Environmental blog with a focus on climate change.
Cuadrilla’s fracking site pictured in 2011. Photo credit: Justin Woolford via Flickr. By guest contributor Damien Clarkson At the end of January Lancashire County Council will decide whether Cuadrilla can resume its […]
An artists impression of a grid-tied battery storage system. Photo credit: A123 Systems. By Anders Lorenzen Renewable energy enthusiasts, myself included, are championing the idea that we can have a future energy […]
George Osborne. Photo credit CBI via Flickr. By Anders Lorenzen In December 2014, the UK Chancellor George Osborne declared in his annual autumn statement further support for the suffering North Sea oil […]
Color-coded map which displays global temperature anomaly data from 2014. Photo credit: NASA’s Goddard Space Center. On Friday the US government bodies National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and the National Aeronautics […]
Pope Francis. Photo credit: Korean Culture and Information Service. By guest contributor Malee Oot Since being elected to the position of Supreme Pontiff in March, 2013, Argentine-born Pope Francis has shaken things […]
The Crescent Dunes concentrated solar project in Nevada, US. Photo credit: Matt Hintsa via Flickr. By Anders Lorenzen After two years of declining investment, 2014 became the year when renewables kicked back and […]
Photo credit: John Rushing / Al Jazeera America. An Al Jazeera America documentary premiering in the US tomorrow will highlight the safety issues for the workers at the Bakken Shale formation located […]
An ice stupa under construction; up to five stupas will be built this winter but villagers hope eventually to have 80. Photo credit: Ice Stupa Artificial Glacier Project. By Joydeep Gupta, China […]
Photo credit: Gerry Machen – via Flickr. By Anders Lorenzen As the UK government desperately tries to attract shale gas companies to the country by offering them generous tax breaks, David Cameron […]
Extreme weather events across the planet became one of the dominating news stories of 2014. Photo credit: Reuters / China Daily. 2014 literally started with a storm. ‘Dreadful’, ‘heartbreaking’ and ‘devastating’ were […]
A greener life, a greener world 