NSA Prism is motivated in part by fears that environmentally-linked disasters could spur anti-government activismTop secret US National Security Agency (NSA) documents disclosed by the Guardian have shocked the world with...
Amid prices rise and power cuts in the Indian capital, and buck-passing between politicians and companies, can renewable power solve the city's energy problems?Delhi is in the midst of a power struggle, but not the political...
In the second of her series on clean energy, Lou del Bello talks to Didier Houssin of the International Energy AgencyAs part of an institution that is raising the alarm about the future of the planet, you would expect Didier...
David Cameron and George Osborne have pandered to a noisy minority on wind. But doing the same for shale gas would kill their dream of a fracking futurePower to the people! That, say ministers, is what changes to windfarm...
South-north diversion project aimed at preventing water shortages has had no shortage of problems and criticismWhen it is completed, it will be one of the world's biggest feats of engineering...
Katherine Portilla: Industry groups suggest the government's current policies on energy efficiency are more confusing than they should be
South-east Asian economies' growing demand for energy and resources could lead to long periods of recession in the UKA little-known Ministry of Defence (MoD) report published earlier this year warns that converging global...
MPs will vote today on including a carbon intensity target in the energy bill to ensure climate goals are met. But the government wants to delay it until 2016. Leo Hickman, with your help, investigates
Hopes for a speedy transition from a carbon economy to clean energy have been dashed. Which technologies offer the best chance of turning things around?This month, the concentration of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere exceeded...
As household energy costs reach an all-time high, councils are using collective purchasing power to get better dealsThe cost of household energy has outpaced the rise in incomes substantially over the last decade, leaving...
US National Strategy for the Arctic Region prioritises corporate 'economic opportunities' at the expense of everyone elseOne week ago, the Obama administration launched its National Strategy for the Arctic Region, outlining...
Ed Davey needs to do more on cutting energy consumption than the Green Deal. Looking to Germany would be a startSo Ed Davey, climate secretary, wants to "want to turn the non-switchers into savvy switchers", he said on Friday,...
Comedian opposes Tattingstone solar farm but it's not clear how he'd keep the lights on and tackle climate changeIn opposing a solar farm near his home in Suffolk, Griff Rhys-Jones makes the point that the government is struggling...
The only way forward is back: to retrace our steps and seek to return atmospheric concentrations to around 350ppmThe data go back 800,000 years: that's the age of the oldest fossil air bubbles extracted from Dome C, an ice-bound...
The government is encouraging power stations to burn biomass in order to help lower carbon emissions. Leo Hickman, with your help, investigates.
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