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Fifty times more wind turbines by 2020
Britain will have to install six times more wind turbines on land and 50 times more wind turbines at sea by the end of the next decade under rules to be announced by Brussels next week.
Biomass tops decentralised energy on emissions cuts
Decentralised generation, the distribution of energy generating sources so that power is closer to where it is needed, for example facilities designed to supply local communities, is likely to play an important part in f...
Changing climate 'is leading to rougher seas'
Climate change is having a significant impact on the health of the seas surrounding Britain, says a new report.
Naples rubbish threatens environment disaster
Burning rubbish piles in the streets of Naples are threatening an environmental disaster, experts warn.
Time to take another look at water power
Yesterday marked a milestone in the construction of Scotland's largest hydro- electric power scheme for half a century, when a giant boring machine completed a five-mile tunnel through the mountains above Loch Ness at Gl...
I pushed Blair's nuclear button
He was horrified by the ignorance of science shown by mandarins across Whitehall and says Tony Blair did not understand climate change.
EU rethinks biofuels guidelines
Europe's environment chief has admitted that the EU did not foresee the problems raised by its policy to get 10% of Europe's road fuels from plants.
The wind, the sun�and the atom
"I THINK there'd be plenty of support round here for a new nuclear plant," says Colonel George Smythe, chairman of a nuclear-power discussion group at Dungeness in Kent.
GM, Ford Introducing Greener Cars, Engines
Automakers are using this month's Consumer Electronics Show and North American International Auto Show to unveil their latest green car concepts.
Climate change contest launched
A �1m competition to find the brightest ideas to help fight climate change is being launched. The Big Green Challenge is looking for people's best "Eureka moments" for reducing carbon emissions.