The outgoing chief of the Government's independent sustainability watchdog, Jonathon Porritt, has criticised the Treasury and Department for Business for a failure to advance the sustainable development agenda
… Sustainability 'undone' by Treasury and BIS, … Porritt Sustainable Development Commission Sustainability Green Bonds RBS Treasury … chief of the Government's independent sustainability watchdog, Jonathon Porritt, has …
We need a renewable energy revolution, an end to fracking, no new nuclear power, efficient homes, and the break up of our energy cartels, writes Jeremy Corbyn, All that, and strong protection for wildlife and oceans, no TTIP trade deal with the US, clean air to breathe, and massive investment in public transport. Is there anything not to like?
… is long overdue. Labour must put policies for sustainability at the heart of everything we …
Environmental groups say nuclear power will create a legacy of waste and undermine the UK's drive towards an economy based on renewable energy
… Friends of the Earth and the Government's own sustainability watchdog said the issue of … door open for GM, says new SDC chief Will Day Sustainability in danger of becoming jargon, …
The love affair of the 'pro-nuclear greens' with a failed technology has paved the way to the UK's destruction of its renewable energy industry, writes Jonathon Porritt, and to the imminent deal with Chinese parastatal corporations to build a new fleet of already obsolete nuclear power plants at massive cost to us all.
… Bradwell. How can that possibly work from a sustainability point of view, let alone an …
In an exclusive interview Welsh environment minister Jane Davidson tells Tom Levitt why she won't be opposing new nuclear power or selling off any forests... and why she wants to end Westminister's control over renewable energy
… Davidson, Welsh Minister for the Environment, Sustainability and Housing In an exclusive … Welsh Assembly Minister for the Environment, Sustainability and Housing READ MORE... NEWS … Welsh construction centre leads field in sustainability The new Construction and …
The UK's nuclear power programme is driven by military demands, write Andy Stirling & Phil Johnstone - but not in the way you might think. The most essential need is not for plutonium or tritium, but for a nuclear industrial sector to design, build and maintain the reactors that power nuclear submarines. Without them, the Trident missile system would have no military credibility.
Trident, nuclear submarines and the UK's nuclear power imperative Andy Stirling Phil Johnstone | 15th January 2016 News Nuclear WMD UK Energy Politics hms-vanguard-cut.jpg The UK's nuclear power …
Could the latest type of tidal-power generator be environmentally benign and deliver cheap, dependable and sustainable energy?
Tidal Electric’s offshore project The Ecologist | 1st July 2003 News Tidal Power Sustainable Energy France Currents Nova Scotia Tidal Energy Water Wheels Companies Carbon Dioxide Hydrogen Nuclear Oil …
Chinese coal and nuclear energy giants are suddenly piling into the solar industry. Is this the way of the future, not only in China but around the world?
China: nuclear and coal giants go solar Oliver Tickell | 10th January 2014 News China Solar Power Coal Nuclear Energy Renewables Chinese coal and nuclear energy giants are suddenly piling into the …
Energy secretary Chris Huhne focuses on 2050 targets in first major policy statement but admits the UK faces 'short-term challenges' to meet targets for renewable energy
UK likely to miss legal 2020 renewable energy target The Ecologist | 27th July 2010 News Nuclear Renewables Energy windturbinesoffshore.jpg The UK is failing to add enough new on- and offshore wind …
Angela Merkel’s decision to dispense with nuclear power has left environmentalists around the world exploring alternatives. Henry Gass weighs up the options
Power: keeping it green Henry Gass | 3rd June 2011 Ethical Living Renewables Nuclear Power Home Solar Wind Biomass Green Living Science And Technology Energy holding.jpg Angela Merkel’s decision to …
Opinionated and outspoken, often wildly at odds with the government’s line, the UK’s environment minister Michael Meacher is, by his own reckoning, a lone voice in the wilderness.
Sink or Swim The Ecologist | 20th March 2001 News Michael Meacher Environment Minister UK Politic Nuclear Biotechnology UK Climate Change investigates.jpg Opinionated and outspoken, often wildly at …
New Government planning rules will shorten the approval process for big power projects like nuclear plants, but do little for the local renewables sector
… have begun to find some holes NEWS Lucas: sustainability requires urgent planning reform …
Argentinean academic and activist Raul Montenegro on why indigenous people hold the keys to survival, why GM technologies only profit big business and how nuclear power ignores the rights of future generations
… needs to be evaluated in terms of long-term sustainability. Nuclear is the most … to transform cultures from consumerism to sustainability INTERVIEW Michael Meacher MP: …
In its second consultation for the EDF's planned Sizewell C nuclear power station there's a strange omission, writes Peter Lux: that the plant would use 1,600 m3 of mains water a day, adding to stresses on important local wetlands like RSPB's Minsmere reserve. The omission is not just strange - it's also illegal and could make the entire exercise invalid.
Sizewell C consultation: EDF 'forgets' to mention 600,000 m3 a year of mains water Peter Lux | 23rd January 2017 Activism Nuclear Energy Water Regulation UK sizewell-c-minsmere-cut.jpg In its second …
The UK is bidding for a massive €46 billion loan from the European Investment Bank to finance the construction of three new nuclear power stations at Hinkley Point, Wylfa and Moorside - while Poland is seeking €8bn for huge new coal mines and power plants and €12bn for new nuclear.
… appetite" in part due to "concerns over the sustainability of biomass." Under the … to EU goals but also to Juncker's rhetoric on sustainability." Xavier Sol of Counter Balance …
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 …
The government's surprise delay in signing the contract with EDF to build the Hinkley C nuclear power station has opened up a the space for a forward-looking UK energy policy, writes Jonathon Porritt - one that moves us into the world of low cost renewables, and smart new technologies vital to the global clean energy transition. But is Business & Energy Greg Clark for real? Don't rule it out!
Hinkley Point, Greg Clark and the fate of Britain's energy future JONATHON PORRITT | 9th August 2016 News Energy Renewables Nuclear Technology Politics China France …
Faced with the task of decarbonising our electricity supply, it would be foolish to rule nuclear power out of the mix, writes Baroness Worthington, in her reply to Dr Becky Martin, whose open letter was published in The Ecologist.
Why we really do need nuclear power Baroness Worthington | 9th June 2015 Comment Nuclear Energy Politics UK bryony-cut.jpg Faced with the task of decarbonising our electricity supply, it would be …
Four years ago today the world's biggest nuclear disaster since Chernobyl took place at Fukushima, Japan. Total clean-up costs are estimated around $0.5 trillion, writes Jim Green - but work to defuse the dangers has barely begun, the site is flooded with radioactive water making its way to the sea, and underpaid and illegally contracted workers are suffering a rising toll of death and injury.
All fouled up - Fukushima four years after the catastrophe Jim Green | 11th March 2015 News Nuclear Energy Japan Pollution Corporations fukushima-water-sampling-cut.jpg Four years ago today the …
The main claim used to justify nuclear is that it's the only low carbon power source that can supply 'reliable, baseload electricity', writes Mark Diesendorf - unlike wind and solar. But not only can renewables supply baseload power, they can do something far more valuable: supply power flexibly according to demand. Now nuclear power really is redundant.
… of Technology Sydney, and Director of Sustainability Centre Pty Ltd. Books: …
If we're serious about cutting CO2 emissions, there's no place for nuclear power, writes Ian Fairlie - because it's the least cost-effective way to do it. By far the best way is to improve energy efficiency. But tell the Government the truth, and it'll close you down.
Nuclear power is no answer to global warming Ian Fairlie | 10th July 2014 Comment Economics Nuclear Energy UK Politics wylfa-cut.jpg If we're serious about cutting CO2 emissions, there's no place for …
The UK should suspend its plans to build new nuclear power stations after the leak of radioactive material from the Fukushima plant in Japan, says Kate Hudson from the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament (CND)
Fukushima crisis raises fresh concerns over UK nuclear energy expansion Kate Hudson | 14th March 2011 Comment Nuclear Fukushima Energy Radiation Radioactive nuclearpowerstation.jpg The UK government …