Biogas - a methane-rich fuel made from rotting food waste or sewage - has huge potential as a clean, green fuel for the UK. But a perverse web of subsidies, rules and contracts could mean UK councils are about to kiss goodbye to the real power of waste...
… Biogas: is your council about to waste your waste? David Strahan | 4th August 2009 News WasteAndRecycling Energy Climate Change Biogas Biofuel …
With the 5th International Degrowth Conference taking place next week Spanish Ecologists Professor Joan Martinez Alier and Federico Demaria - both working at the Environmental Science and Technology Institute (ICTA) at the Autonomous University of Barcelona (UAB) - explain why we need a 'less is more' alternative economic model and how the burgeoning Global Environmental Justice movement is a key concept in achieving the only goal that will halt Climate Change.
… Degrowth and the Global Movement for Environmental … in different categories, such as mining, waste disposal, tourism, biodiversity, water … mining and biomass, also in the export of waste, such as the breaking of huge ships on …
'For the rich, much much less, while for the billions who lack the basics: more good food, better housing, abundant clean water...'
… Degrowth and the Green New Deal Gareth Dale | 28th … due to Chernobyl alone, and the problem of waste. Scientists are still stumped by the … problem of warning the creatures approaching waste dumps a hundred thousand years from now. …
Npower, owner of the UK's third largest coal-fired power station, says it will have to black out two million customers if it can't fill this lake with poisonous ash. Paul Kingsnorth investigates
… ash. Paul Kingsnorth investigates As we stand looking out over Thrupp Lake, it begins to … too, was a wildlife-rich lake. Now it is a waste pit, fi lled with hundreds of thousands … the tree line, killed the lake by piping its waste coal ash straight into it. Nine other …
Tom Levitt speaks to one of China's most respected investigative journalists Liu Jianqiang on the rise of environmental activism in China
… Gorges Dam , many people read the article and realised the company had lied. The company … mining, poaching and the dumping of nuclear waste. And it is impacting on all of us NEWS … of 300,000 people NEWS Low-cost e-wasterecycling in China releasing catalogue of …
Two views on form and function in the green building debate that must be sensitive to the local environment and responsive to the local character, cultural diversity and ecology of its place without diluting its uniqueness.
… Energy investigates.jpg Two views on form and function in the green building debate that … mechanical assistance. Water, energy andwaste will all be managed responsibly. Spaces … sustainably and compress agricultural waste straw – without losing food production. …
Growing crops to solve the planet’s energy needs doesn’t work. Recycling the energy in our waste just might have a significant part to play. By Jeremy Smith & Jon Hughes
… Less waste, more speed Jeremy Smith Jon Hughes | … From Nature Climate Change Energy Science And Technology Archive_102.jpg Growing crops … solve the planet’s energy needs doesn’t work. Recycling the energy in our waste just might …
China's coal extraction and consumption peaked years ago and much sooner than anticipated. But the Silk Belt and Road Initiative – a massive foreign investments plan – seems to outsource China's emissions. Just like we in the West did, when we moved production to China. Ecological economists, FEDERICO DEMARIA and JOAN MARTINEZ ALIER report
… SPECIAL REPORT: China has a plan - Peak Coal and the new Silk Road Federico Demaria Joan … Change china .jpg China's coal extraction and consumption peaked years ago and much … conflicts : conflicts surrounding waste incinerators; environmental and …
Paris has been awash with hype about 'CO2 recycling' and 'carbon neutral' or even 'carbon negative' technologies based on burning millions of trees, writes Rachel Smolker. But the alchemical notion that waste carbon can be spun into corporate gold is hitting serious reality checks. It's time to ditch the fantasies and progress the real solutions: like caring for land, soils, forests and grasslands.
… climate technofix: spinning carbon into gold and the myth of 'negative emissions' Rachel … Paris has been awash with hype about 'CO2 recycling' and 'carbon neutral' or even … Smolker. But the alchemical notion that waste carbon can be spun into corporate gold …
China boasts the fastest growing economy in the world. But how to calculate this development’s impact on natural resources, on public health and the environment? Pan Yue sets out the case for green GDP accounting
… Climate Change Climate Change Politics And Economics chinas_growth_MAIN.jpg China … runoff from surrounding farmlands andwaste from nearby chemical plants. Add … energy expenditure, forests, fisheries, recycling, as well as air and water pollution. …
Our sick society and stupid economics are dragging the planet to the edge of apocalypse. Earth’s survival depends on a completely new way of thinking. By Kirkpatrick Sale
… Change Society Archive.jpg Our sick society and stupid economics are dragging the planet … air and water and soil pollution, toxic waste, nuclear energy, resource depletion, … foremost, individual ‘lifestyle’ reforms – recycling, solar panels, rainforest coffees, …
Nuclear energy is essential to preserve the world's biodiversity, according to 69 conservation scientists. But there's a mysterious omission in their analysis, writes Jim Green: nuclear weapons proliferation. And after a major exchange of nuclear bombs, and the 'nuclear winter' that would follow, exactly how much biodiversity would survive?
… Nuclear power and biodiversity - don't forget WMD … land use, safety (fatalities), solid waste, and radiotoxic waste. WMD proliferation … - because its electrorefining-based fuel-recycling system cannot separate weapons-grade …
America's leading scientists communicating the threat of climate change says climate impacts driving increased activism.
… Professor Katharine Hayhoe is visiting the UK and delivering a lecture as part of the … may at 3pm. The lecture is open to the public and can also be watched live online. Nick … sustainable agriculture programmes, food waste reduction, and green buildings and you …
Forget complex, high-end technologies – basic truths and natural, low-carbon materials hold the key to sustainable and truly energy-efficient homes, argues James Hulme
… complex, high-end technologies – basic truths and natural, low-carbon materials hold the key to sustainable and truly energy-efficient homes, argues James … Pavatex boards are made of 95-99 per cent waste wood, bound together by its natural …
Religious values are often consistent with conservation efforts. So it’s not surprising that a variety of religious organisations and conservationists are working together to help mitigate the devastating effects of global climate change, writes CURTIS ABRAHAM
… Can religion help save the planet's wildlife and environment? Curtis Abraham | 27th … tree planting, vegetable gardening andwaste management. Buddha taught the concepts … are plastic-free and segregate waste for recycling. All of them have community clean up …
Even well-meaning efforts to tackle environmental crisis often ignore a basic reality: the profound two-way relationship between economics and ecology.
… two-way relationship between economics and ecology. While millions of climate … cobalt or manganese, with almost zero recycling. Then, there is the environmental … energy; and they limit their flows of waste residues and their extraction of natural …
We need a holistic, material transition towards a circular society.
… way out of climate crisis Hannibal Rhoades Andy Whitmore | 25th May 2021 | News Mining … are recycled and to extract them from mining wasteand landfill in high concentrations. But … growth, making them more circular, less wasteful and more focused on well-being, can …
Electric cars are backed as a climate panacea by the majority, but are there negative impacts we're missing in the rush to electrification?
… It didn’t work. So, in 2007, Eden’s Gus Grand founded the Sexy Green Car Show, deciding … be the only technology, and by 2050 we’ll be recycling lithium from old lithium batteries.’ … is its intermittent nature and the energy wasted by coping with the peaks and troughs of …
We still have hope to achieve net zero emissions, so we really shouldn’t waste our time despairing but hold ourselves accountable every single day.
… net zero emissions, so we really shouldn’t waste our time despairing but hold ourselves … Apply the principles of “reduce, recycle and reuse” to as much as you can. 2 - Monitor … electricity usage, vehicle usage andwaste disposal generate greenhouse gases such …
Instead of dumping carbon deep underground we could be exploring ways to use it and reduce our overall emissions at the same time
… | 17th December 2009 News Carbon Capture And Storage Carbon Renewables Climate Change … such huge quantities of what is essentially a waste product? The answer in most cases in … disposing of carbon. ‘We already have a huge waste problem: imagine what it is going to be …
The Conservative Environment Network launched a new report in Parliament with Sajid Javid. But the paper fails to properly address the issue of climate change and does not even mention fracking, says TIM HOLMES
… report 'fails to drill down into fracking and climate policy' Tim Holmes | 11th … such as cycling, air and water pollution, wasterecyclingand electric cars. Rebecca Pow MP, …
Are they environmental doom-mongering, journalistic hype or the straw that breaks the camel's back? William Laurance examines the complexities of tipping points - those small changes in a natural system that can sometimes provoke sudden and irrevocable collapse
… system that can sometimes provoke sudden and irrevocable collapse Tipping points abound … Nature is often nonlinear. Nature is complex and interconnected. All of these features can … action, consuming the peat and emitting as waste products methane and carbon dioxide – …
Green refurbishments save money and reduce CO2 emissions, helping combat climate change. The challenge is getting people to do them
… Green refurbishments save money and reduce CO2 emissions, helping combat … cost barrier for many people, for a start. And the economic environment is getting more … arguably even greater in the US, where energy wastefulness is the norm and the return on …