Blogposts tagged 'Clean Energy'

Taking Control Of Energy In The 21st Century

Publication date:  4 May, 2011

In a speech given at Chatham House on 4 May 2011, Greenpeace UK executive director John Sauven set out the economic and environmental case for a revolution in the UK's approach to building a resilient, efficient and clean energy system.

You download a transcript of the speech, or listen to it below.

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Article tagged as: chatham house, clean energy, climate change, energy, nuclear power, oil, renewable energy

New Greenpeace report digs up the dirt on Internet data centres

Posted by jamess - 21 April 2011 at 12:52pm - 4 Comments
by. Credit: Greenpeace

For most of us, when we think about our environmental footprint, the first things that spring to mind are how to commute to work, the kind of bags we use for food shopping, or the detergents we wash our clothes with. But how often do we consider the energy we use when surfing the web? Or, how much polluting, dirty energy our Facebook profile generates?

Article tagged as: apple, clean energy, climate change, data centers, facebook, google, microsoft

Help save our climate (targets)

Posted by tracy.frauzel - 5 April 2011 at 2:47pm - 61 Comments
wind farm at butterwick
All rights reserved. Credit: © Steve Morgan / Greenpeace

The ongoing problems with the Fukushima nuclear power plant in Japan has prompted many people to question where we get our energy from, now and in the future. The champions of nuclear power say the risks only affect a small number of people and are outweighed by the risks of climate change. So if we can’t burn coal, we must have nuclear power.

Article tagged as: carbon emission targets, clean energy, climate change, coal, energy, fossil fuels, nuclear power

Top 10 things we need to see in the budget to solve our energy problems

Posted by tracy.frauzel - 21 March 2011 at 8:10pm - 8 Comments

The government will present the budget on Wednesday and motorists are hoping George Osborne will make fuel cheaper for them as energy prices soar. While this may ease the wallet squeeze in the short term, the last year has shown us that we are at the mercy of world events for fuel prices – first with BP’s oil spill in the Gulf and now because of unrest in the Middle East. And the consequences of these events are more far reaching than pump prices.

Article tagged as: aviation, budget, clean energy, energy, energy efficiency, fuel duty, green investment, transport

Budget 2011 briefing

Publication date:  29 March, 2011

A briefing prepared in advance of the 2011 UK government budget, explaining how the chancellor's decisions will affect the Green Investment Bank, clean energy schemes, transport solutions and the carbon levy.

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Article tagged as: budget, carbon levy, clean energy, climate change, energy, green investment bank, politics

Japan needs our support

Posted by John Sauven - 16 March 2011 at 6:37pm - 14 Comments

Today many people are struggling to recover from the effects of the earthquakes and tsunami. The focus now for everybody should be on saving lives and supporting people in Japan. Our thoughts are also with the heroic engineers working to reduce the impact of the nuclear accident at Fukushima.

Article tagged as: clean energy, earthquake, emergency, EU, japan, nuclear power, tsunami

Which party will deliver the 'Green New Deal' the country, and climate, needs?

Posted by louise - 26 April 2010 at 4:45pm - 4 Comments
Offshore wind farm © Ian Bramham

Ever since the economy, and public sector investment, hit the buffers in late 2008, our call for government to invest heavily in new clean energy industries has become more important. What's needed is a Green New Deal - a strong green stimulus combined with an active industrial strategy - to create thousands of skilled jobs, secure energy supplies and secure Britain's place in the global clean energy race.

And it's an idea that's very popular with the electorate. A new poll by YouGov for Greenpeace shows a 65% of people demanding increased government investment in new clean energy industries. That figure rises to over 70% in the North East, where many of the jobs would be based.

But will we get it?

 

Article tagged as: clean energy, green new deal, renewable energy

Darling's budget: green shoots but only a little green growth

Posted by jossc - 25 March 2010 at 4:06pm - 0 Comments

The chancellor promises £1bn for clean energy projects, but much more will be needed

Although heavily trailed by the chancellor’s supporters as an environmental budget, in the end it turned out to be a lot less than a comprehensive green win.

Despite Mr Darling’s assurances that he gets the need for tougher carbon reduction targets, he backed away from raising fuel duty and found more money for motorways under pressure from road lobbyists.

Article tagged as: budget, clean energy, defence, environment, green new deal, infrastructure bank, trident
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