Imagine a wind turbine so big that it would take Usain Bolt 19.32 seconds to run across the 200m diameter of its blades (before plunging tragically into the sea). This is what wind manufacturer Dong says will help bring the cost of offshore wind down to below that of new gas-fired power stations (the size of the blades, not Bolt’s premature demise).
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7 March 2013 at 3:15pm -
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When Shell opened their annual wine and dine reception at the National Gallery last night, we made sure their exclusive invitees were treated to a evening of fine works of art in oil. Shell have had a disastrous year, so we captured the drama on canvas.
Shell may have paused Arctic drilling for this year, but we're not going away until the Arctic is safe for good.
We've gatecrashed Shell's swanky party at the National Gallery (for the second year running). This time, we've helped Shell launch a new art exhibit, Annus Horribilis: New works in oil. Shell may have put its Arctic ambitions on hold but we won't stop until the frozen North is put out of their reach.
After nearly two years of campaigning by more than 526,000 of you
across the planet, VW has turned away from the Dark Side and committed
to make cleaner and more efficient cars.
That means VW will also meet strong EU CO2 reduction targets.
This
is big, because using less oil means less pollution, less impact on the
climate and less pressure on vulnerable places like the Arctic.
After nearly 2 years and 520,683 people pressuring VW, they've finally agreed to make cleaner and more efficient cars. VW announced that it will meet new EU car efficiency targets for 2020. That means its entire fleet will average 95g/km (about 4 litres/100km) per vehicle by 2020. VW is Europe’s biggest car-maker, the seconde biggest in the world, so this is big news. Using less oil means less pollution, less impact on the climate and less pressure on vulnerable places like the Arctic. Here's how you made it happen...
In the last couple of weeks, more than 29,000 people have emailed their MPs telling them to sign the green jobs amendment in the up coming Energy Bill, creating a target for almost zero-carbon electricity by 2030. Currently 272 MPs have shown support for the amendment but some Lib Dems have responded with excuses as to why they cannot support the target despite it being their own party’s policy. The Lib Dems could really save the Energy Bill, so here we debunk the claims to help you keep talking to them.
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4 March 2013 at 12:50pm -
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Under the guise of newly-formed fracking company
Frack & Go, we've arrived en masse in the picturesque town of
Knutsford in George Osborne’s Tatton constituency, to give local
people a taste of what might happen if George gets his dash for gas and
fracking goes ahead locally.
An unexpected thing happened last night: One of the biggest oil companies in the world -- Shell -- made a big decision acknowledging that the oil industry cannot operate safely in the Arctic. A decision that means one year of relief for the people and wildlife of the Arctic.
