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Iowa and South Dakota approached 25 percent electricity from wind in 2012

14 March, 2013

Defying conventional wisdom about the limits of wind power, in 2012 both Iowa and South Dakota generated close to one quarter of their electricity from wind farms. Wind power accounted for at least 10 percent of electricity generation in seven … Continue reading

nuclear vs renewables

While renewables grow: world nuclear electricity generation is on the decline

13 December, 2012

World nuclear electricity-generating capacity has been essentially flat since 2007 and is likely to fall as plants retire faster than new ones are built. In fact, the actual electricity generated at nuclear power plants fell 5 percent between 2006 and … Continue reading

Instead of throwing away everything in huge landfills our society could gain a lot from recycling it instead.

Is our throwaway economy headed for the junk heap of history?

2 August, 2012

In their book Cradle to Cradle: Remaking the Way We Make Things, American architect William McDonough and German chemist Michael Braungart conclude that waste and pollution are to be avoided entirely. “Pollution,” says McDonough, “is a symbol of design failure.” … Continue reading

Conservatives Cannot Be Green

WANTED! Green policy clarity

26 June, 2012

Earlier this month saw the publication of a damning report which highlighted the need for clearness and simplicity in UK government policy to give companies more confidence when investing in Green technologies, particularly in the electricity market. The report from … Continue reading

Workers are seen here inspecting the damaged Fukushima nuclear plant.

Fukushima Meltdown Hastens Decline of Nuclear Power

4 June, 2012

On May 5, 2012, Japan shut down its Tomari 3 nuclear reactor on the northern island of Hokkaido for inspection, marking the first time in over 40 years that the country had not a single nuclear power plant generating electricity. … Continue reading

The wind-farm on Ovenden Moor near Bradford, West Yorkshire, UK. Photo by Rick Harrison.

Green energy alone won’t save the earth – social change is also needed

17 April, 2012

The most popular techno-fix for global warming is green energy. If energy companies would only deploy wind, hydro, solar, geothermal or nuclear, then emission-intensive fossil fuels will eventually disappear. But will that actually work? A new study by Richard York … Continue reading

wind power under construction

Santa Clara CA Purchases 50 MW Of New Projects Wind Energy

17 February, 2012

Iberdrola Renewables recently announced that it had sold 50 Megawatts to the City of Santa Clara Silicon Valley Power (SVP) from its Manzana Wind Power Project that is still under construction. According the contract Iberdrola will provide 50 MW to … Continue reading

Is tar sands really ethical oil?

The greatest Astroturf of all time – Ethical oil

21 November, 2011

If there’s one thing that makes any environmentalists blood boil, its got to be the practice of “greenwashing” where companies try to sell themselves as “green” when they are anything but. Then there’s “astroturfing” where a PR firm in the … Continue reading

Dozens of environmental activists protested in front of the White House against the proposed Keystone XL oil pipeline that would transport crude oil from western Canada down through the Midwestern region of the US. Photo Credit: Ben Powless.

US Chamber of Commerce Lobby’s For Tar Sand Pipeline

29 September, 2011

The U.S Chamber of Commerce has launched a campaign to lobby for Keystone XL tar sands pipeline. The Partnership to Fuel America is run out of the U.S. Chamber’s Institute for 21st Century Energy, and seems positioned to be the … Continue reading

Laser fusion.

The fifty year wait for nuclear fusion energy is here, honest…

24 September, 2011

Last week the UK firmly threw its hat into the fusion ring with the UK Company AWE joining the National Ignition Facility (NIF) based in the US to push for energy’s Holy Grail: nuclear fusion. If fusion can be harnessed … Continue reading

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