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Think nuclear is clean energy? Ask the Nigeriens
Carolyn Lebel
1st June, 2010
As the new nuclear renaissance grows, so too does uranium extraction. In Niger, which boasts some of the world's richest deposits, NGOs say that the poor are being exploited for the West's 'clean energy' more...How to campaign: climate change and energy
Zofia Walczak & Matilda Lee
25th May, 2010
From direct action campaigns to eco-village renewable energy systems, there are many ways to learn about and get involved in actions to prevent climate change more...Nuclear power – the grand illusion
Peter Bunyard
April/May 1980
The questions over nuclear power are still the same today as they were 30 years ago... more...The solar powered house of the future?
Ecologist
4th March, 2010
This gallery of images shows a prototype solar powered, zero carbon house designed by students at Nottingham University more...LSE's Anne Power: my recipe for 80 per cent energy savings in your home
Matilda Lee
3rd March, 2010
Anne Power, Professor of Social Policy Housing and Social Exclusion at the London School of Economics, on why nearly all homeowners can afford to insulate properly, and how to save energy on a budget more...What's stopping us getting solar power from deserts?
Mark Jansen
10th February, 2010
Plans to use concentrating solar power plants in the Sahara to generate and export electricity have been on the table for years. Now, it looks as though political will might help move things forward more...Feed-in tariffs in danger of being watered down
Ecologist
30th November, 2009
Campaigners say the Government is underestimating the potential of small-scale renewable electricity generation in the UK more...Hydropower TV: learn from the water power pioneers
Kate Herbert
22nd September, 2009
Okay so not much happens most of the time... but for anyone interested in building a hydro-electric turbine these live images of a micro-hydropower project construction in Cumbria make compelling viewing 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...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...Lester Brown: 'We shouldn't count on Copenhagen to save us'
Matilda Lee
10th November, 2009
Lester Brown, founder of the Earth Policy Institute and the WorldWatch Institute, on his fears for Copenhagen, genetically modified food and the failure of the media more...Government approves ten new sites for nuclear power
Ecologist
9th November, 2009
Environmental groups say nuclear power will create a legacy of waste and undermine the UK's drive towards an economy based on renewable energy more...
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Solar power from Sahara a step closer
Ashley Seager
2nd November, 2009
The German-led Desertec initiative believes it can deliver power to Europe as early as 2015 more...Biomass plant gets go-ahead but will not use waste heat
Ecologist
2nd October, 2009
Campaigners have criticised the Environment Agency for not requiring a new wood-chip power plant in South Wales to reuse its waste heat more...10p to create a solar power sector in UK
Ecologist
29th September, 2009
A higher tariff for green electricity generation would help the UK catch up with the rest of Europe more...Liberal Democrats support smaller Severn barrage plan
Ecologist
21st September, 2009
Proposals from the Government and Sustainable Development Commission (SDC) would cause 'untold damage' and take decades to set-up, say Liberal Democrats more...The power of wee: urine could be green energy
Ecologist
16th September
Urine could be used to generate electricity and as a free alternative to mineral fertilisers more...First island power grid being used in Wales
Ecologist
9th September, 2009
Renewable energy created on-site can now be used instead of being exported to the national grid more...Aberdeen turns from oil to renewables
Ecologist
18th August, 2009
Aberdeen attempts to move away from dependence on declining oil stocks with opening of new green energy centre more...UK urged to triple nuclear power
Ecologist
5th August, 2009
Former Minister's call to triple the contribution of nuclear power in UK dismissed as scare tactics more...High-altitude windpower: pie-in-the-sky or sound science?
Jim Thomas
1st May 2009
Since we don’t have enough land for the renewable technologies we need let’s go stratospheric instead, with a high-altitude solution… more...Al Jazeera Film: A Case of Global Proportions
Ecologist
11th June, 2009
Al Jazeera's five-part series, 'Corporations on Trial' looks at some of the rapidly growing law suits across the world today. more...The case for harnessing renewable energy
Tim Helweg-Larsen and Tim Holmes
9th April, 2009
The authors of the recent Climate Safety report make the case for harnessing the UK's renewable energy resource. By Tim Helweg-Larsen and Tim Holmes more...Indonesia wages war against tribe
Paul Kingsnorth
29th January, 2009
Armed and financed by Western corporations, Indonesia is waging a brutal war against a tribal people with little more than bows and arrows to defend itself. more...Severn barrage - is there an alternative?
Mark Anslow, Peter Clark
27th January, 2009
Will the temptation of vast amounts of clean, tidal energy lead us to ignore the chance of serious environmental damage? Mark Anslow and Peter Clark report more...