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Europe bans bee-harming pesticides

2 May, 2013

Concerns about the dramatic decline in bee populations around the world in recent years has resulted in a continent-wide ban in Europe on insecticides that allegedly causes serious harm to bees. Bees are vital to our ecosystem and food production … Continue reading

Green Party Campaign

UK Greens shift left

10 March, 2013

The Green Party of England and Wales is bucking a trend. While its counterparts in many other countries have moved right, abandoning even the most limited commitment to equality and justice, the UK party has amended its statement of principles … Continue reading

Siemens has produced the world's longest rotor blades for wind turbines. Measuring 75 meters in length, the blades are almost as big as the wingspan of an Airbus A380.

Now that’s huge! Record-breaking wind turbine being built by Siemens

4 August, 2012

German manufactuer Siemens have constructed off-shore wind turbines with record-breaking rotors. These enormous rotor blades are 75 meters long, which makes a single blade almost as big as the wingspan of an Airbus A380. All in all, the gigantic rotor … Continue reading

George Monbiot seems to be lost in the dark...

George Monbiot and the enviro-neocons

3 August, 2012

I’m getting a bit worried about George Monbiot. At one time he was one of the sharpest orators within the left/green environmental movement. But I’ve noticed a distinct change in tone and I fear he might be doing a bit … 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

UK Green Deal

Large scale carbon cutting – is the Green Deal the answer?

10 May, 2012

The Green Deal is a government initiative set to launch in the UK in October of 2012. It is designed to encourage business and home owners to install more green technologies in their offices and homes. Essentially, the Green Deal … Continue reading

Pictured here is Areva chief executive Anne Lauvergeon, also known as ‘Atomic Anne’ in France.

Nuclear Piranhas Eat Their Own

23 January, 2012

We already know that the nuclear industry is quite comfortable colluding with governments to deceive the public or spying on environmental groups so that senior executives are sent to jail or lying to regulators to cover up radioactive leaks that … Continue reading

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Greenpeace activists penetrates French nuclear plant, everyone relieved they weren’t terrorists

7 December, 2011

The other day nine activists from Greenpeace managed to breach the security, infiltrate and hang a banner on one of the reactor buildings at a French nuclear site. According to media reports the police took “several hours” to respond to … 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

bike-lane-crash

Watch: The dangers of only riding in the bike lane in a car-centric world

15 June, 2011

Meet Casey Neistat, a male bicyclist in New York, who got fined $50 for not riding in the bike lane by a police officer. Casey tried to convince the officer that many times it was more safe to ride on … Continue reading

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