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Ashden Award Winners: building self-sufficient communities across the UK
Ecologist
13th July, 2010
The Isle of Eigg Heritage Trust is the 2010 UK Gold Winner of the Ashden Award for Sustainable Energy. Watch and read about how they and five other finalists have made significant cuts to energy use on a community level... more...
Government ignoring rail in favour of domestic flights
Ecologist
10th June, 2010
Majority of UK Government departments are choosing to fly staff to destinations easily accessible by train, such as London to Glasgow, Edinburgh and Manchester more...
Industry threats to relocate over carbon targets exposed as 'misleading'
Ecologist
22nd May, 2010
Heavy industry has pleaded for special treatment since the European Emissions Trading System was set up, but a new report suggests their complaints were exaggerated more...
Can our electricity grid cope with all the new wind power?
David Strahan
27th April, 2010
Wind energy finally seems to be moving somewhere in the UK, but without some new techniques, our grid is simply not going to cope with this flood of new green power more...
VIDEO: why tar sands activists took on BP
Felix Gonzales
19th April, 2010
A report from BP's recent AGM where activists fought to raise awareness of the oil giant's investment in tar sands - includes an interview with George Poitras, member of Mikisew Cree indigenous First Nationmore...
How deep sea aircon could cut the heat of climate change
Chris Pala
13th April, 2010
The deep ocean is cold; our cities are growing increasingly warm. What if we could tap those frigid depths to cool down energy-hungry metropolises? more...
RAN's greenwash of the week: Chevron's solar balls
Rainforest Action Network
12th March, 2010
Chevron has recently announced a mammoth solar energy project known as Project Brightfield. Good news, eh? But what if they want to use the green power to pump more oil... more...
Budget 2010: good news for wind; bad news for green transport
Mark Jansen
25th March, 2010
As the fiscal dust kicked up by Alistair Darling's 2010 budget begins to settle, experts say they are 'surprised' by how 'un-green' the budget turned out to be more...
What if we all traded energy between ourselves?
Mark Jansen
16th March, 2010
The time may soon be coming when every government will need to think about rationing fossil fuel usage. What's the quickest and most equitable way to do it? more...
Tar sands money could pay for desert solar or electric cars
Ecologist
16th March, 2010
Oil companies planning 'billion-pound blunder' into environmentally damaging tar sands production in Canada, says Co-op/WWF report more...
BP and Shell face new shareholder revolt over tar sands
Ecologist
26th February, 2010
Investors want oil giants to answer questions on their involvement in the environmentally damaging extraction of oil from tar sands more...
Will carbon capture and storage work?
Mark Jansen
15th December, 2009
Carbon capture sounds like a fantastical idea: dig up fossil fuels, burn them, then return the captured CO2 underground. But the hurdles that stand in its way are formidable more...
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Fight climate change as a recruit in BTCV's Carbon Army
Emma Bocking
11th December, 2009
The British Trust for Conservation Volunteers has created a 'Carbon Army' with marching order for hands-on action during the Copenhagen summit more...
Have greens got it wrong about tar sands?
David Strahan
8th December, 2009
For environmentalists, tar sands are a 'climate crime'; for peak oil experts, they can never do the job of ordinary crude. But neither critique tells the full story: that exploiting tar sands may worsen both the climate crisis, and the energy crisis... more...
India's plan for a solar power revolution
Anna da Costa
18th August, 2009
India is set to embark on the country's largest solar endeavour - increasing solar capacity from 3 megawatts to 20 gigawatts by 2020 more...
Campaigning for cheaper solar power
Stephanie Wallis
29th July, 2009
Feed-in Tariffs for renewables are what the UK needs to make home-grown energy more attractive. We look at what the 'We Support Solar' coalition is doing to bring about a change, and take a look at the group's new photography competition...more...
350.org: the ultimate climate change campaign?
Matilda Lee
9th July, 2009
Writer turned climate change activist Bill McKibben is organising a global day of witness on 24th October. Mark your calendars now more...
A year-by-year vision of a sustainable future
Shaun Chamberlin
7th July, 2009
The Transition Town movement has produced a year-by-year timeline to lead us to a happier, healthier society. Shaun Chamberlin outlines this vision - beginning with a landmark 2010 climate change accord more...
What's next for Transition Towns?
Leo Hickman
8th June, 2009
It has grown from a local to a global phenomenon, but how does the Transition Movement keep itself relevant in the current political and economic climate? more...
CASE STUDY: setting up a community micro-hydroelectric project
Claire Baylis
1st June, 2009
The UK’s first community-funded hydroelectric scheme, Torrs Hydro is generating green energy as well as interest in H2O power. Claire Baylis meets the man behind it more...
CASE STUDY: campaigning against climate change
Laura Sevier
1st May, 2009
She's applying the same principles to environmental campaigning as her forebears did to fighting for universal suffrage. Laura Sevier meets the founder of the Climate Rush more...
30 steps to an oil-free world
1st May, 2008
Ecologist
Our addiction to oil is not inevitable. We can all take steps to kick the habit more...
Setting up a group to cut carbon together
Jamie Andrews
13th January, 2009
Oxfam ran a competition for low-carbon lifestyles in 2008 – and all three winners were part of the same DIY carbon rationing movement. Jamie Andrews finds out what’s behind the success of CRAGs, and asks why we all haven’t signed up to join the revolution more...
CASE STUDY: greening a football stadium
David Craik
1st October, 2008
With its grass roof, solar panels and low-energy lighting, the beautiful game now has its own beautiful eco home. David Craik meets the man making it happen more...
CASE STUDY: creating Transition Towns
Ed Hamer
27th November, 2007
From theory to practice, how one man in Totnes is helping a community respond to the threat of peak oil – from its own currency to relearning lost arts. Ed Hamer reports more...Members
