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5-Mar-09

Greenwash: Coal industry tries to hide dirty facts behind 'clean' claims

"Misleading and duplicitous ads on 'clean coal' cannot camouflage the stench of fossil fuels"


26-Feb-09

Indigenous people in legal challenge against oil firms over tar sand project

"Canada's Beaver Lake Cree Nation group say their traditional way of life is being devastated by the rush to extract oil from vast tar sand fields"

Category: Energy sources

26-Feb-09

Miliband denies clash over 'clean coal'

"The climate change secretary confirmed yesterday that he was "hopeful" more than one "clean coal" power station would be piloted, despite the government running a competition to fund only a single demonstration plant. "


26-Feb-09

Carbon capture won't work until 2030, says energy boss

"Sam Laidlaw, chief executive of Centrica, has warned that coal plants fitted with carbon capture storage (CCS) equipment are unlikely to be ready to make big cuts in Britain's emissions before 2030."

Category: Energy sources

26-Feb-09

Bulgaria's nuclear dilemma

"The threat of global warming has given a boost to the nuclear industry in many countries as one way to provide electricity without increasing carbon emissions. But what to do with the nuclear waste, especially the most toxic...


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