carbon emissions, Tag

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...

Photograph: Bob Sacha/Corbis China recently announced that it is planning to reduce its carbon intensity by 40-45% (from 2005 levels) and generate 15% of its electricity from renewables by 2020...

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...

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...

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...

Under the scheme loans will be attached to the property in order to overcome the financial barriers householders faceThe energy and climate change secretary, Ed Miliband, will announce details of a "green loans" scheme today...

Plans for the grid feed-in tariff suggest we live in southern California. And at £8.6bn, this is a pricey conceit with little benefitThose who hate environmentalism have spent years looking for the definitive example of...

Climate change secretary wants to legislate for 'local energy revolution' in next parliamentLocal councils will be allowed to start generating and selling electricity back to the grid, in legislation being planned to bring...

Eighty-seven differents projects will each receive £150,000 and two years to demonstrate success in cutting CO2 emissionsThe enormous task of making Britain's existing homes greener will be boosted today with the launch...

Drax has shelved its biofuel plans, yet still boasts publicly about 'undertaking the largest biomass co-firing project in the world'Drax is Britain's biggest power station...

Unless the energy bill mandates tighter emissions standards for coal-fired power stations, the UK will miss its carbon-cut targetsThe future of coal-fired power stations is a burning issue...

Amendment to energy bill which would set new emissions standard could fail if Tory backbenchers abstain as expectedA significant number of Tory MPs are expected to abstain today on a vote to cut emissions from coal-fired...

Emissions cuts from cars, homes and farming are key if Scotland is to meet its target of a 42% reduction, new report saysScottish ministers have been warned they need to aggressively target carbon emissions from car use,...

Anticipation and suspicion run high before launch of Bloom Box, claimed to be a cheap source of clean energy from a device the size of a loaf of breadA new but still unseen technology that its creator claims can be an off-grid...

Putting a price on nature becomes meaningless if we treat the ecosystems upon which we depend as mere commodities with a price for trading• World's top firms cause $2.2tn of environmental damage, report warnsThe economy...