Chancellor George Osborne promises only to 'explore' proposals for bringing in a per-plane tax on the aviation industry
… fuel tax or VAT on airline tickets. It said travellers were paying more to drive than to … promoting greener alternatives such as train travel and video conferencing.' Aside from the …
Despite Cameron's promise to lead the 'greenest Government ever', the environment has taken a heavy bashing since the 2015 election, writes David Clubb - whether on oil, fracking, renewable energy or planning policy. But Wales is doing its best to follow a sustainable path, and demonstrating badly needed environmental leadership that the whole UK would do well to follow.
… energy sector, with the direction of travel being described as "perverse" by the … But the passage of legislation for Active Travel , for the Well-Being of Future … a utopian paradise. However, the direction of travel is clear. An early move on charging for …
Campaigners are outraged over airline Lufthansa and German government funding for jatropha biofuels trial
… LIVING Dilemma: How do you define unneccesary travel? With plane, train and automobile … with ourselves about how and how often we travel? Matilda Lee looks at the bare …
In an exclusive extract from 'Ampera We're Electric', Andrew Simms takes a closer look at what powers our cars and asks whether motoring has a greener future to look forward to
… Fuel Petrol Cars Motoring Electric Explore Travel Peak Oil Ethanol Biofuels Technology … Spa offers an unusually green experience to travellers. What’s more, says Ruth Styles, the …
A blueprint for how Britain could reduce its greenhouse gas emissions to zero over the next 20 years by a combination of electrification, insulation and a massive scaling up of offshore wind reports Tom Levitt
… changes to reduce distances we need to travel and encourage cycling, walking and … like reduced meat consumption, international travel and a very different countryside …
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.
… Fossil Fuels Oil solar-leaves-cut.jpg Traveling in the US by boat and train visiting …
Wave power has a huge part to play in supplying the US with clean, renewable electricity, writes Shalinee Kishore. But to achieve its full potential, we must harness not just the energy of waves, but their predictability - and so so ensure the smooth integration of wave power into the electricity grid.
… wind blowing over ocean waters, ocean waves travel large distances with little loss of …
This May the Greens are hoping to win their first seats in the Welsh Assembly, and become a strong force for social and ecological progress, writes Alice Hooker-Stroud, newly elected leader of the Wales Green Party. At the heart of the vision: sustainable, prosperous, empowered communities.
… the dynamic of small communities where news travels fast. Lots of things - from local …
Last night's speech on Britain's energy choices by former environment secretary Owen Paterson's caused widespread outrage long before it was delivered. But what exactly did he say on the night? Read on, and be surprised to discover that it makes excellent sense - in parts.
… from my own constituency and from widespread travel around the UK of intense public …
Renewable energy, without doubt, is both driving and shaping the clean global economy of the future, writes Jeremy Leggett. But don't forget its equally essential partner: closing the consumption loop to create a truly circular economy in which there is no longer any such thing as 'waste', only resources we are not yet smart enough to use.
… 1990s, the computer, cellphone, and internet travelled much faster growth curves. Such …
Phasing out fossil fuels, encouraging faster take-up of renewables and making radical improvements in energy efficiency would double Europe's emission cuts, says study
… public transport and a move away from air travel. Car journeys could drop from 75 per …
Marine ecologists have shown how noise pollution is changing the behaviour of marine animals - and how its elimination will significantly help build their resilience. LAURA BRIGGS reports
… sound is really important and of course it travels far better under water than through …
The wind is a force of nature over which only someone with extraordinary delusions of grandeur can truly claim ownership, writes Adam Ramsay. But to prevent that, we must assert our belief that wind, sun and other drivers of our renewable future are a common heritage for us all to benefit from.
… at Drumderg, dancing on the horizon for those travelling North into Highland Perthshire or …
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.
… beauty would always be there for future travellers to enjoy. But instead, I found it … trip. Michael Buckley is an adventure travel writer, environmental investigator, …
Believers in the possibility of a better civilization, one rooted in increasing co-operation and harmony, find ourselves in a world where demagogues are empowered to bring about the polar opposite, writes Jeremy Leggett. A new despotism rooted in isolationist nationalism and conflict is gaining strength. The battle is not lost: but first we must understand the dangers.
… it represents a clear and robust direction of travel. It has caused PWC, among others, to … President Trump's executive order banning travel from seven mostly Muslim countries. …
New reports show the huge potential of renewables in Southern Europe to rekindle prosperity, writes Helle Abelvik-Lawson, using clean, low cost energy from wind, solar and geothermal sources backed up with pumped storage hydro, displacing dirty lignite and oil fired generation.
… notes that the Greek prime minister, although travelling to Paris at the end of the year for …
Marmite. Barry Manilow, Nigel Farage and wind turbines. People either love them or hate them with rarely anyone on the fence. But Deon Reynolds' atmospheric turbine photographs might just buck that trend and persuade even rabid climate deniers to acknowledge their beauty, writes
GARY COOK
… to his photographer father, Reynolds travelled in a VW campervan through most of …
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 ...
… of Sheffield in 2012. She loves writing, travelling, Xbox and cheese. Not necessarily …
Last week a new billionaires club strode into COP21 in Paris promising big money for 'clean energy': the Breakthrough Energy Coalition. But most of its members are nuclear obsessives, writes Linda Pentz Gunter, from Bill Gates to Jeff Bezos and Richard Branson. And what the the world needs is not 'patient investment' into nuclear research, but impatient investment into renewables deployment.
… expensive and futile so-called Generation IV traveling wave reactor that can never deliver …
Angela Merkel’s decision to dispense with nuclear power has left environmentalists around the world exploring alternatives. Henry Gass weighs up the options
… But the further from the equator you travel, the less sense it makes,’ wrote …
B9 Shipping and the Greenheart project are pioneering new, fully sustainable, forms of ship design. Despite industry scepticism the boats - based on wind power and biomethane - could signify a return to the great age of sail, reports Ewan Kingston
… vessel, to uses in ecotourism and passenger travel, and even functioning as a stationary …