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1-Nov-07

UK energy savings 'miscalculated'

"Energy savings in UK households could be up to 30% lower than previously thought, jeopardising efforts to cut the nation's carbon dioxide emissions."


1-Nov-07

How will we be living in 2022?

"Alison Benjamin looks at gadgets and ideas for living a low-carbon lifestyle in the not-so-distant future"


31-Oct-07

Uganda 'averts tragedy' with reversal of decision to clear virgin forest for biofuel

"Conservationists have hailed a decision by the Ugandan government to drop plans that would have allowed a private company to grow sugar cane for biofuel production on a protected forest reserve."


30-Oct-07

Mud, sweat and tears

"The vast tar sands of Alberta in Canada hold oil reserves six times the size of Saudi Arabia's. But this 'black gold' is proving a mixed blessing for the frontier town of Fort McMurray, fuelling both prosperity and misery. As...

Category: Energy sources

28-Oct-07

Biofuels 'crime against humanity'

"A United Nations expert has condemned the growing use of crops to produce biofuels as a replacement for petrol as a crime against humanity."


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