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Our tariff plan is near-identical to Germany's – that's the one that produced woeful amounts of energy, jobs and innovationJeremy Leggett: I accept George Monbiot's £100 solar PV betLet me begin with a plea to tone down...

I wish to make nine points in my response to George Monbiot's latest round in our disagreement about the importance of solar photovoltaics (PV) and the UK government's upcoming feed-in tariffs...

Last month, inspectors found dangerous chemicals in the groundwater near the Vermont Yankee nuclear reactor. The situation demonstrates that from the mining of uranium ore to the storage of radioactive waste, nuclear reactors...

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...

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...

The UK government's 'green loans' scheme is worth waiting for, but there are simple energy efficiency measures that can save homeowners money nowThe government's announcement today on "green loans" to help homeowners make...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Barack Obama's promise to fund new nuclear power plants is a major financial gamble – and US taxpayers will foot the billIn his first state of the union address last month, Barack Obama declared that creating new clean...

Morrisons' decision to withdraw one of its biofuel blends could spell the end for a fuel whose green credentials are questionableIt's not been a great week for the "greener driver"...