Energy & Nuclear

According to The Times political editor, Philip Webster, a new generation of nuclear power stations will be built to supply unlimited amounts of electricity to Britian's national grid. "The Cabinet will give the go-ahead for the new building … [Read more...] about New Generation of Nuclear Power Stations for Britain

A draft New Zealand Energy Strategy is dominated by the Government's conviction that climate change (more properly described as "man-made global warming") is happening and that we must develop renewable energy to save New Zealand from disaster. The … [Read more...] about More Examples of Energy Policy Being Strangled by Canutian Climate Control

Such is the power of politics, driven by concerns about global warming, that according to the US-based online journal Grist, the tide has turned against coal and it is now officially “the enemy of the human race” with the states of California, … [Read more...] about What Will Decide The US’s Energy Future?

The Greens have launched their Sun Fund policy in Cairns, which seeks to use the Federal Government's claimed $300 million annual fossil fuels subsidy for renewable energy instead. The Greens believe that this will reduce greenhouse gas emissions … [Read more...] about The Greens ‘Sun Fund’

Summers in Cloncurry seem to last forever and there is always a sunny side to the street, making it an ideal place to become the first town to run entirely on solar power. ABC News: 'Cloncurry set for solar revolution' In 1889, the Queensland town … [Read more...] about Cloncurry to go Solar

The rush for biofuels could harm the world's poorest people, Oxfam has said. In a new report, the UK aid charity appears to be joining a growing chorus of concern about the side-effects of Europe's drive to get fuel from plants. BBC News website: … [Read more...] about Oxfam: Biofuels Could Harm the World’s Poorest People