UK businesses set to be questioned on EU green policies
The government has launched a consultation into the EU’s guidelines on the environment and climate change, and will ask businesses how these rules have affected their work. The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) and the Department for Energy and Climate Change (DECC) will be asking industries,...
Intensive lobbying for tar sands taking place in Europe
Canada is lobbying to make oil sands – an energy extraction method that is far more polluting than conventional techniques – accessible to Europe. But according to a leading scientist, this would mean “game over” for the climate. Professor James Hansen, who recently stepped down from his role at...
Report says UK dominates offshore wind market
The World Wind Energy Association (WWEA) has published its 2012 report on wind power’s growth, and says the UK currently dominates the offshore sector with a 74% stake in the market. However, the study shows that global wind power capacity’s 19.2% growth in 2012 was the lowest annual rate...
Energy bill to be reviewed by MPs in June
The government’s energy bill will enter its report stage on June 3 and 4, with MPs given the chance to have their say on how the UK goes forward in the energy sector. The stage will include a vote on whether to incorporate a 2030 decarbonisation target – something...
BP calls on prime minister for help on spiralling Deepwater Horizon fees
Oil giant BP has called on David Cameron to help it get on top of the spiralling compensation costs in relation to the Deepwater Horizon spill. According to the BBC, the firm is concerned about the increasing legal fees it has been dealt for what happened in the Gulf...
Desertec solar project to be sidelined, says German broadcaster
Plans to secure 20% of Europe’s energy needs from a huge network of solar farms across the north African desert appear to have been shelved. The Desertec Initiative, a $400 billion project to export generated solar energy from Middle Eastern and north African deserts over to Europe, was once...
Energy minister Michael Fallon: legislation will help ‘responsible’ fracking
The government will look to accelerate oil and shale gas development “in a responsible way”, according to energy minister Michael Fallon. He was speaking at the first meeting of the all-party parliamentary group on unconventional gas and oil, which aims to explore unconventional oil and gas exploration and development....
97% of scientists agree that climate change is human-caused
A survey of over 4,000 peer-reviewed scientific papers has found almost unanimous consensus that humans are responsible for rising temperatures. Skeptical Science founder John Cook led the study, called Quantifying the consensus on anthropogenic global warming in the scientific literature, with colleagues at the University of Queensland, Australia. His...
China among six nations to be made Arctic Council observers
China, Japan and South Korea are among six countries that have this week been granted observer status within intergovernmental group the Arctic Council. The organisation, whose only members are Iceland, Norway, Russia, Canada, Denmark, Finland, Sweden and the US, has previously not allowed non-northern regions to join. But the...
London could experience major flooding every decade as ice melts
Melting ice sheets and glaciers could add up to 36.8cm to sea levels by the year 2100, scientists have warned. A group of experts from 24 European institutions, known as Ice2sea, has generated some of the most accurate figures on the impacts of rising sea levels caused by melting...
Leonardo DiCaprio art auction raises $38.8m for wildlife conservation
Hollywood actor Leonardo DiCaprio has raised $38.8m (£25.5m) through a charity art auction event, as the rich and famous bid dug deep to help fund environmental causes. The Telegraph reported how the Titanic star had been gathering artwork from artists and collectors in the months leading up to the event....
Brazil hydropower potential linked to Amazon conservation
Deforestation of the Amazon rainforest may significantly decrease the amount of electricity produced from hydropower in the region, scientists have warned. A new study published in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Science, shows that rainforests are crucial in generating hydroelectricity by providing the rainfall, streams and...
UK could say no to long-term vehicle emissions target
The government has contested an EU proposal for a tougher 2025 emissions target for motor vehicles, because it believes that this will delay earlier targets in 2015 and 2020. Lib Dem MEP Fiona Hall proposed to Europe that a target for 2025, which would prevent cars from emitting more...
Renewables trade body disappointed with new biomass development cap
Government plans to introduce a cap on new biomass developments to limit public spending are “not without risk”, according to trade body the Renewable Energy Association (REA). Despite its engagement with the Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) over establishing an effective process to implement a 400 megawatt...
Stark warnings from experts on the consequences of climate change
Hundreds of millions of people will become displaced from their homes because of climate change, while the populations of one-third of common land animals will severely decline, experts have said. Economist Lord Stern, who seven years ago led the writing of a government-commissioned review of climate change, has warned...
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