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- ‘They keep coming back’: a Black community in Arizona battles power expansion plans again 2 days agoResidents in industry-choked Randolph renew efforts to block the power company’s plans near their fragile town
- Residents in industry-choked Randolph renew efforts to block the power company’s plans near their fragile town
- Recycling America’s chicken poop sounds great – unless you live next door Fri, 17 Mar 23, 9:00pmBiogas promises to be a solution to farm country’s animal waste problem. But a Delaware community is concerned it could lead to more pollution
- This ‘climate-friendly’ fuel comes with an astronomical cancer risk Fri, 24 Feb 23, 11:03amAlmost half of products cleared so far under a new US federal ‘biofuels’ program are not, in fact, biofuels
- The true cost of wood-burning stoves Mon, 20 Feb 23, 2:00pmLearning the full extent of the environmental damage caused by wood-burning stoves led Guardian columnist George Monbiot to issue a public mea culpa – and help ignite a raging debate
- The true cost of wood-burning stoves –podcast Mon, 20 Feb 23, 2:00pmLearning the full extent of the environmental damage caused by wood-burning stoves led Guardian columnist George Monbiot to issue a public mea culpa – and help ignite a raging debate
- City of London proposing to make skyscrapers dim their lights at night Sat, 11 Feb 23, 11:22pmPlans for Square Mile would create ‘brightness zones’ governed by curfews amid the darkened buildings
- Arsenic found in London air raises fears over use of waste wood as fuel Fri, 10 Feb 23, 1:00amMany people warming homes with wood from construction sites unaware of health risks, say experts
- ‘A serious threat’: calls grow for urgent review of England’s wood-burning stoves Thu, 2 Feb 23, 5:00pmGovernment plan to educate owners and encourage fines not enough to effectively tackle air pollution
- ‘A serious threat’: calls grow for urgent review of damage done by wood burning stoves Thu, 2 Feb 23, 5:00pmGovernment plan to educate owners and encourage fines not enough to effectively tackle air pollution
- Greenpeace accuses Treasury of distorting its stance on biomass burning Tue, 24 Jan 23, 10:30pmBriefing notes obtained by FoI reveal minister meeting with Drax CEO was told Greenpeace supported practice
- MPs to hear plan to get rural households to run heating on vegetable oil Wed, 11 Jan 23, 6:00pmGeorge Eustice says adapted kerosene boilers can run on ‘hydro-treated vegetable oil’ and cut emissions by 88%
- For some of us, wood is the only practical, affordable fuel | Letters Mon, 2 Jan 23, 5:40amReaders respond to George Monbiot’s article on wood-burning stoves and the damage they do to the environment and health
- Why environmental disaster victims are looking to European courts Thu, 29 Dec 22, 11:00pmCampaigners are finding courts increasingly open to considering cases – and finding in their favour
- 'No time to waste' as Tokyo rules all new homes after 2025 must have solar panels Thu, 15 Dec 22, 7:21pmOnly 4 per cent of buildings in Japan's capital city that could have solar panels do now, says the city's governor.