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City councils and local activists have stymied shale gas mining in New York, and could prove an example for others to followReaders of the New York Daily News were treated to a little unsolicited advice from Ed Rendell recently...

A new movement has erupted demanding divestment from fossil fuel polluters – and Big Green is in their sightsThe movement demanding that public interest institutions divest their holdings from fossil fuels is on a serious...

An energy policy based on buying off hostility to fracking by building badminton courts won't keep our lights onSerious countries, with serious governments, have equally serious energy policies to keep the lights on...

Locally known and trusted organisers seem to have helped build the impetus behind the fundraisingThis month a hydro project to generate electricity at a weir on the Thames in Oxford nearly £300,000 from 95 shareholders,...

The Iranian government has looked more willing to compromise in nuclear negotiations since the threat of an oil embargoThe Iranian government has claimed on numerous occasions that sanctions can't influence its nuclear policies...

The trust's opposition to wind turbines outweigh its heavily publicised efforts to improve its energy performanceAll praise to the National Trust for announcing on Thursday it would increase the use of renewable energies...

If decision-makers take as long to act on this issue as they did on gay rights, we will all be wearing scuba masks to ralliesA few weeks ago, Time magazine called the fight over the Keystone XL pipeline that will bring some...

The new energy minister can make a real impact by announcing his support for a 2030 decarbonisation targetDavid Cameron's decision to move the erstwhile energy minister John Hayes to a made-up role in the Cabinet Office shows...

Despite the doubts, shale gas can play a vital bridging role in reducing carbon emissions by ousting filthier coalMost environmentalists are in no doubt...

America should not be depending on luck to save its citizens from Fukushima-like nuclear accidentsTens of thousands of demonstrators took to the streets in Tokyo on Saturday carrying banners reading, "No nukes" and, "Save...

The term used against anti-biofuels activists first referred to a market-town but now it's used as a knee-jerk political insultThe term "bourgeois", like the term "terrorist", has a long and sometimes counterintuitive history...

Local authorities play a bigger role than you might think. Is it time we started asking them to act?As the energy regulator Ofgem warns that the UK is going to be increasingly dependent on expensive imports of gas to keep...

UK spends £40bn a year on keeping military on active service yet risks the lights going out through lack of cashBritain's biggest defence contractor, BAE Systems, lavished David Cameron with praise on Thursday for all the...

Now the UK is following the US in investing in charging points, people will buy more electric cars, and depend less on petrolIt is great to see the UK joining the US and a few other countries by investing in private and public...

Would-be investors in gas, green power and nuclear look on with no confidence at what return they can expect, and walk awayIn warning of "very tight power station capacity", Alistair Buchanan of Ofgem provoked the headlines...