Energy & Nuclear

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

Energy savings in UK households could be up to 30% lower than previously thought, jeopardising efforts to cut the nation's carbon dioxide emissions. The UK Energy Research Centre (UKERC) blamed the miscalculation on "rebound effects" from … [Read more...] about Less is More

Earlier this year, ex-prime minister Tony Blair signed up to the EU target of 20 per cent of all European energy to come from renewable sources by 2020. New prime minister Gordon Brown is now likeky to be advised that the target is too expensive and … [Read more...] about UK to Abandon Renewable Energy Targets?

I can’t work out whether ‘the environment’ is more or less important as an issue in Australia this federal election. Both the Coalition and ALP have agreed to allow a pulp mill to be built in Tasmania, both are hell bent on buying back water … [Read more...] about Election 07 in Australia and The Environment

The Kansas Department of Health and Environment yesterday became the first government agency in the United States to cite carbon dioxide emissions as the reason for rejecting an air permit for a proposed coal-fired electricity generating plant, … [Read more...] about Kansas Rejects Coal-Fired Power Plant due to CO2 Emissions