One of the charitable funds of the Rockefeller family has announced that it will withdraw all of its investments from companies based in…
Continue ReadingLongannet Closure Signals End of Coal Power in Scotland
Written by Danny Lord in Climate Change Energy Suppliers
Longannet power station in Fife closed last Thursday, ending a near 50-year tenure and signalling the end of the production of any coal-based…
Continue ReadingThe government has announced that it will be removing subsidies previously granted for solar thermal energy technology on the grounds that it is…
Continue ReadingUS: Cutting Emissions Could Save 175,000 Lives by 2030
Written by Danny Lord in Climate Change Government Policy
A paper published by Duke University in North Carolina has claimed that if the US work on dramatically reducing their carbon emissions generally…
Continue ReadingCuadrilla Claims Friends of the Earth ‘Misled’ Regulator
Written by Danny Lord in Climate Change Government Policy
The decision to refuse fracking companies permission to drill in areas of Lancashire has been described by the council as “democracy in action”…
Continue ReadingActor Mark Ruffalo, famous for playing the Hulk/Bruce Bannner in the Avengers films, has taken his role as a green superhero rather literally,…
Continue ReadingThe gas and oil giant, Exxon Mobil, has been accused of being persistently in denial over the existence and damaging effects of climate…
Continue ReadingAccording to the country’s own data, Denmark produced 42% of its total electricity last year from wind power alone, and all this despite…
Continue ReadingFollowing hot on the heels of former Environmental Agency chair Lord Smith’s report that offered conditional endorsement for shale gas production, MPs have…
Continue ReadingUK Carbon Capture Cancellation ‘Disappointing’
Written by Danny Lord in Climate Change Government Policy
Lord Chris Smith, who previously chaired the Environment Agency, has recently released a report on the UK shale gas taskforce, claiming that the…
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