Westmill Solar Farm in the UK. Photo credit: Richard Peat via Flickr. By Phil Foster The news that the UK Government has announced another round of cuts to renewable sources, this time […]
Opinion: Solar subsidy cuts: is the panic justified?
Opinion: Could there be positives to come from the UK’s governments chainsaw attack on green policies
Matt Finch. By Matt Finch In one of the most predictable surprises of the post-election period, the new Conservative government have taken a chainsaw to various green policies, including their very […]
The UK government culls the low carbon sector
Dark clouds looms over UK’s low carbon sector. Photo credit: Rob Faulkner via Flickr. By Anders Lorenzen Last year we wrote that one of the biggest threats to the UK’s effort […]
Opinion: Thousands could lose their job in the UK onshore wind sector due to subsidy cuts
Editors note: In May UK’s Energy and Climate Change Secretary Amber Rudd confirmed that subsidies for onshore wind power would be cut next year, which had been a pre-election promise. Phil Foster. […]
Opinion: Don’t derail onshore wind
Photo credit: Good Energy. By Juliet Davenport Britain has the potential to move away from its heavy reliance on imported fossil fuels with volatile prices and take control of its own energy […]
Opinion: As an environmentalist, why I can’t just endorse the Green Party
The leader of the Green Party Natalie Bennett. Photo credit: Brainfloat via Flickr. By Anders Lorenzen Political movements are changing and being shaped at a fast pace in the UK. Behind this […]
Video: British broadcaster Jon Snow ask where climate change is in the UK election
Jon Snow. Photo credit: Chatham House via Flickr. Esteemed veteran news anchor at the UK’s Channel Four News, has asked why climate change has barely featured in the UK general election. In […]
Labour pledges to tackle climate change in Green Plan
Labour’s Green Plan would protect onshore wind power. Here a wind farm in Whitelee, Scotland. Photo credit: Worklife Siemens via Flickr. By Anders Lorenzen UK’s main opposition party, Labour, has unveiled an […]
What should the next UK government do on cleantech?
UK Prime Minister David Cameron speaking at the Clean Energy Ministerial in London in 2012. Photo credit: Emma Blackman / DECC via Flickr. By Anders Lorenzen As the UK heads to the […]
Opinion: To protect the environment, the UK must stay in the EU
EU’s climate chief Miguel Arias Canete. Photo credit: Partido Popular de Cantabria via Flickr. By Stephen Tindale Europe will be an issue in May’s General Election. Nigel Farage will make […]
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