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• Lobby consists of 90 academics, politicians and experts• Claim appropriate information has not been made availablePressure on the government to organise an independent inquiry into a new generation of nuclear power...

RenewableUK says inconsistencies in tariff favour solar panels, which takes microgeneration business out of UKUK small wind turbine manufacturers say they will lose out to foreign solar panel manufacturers in the race to...

Curse of the Black Gold: 50 Years of Oil in the Niger Delta by the photojournalist Ed Kashi documents the consequences of 50 years of oil extraction in the Niger delta

Average carbon emissions of new cars reduced by 5.4% in 2009 as drivers trade in their old car for cleaner modelsThe average emissions from a new car dropped at the fastest rate in 13 years last year because of the UK government's...

• Ex-industry boss sheds light on Sellafield panic• Greenpeace calls for fresh review of atomic industry The autobiography of a former director of British Nuclear Fuels (BNFL) is likely to reignite fears about the safety...

• Since the scheme began, 224m bulbs have been distributed• Government plan fails to meet cavity-wall insulation targetForty-two million energy-saving lightbulbs were sent out by utilities companies in the three months...

Monbiot has got it wrong: feed-in tariffs are not a waste of money. They work – just look at the German renewables industryThank goodness Jeremy Leggett stepped in to correct some of the inaccuracies in George Monbiot's...

We do not have a moral obligation to blindly support inefficient, expensive renewable technologies • George Monbiot: Are we really going to let ourselves be duped into this solar panel rip-off?• Jeremy Leggett: Solar...

The coal 'gasification' stakes are high – not least because the company behind the plan is called Clean Coal LtdKing coal is ready for a British comeback in a form that sounds more like medieval hellfire than an energy...

Concern is growing over potential delays to the feed-in tariff intended to kickstart a domestic green power revolution

Economies of scale in manufacturing are causing rapid reductions in costs and solar energy has a bright futureGeorge Monbiot's attack on solar energy and the government's "cash-back" solar photovoltaic (PV) market-building...

Homeowners will be able to take out loans for thousands of pounds to pay for insulation and solar panels, under legislation proposed by the governmentWell-off homeowners will be expected to borrow more than £7bn over the...

Will the government's feed in tariff scheme which guarantees a rate of payment for renewable energy sold back to the grid tempt you to install your own solar panels or wind turbine?Is it now the right time to invest in micro-generation?P...

Britain once led the world in wind turbine technology, and recent multimillion pound deals could see the industry's rebirthAmong all the economic doom and gloom, there are a couple of announcements you might have missed...

Peak oil should be good news for the environment, but not if it stimulates investment in even dirtier sources of energyWhen forecasts of fossil fuel reserves improve, how should we respond? A new report (pdf) by the trade...