Energy

Reducing CO2 emissions from energy generation is key to tackling climate change. Over the coming years, the UK's ageging coal, gas and nuclear power stations will need replacing and we have to decide what comes next. Do we want a clean energy future and a thriving green economy or do we rebuild the expensive, polluting energy dinosaurs?

We're campaigning for a clean energy future. A stronger green economy with new jobs and growth. Clean, efficient renewable energy and to end CO2 emissions from electricity generation.

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The Arctic is under threat from oil drillers

Shell: a walking PR disaster

Thanks to all those who attended Shell’s web chat yesterday.We were there too and thought the chat did little to dispel the company’s growing reputation as a...
Posted by vickywyatt - 19 August, 2011 - 15:29
North Sea drilling platform Neddrill 7, co-chartered by Shell and Esso (1991)

Shell: "Something has gone wrong here"

Shell has apologised for the North Sea oil spill and for its own lack of transparency saying: "The fact is something has gone wrong here, so whatever risk...
Posted by bex - 18 August, 2011 - 15:55 -
North Sea drilling platform Neddrill 7, co-chartered by Shell and Esso (1991)

Questions to ask about Shell's Arctic oil drilling plans

What does the ongoing North Sea oil spill say about Shell's plans to open up the Arctic, where an accident would be all but impossible to clean up? Especially...
Posted by ben - 16 August, 2011 - 14:42 -
Shell/Esso's Kittiwake platform, North Sea

Shell less than transparent about worst UK oil spill in a decade

As I write, Shell is working to contain an oil spill off the Aberdeenshire coast that is already, reportedly, the worst spill in UK waters for over a decade....
Posted by bex - 15 August, 2011 - 13:52 -

Taking Control Of Energy In The 21st Century

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...
Posted by jamie - 5 May, 2011 - 17:20
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