt-financed fossil fuels. Mexico's future prosperity will come from harnessing its inexhaustible solar riches.
… solar Jeremy Leggett | 11th May 2017 Comment Renewables Fossil Fuels Oil Energy Mexico USA … to hate you? The answer is that you develop a renewable-powered economy as fast as you can. … no new discoveries. Better news is that going renewable fast, including in transport where …
The International Energy Agency's latest World Energy Outlook is calling for increased investment in new oil and gas, writes Oliver Tickell, while minimising the fast-growing and ever lower-cost contribution to world energy supply of renewables like wind and solar.
… Climate Change Oil Gas Coal Fossil Fuels Renewables Wind Solar Nuclear flaring-cut.jpg … contribution to world energy supply of renewables like wind and solar. The … positive messages on climate protection and renewable energy, an analysis by the Energy …
More than half of UK oil workers would switch to work on renewable energy if given the opportunity to retrain, new survey shows.
… North Sea workers ready to switch to renewables Simon Pirani | 5th October 2020 | News Editor’s Picks Renewables Oil Platform London Edinburgh May … of UK oil workers would switch to work on renewable energy if given the opportunity to …
Japan and Germany have much in common: both are major industrial countries that have gone nuclear-free, writes Peter Matanle - Germany by choice, Japan by necessity. But while Germany is actively pursuing its renewable energy revolution, or Energiewende, Japan, possessed of the richest renewable energy resources in East Asia, is stuck in a fossil fuel pit.
… June 2015 News Japan Energy Coal Oil Nuclear Renewables Germany hamaoka-cut.jpg Japan and … But while Germany is actively pursuing its renewable energy revolution, or Energiewende, Japan, possessed of the richest renewable energy resources in East Asia, is …
The widely touted 'carbon capture and storage' technology is much more expensive than wind and solar, says a Greenpeace report. It also represents a perverse subsidy to the fossil fuel sector that will only boost coal and oil, and delay the transition to a renewable energy system.
… May 2015 News Energy Climate Change Coal Oil Renewables saskpower-ccs-cut.jpg The widely … coal and oil, and delay the transition to a renewable energy system. A new Greenpeace … (CCS) is significantly more expensive than renewable energy for attempting to reduce …
New technologies are coming on stream that can turn sunlight and wind into liquid fuels for vehicles, homes or power plants, writes Chris Goodall. And by powering the process using 'free' renewable energy on sunny or windy days, the fuel will be as green as can be, and cost less than petroleum.
… Artificial photosynthesis - how renewable fuels will make oil obsolete Chris … | 22nd August 2016 Comment Energy Technology Renewables Oil Fossil Fuels solar-cut.jpg New … And by powering the process using 'free' renewable energy on sunny or windy days, the …
Aberdeen attempts to move away from dependence on declining oil stocks with opening of new green energy centre
… Aberdeen turns from oil to renewables The Ecologist | 18th August 2009 News Oil Energy Aberdeen Renewable Wind Power turbine1.jpg The new centre will focus on renewable energy like offshore wind and wave …
Just when the UK's government might want to be boosting its green credentials it has chosen to do the precise opposite, writes Steffen Böhm: giving tax breaks and subsidies to oil and gas, while attacking renewables and energy efficiency. We must unite to oppose these destructive and short-sighted policies
… July 2015 Comment UK Energy Fossil Fuels Oil Renewables Politics Transport … and subsidies to oil and gas, while attacking renewables and energy efficiency. We must … ever " . In: fossil fuels, roads, cars; out: renewables, energy efficiency But the new, …
Following a 1 million signature Greenpeace petition, LEGO has pledged not to renew a 50-year link with the oil company Shell. The move comes as Shell bids to renew its Arctic drilling in 2015, and following revelations that it is trying to dilute environmental regulation in Arctic waters.
… ostracised by society." LEGO committed to renewable energy In stark contrast to Shell, … policies include a commitment to produce more renewable energy than they use, phase out oil …
The ever-falling cost of renewable energy could leave investors in coal, gas and oil seriously out of pocket as demand for fossil fuels falls away, writes Paul Brown. In the wake of the Paris Agreement and shrinking markets in major importing countries, the smart money is moving into renewables.
… Brown | 16th February 2016 News Fossil Fuels Renewables Oil Gas Coal Solar Wind Energy … The ever-falling cost of renewable energy could leave investors in … countries, the smart money is moving into renewables. Investors in fossil fuels are …
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.
… always like this. Soviet Russia was pro-renewables. The first wind turbine was up and … of oil in the 60s" and forgot all about renewables, says WWF Russia's extractive … not in science" , laments Tchouprov. Would-be renewable energy investors fear "the absence …
Our addiction to oil is not inevitable. We can all take steps to kick the habit
… your investments away from fossil fuel to renewable energy companies, or exercise your … energy companies to make the transition to renewables. 9. Boycott the products of … Esso that are obstructing the transition to renewables. What the government can do: 10. …
An 500-strong Indigenous community in Alberta, the heart of Canada's environmentally catastrophic tar sands industry, is fighting back against the pollution, writes Melina Laboucan-Massimo - by cutting themselves adrift from dependence on fossil fuels, and starting up their own solar power station: a vital first step towards building a just and sustainable society.
… 2015 Comment Canada Energy Oil Tarsands Renewables Solar Indigenous Peoples … not only in communities that can afford renewable technology, but it must begin to … solar around Alberta. However, these types of renewable energy project shouldn't rest on the …
If you only pick up one green book this year, make it Jeremy Rifkin’s The Third Industrial Revolution. It will change the way you think, says Mark Newton
… already here. Rifkin explains that it is with renewable energy and Internet technology that … Third Industrial Revolution , this is where renewable energy and Internet communications … The five pillars concern a major push for renewable energy; micro-generation of …
Oil companies planning 'billion-pound blunder' into environmentally damaging tar sands production in Canada, says Co-op/WWF report
… the next 15 years will divert finance from renewable energy development, say campaigners. … in alternative energy between 2004-9. Renewables investment The report, ' … Sea supergrid linking European countries' renewable energy projects (mainly wind and …
According to oil company executives, oil is going to be a major energy source to 2100 and beyond. So after hearing an oil man make his case, Chris Goodall went home and crunched some numbers. Money invested in solar power already produces more energy than if it's put into oil exploration and production, and the gap is only going to widen from here. Is this the new 'peak oil'?
… Goodall | 13th February 2016 News Energy Oil Renewables Finance Economics Climate Change … in oil and gas exploration rather than renewables. So I went home and checked the … be returned to shareholders or invested in renewable energy technologies. Mr Schreiber …
With Trump denying climate change and threatening to reject the Paris Agreement, it's more important than ever for society to hold a firm ethical line, writes Chris Garrard. The last thing we need is our most revered museums and galleries muddying the water by courting the sponsorship of leading climate criminals.
In the age of Trump, Big Art must cut off Big Oil! Chris Garrard | 29th November 2016 Activism Climate Change Arts Corporations Fossil Fuels Oil Finance Culture UK museum-cut.jpg With Trump denying …