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29-Jun-07

Charity attacks rush for biofuels

"A furious attack on the drive to grow more biofuels has been launched by a charity supporting poor farmers in developing countries."


27-Jun-07

World's first floating wind farm to be built in North Sea

"The world's first floating wind turbine could be up and running in under two years after the German engineering giant Siemens teamed up with a Norwegian energy group yesterday to try to generate electricity in the middle of the...

Category: Energy sources

27-Jun-07

Lethal legacy of tank-busting uranium dust

"Toxic, radioactive dust released from armour-piercing depleted uranium shells lingers for decades in the environment and contaminates land far from where it is used, according to British scientists."

Category: Radiation, Weapons

27-Jun-07

Search for site to take Britain's radioactive waste gets under way

"Cumbria has emerged as the favourite to host nearly 500,000 cubic metres of radioactive nuclear waste"


27-Jun-07

Renewables are not enough, says Shell chief

"The major oil companies have been trumpeting their involvement in biofuels while warning that it will not be possible to meet rising world energy demand without fossil fuels well into the middle of this century"

Category: Energy sources

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