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Alternate current, intelligent current

Mark Anslow

29th April, 2009

Instead of spikes in demand and coal-fired solutions, fridges and washing machines may soon be available that can regulate their own energy usage. Mark Anslow reports on a new generation of electrical appliances that ‘listen’ and learn more...

Ecopads with Marcus Brigstocke

Ecologist

28th April, 2009

Comedian, writer and actor Marcus Brigstocke reveals some of the eco-renovations made to his home in true MTV Cribs style more...

15 Hatfields – no.1 for sustainable events and conferences

Ecologist

15th April, 2009

Situated on London’s South Bank, just a short walk from Waterloo, 15 Hatfields is a purpose built, state of the art events and conference venue, built and operated to the highest environmental specifications. more...

National Grid plans to use ‘carbon targets’ to measure managerial staff performance

News

15th April, 2009

Missing your targets can lead to trouble in any job, but electricity operator National Grid is set to be one of the first organisations to evaluate its staff on their performance against annual carbon budgets. more...

The case for harnessing renewable energy

Tim Helweg-Larsen and Tim Holmes

9th April, 2009

The authors of the recent Climate Safety report make the case for harnessing the UK's renewable energy resource. By Tim Helweg-Larsen and Tim Holmes more...

New report demands Carbon Quotas be introduced

News

30th March, 2009

Personal Carbon Quotas need to be introduced at a ‘community scale’ new report from the RSA concludes more...

Cautious welcome to UK Government's Heat and Energy Saving legislation

News

24th March, 2009

Campaigners give cautious welcome to Government’s decarbonisation programme more...

The Visionaries

The Ecologist

20th March, 2009

Mark Anslow, Laura Sevier, Dan Box and Matilda Lee profile 10 visionaries with 10 big ideas for a better world. more...

The future of energy is renewable

Jon Hughes and Mark Anslow

27th February, 2009

The recent U-turn by of some of the UK's leading environmentalists - and one-time nuclear energy opponents - on the issue of nuclear energy, has caused vigourous debate in the media. Their reasoning is that we simply don't have the capacity to produce enough renewable energy to meet our needs. But as this comprehensive Ecologist report from 2007 shows the UK is really a renewable energy powerhouse. more...

Can electric vehicles overtake competing green car technologies?

Adam Vaughan

25th February, 2009

Everyone from Gordon Brown to Greenpeace backs electric cars as a climate panacea, but are there negative impacts we're missing in the rush to electrification, asks Adam Vaughan more...

Why can't the automobile industry get a handle on low-carbon cars?

Harriet Williams

19th February, 2009

A hub of invention, why can't the automobile industry get a handle on low-carbon cars? The answer's in the profit margins - which is why the credit crunch offers hope for the future, says Harriet Williams more...

We need a revolution in how we see sewage, says expert: it’s a precious resource

Ecologist

13th February, 2009

Our sewage system hasn’t changed in the last hundred years, and water companies are paying to throw money away, according to Dr Nigel Horan, a wastewater expert at environmental consultants Aqua Enviro. more...

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Is a reef better than a barrage for the Severn?

Peter Bunyard

10th February, 2009

The Severn Estuary, earmarked as a potentially huge source of energy, has been met with increasing concerns over serious environmental damage. A report from 2008 by Frontier Economics found that justification for the Severn Barrage is slim - both economically speaking and on environmental grounds. Peter Bunyard takes a look at an innovative solution that has similarities with a tidal reef. more...

Can sugar fuel the planet?

Jim Thomas

8th February, 2009

The next big hit fuelwise will have corporations falling over each other to claim plant life, but the comedown could leave us in a sticky mess more...

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Is it time to change 20th century economic paradigms?

Richard Heinberg

5th February, 2009

A hundred years ago, markets ruled: fortunes were made, workers abused, bubbles blown. The Austrian School of economists, led by Ludwig von Mises, said this was fine: despite temporary messiness, the market knows best.
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Watt a turn off...

Mark Anslow

2nd February, 2009

Everyone knows it's wasetful to leave things on stand-by. So the energy saving campaigns are wasting their breath telling us to switch off, right? So thought Mark Anslow, until he was leaving the office one evening and had a light bulb moment more...

Severn barrage - is there an alternative?

Mark Anslow, Peter Clark

27th January, 2009

Will the temptation of vast amounts of clean, tidal energy lead us to ignore the chance of serious environmental damage? Mark Anslow and Peter Clark report more...

Peak coal? Governments may be over-estimating global coal reserves, says US engineer

Ecologist

23rd January, 2009

Governments may be over-estimating global coal reserves, says US engineer more...

Behind the label: Lucozade Sport with Caffeine Boost

Pat Thomas

22nd January, 2009

Biological rocket fuel they may be, but ‘sports’ drinks can be a danger to health in the long term. Pat Thomas reports more...

Biofuels 2.0

Helena Paul

15th January, 2009

A new generation of biofuels is poised to come into the market. They are greener, say proponents because they can be grown on unused, 'marginal' land and won't compete for our food crops. But just where exactly is all this marginal land, and whose backyard might it be? Helena Paul reports more...