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?

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We're fracking George Osborne's village green!

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...
Posted by kcumming - 4 March, 2013 - 12:50

We are all No Dash for Gas

Twenty-one people took direct action to stop the dash for gas and got slapped with a £5m lawsuit. Here’s how you can help them fight back.On a rainy Sunday...
Posted by jamie - 27 February, 2013 - 15:10

The Battle for Britain has begun.

Was it when Chancellor George Osborne called us the environmental Taliban? When he announced he wanted to build 40 new gas-fired power stations and turn the...
Posted by kcumming - 12 February, 2013 - 16:15

The Energy Bill: decarbonising power by 2030

A joint briefing from Greenpeace, Friends of the Earth, RSPB, WWF and the Association for the Conservation of EnergyThe Energy Bill will shape the energy...
Posted by jamie - 19 December, 2012 - 16:30

The alternative Autumn Statement

This morning, the Chancellor George Osborne gave his Autumn Statement. People on Twitter say he's launched a dash for gas that would wreck our climate targets...
Posted by Richardg - 5 December, 2012 - 15:34

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