By Derek Leahy UXBRIDGE (ONT), CANADA – Last Saturday (Jan. 26th) I did something I have never done before. I participated in my very first tar sands action in Canada. I have […]
Guest blog: Ontario’s Chance. Ontario’s Choice
Post Sandy, Boston prepares for climate change
Sargents Wharf, Boston during Sandy. Photo: Matt Conti. UK Exclusive: In the wake of the devastating Hurricane Sandy that wrecked large parts of the US east coast, one of the main talking […]
Event review: A brighter, cleaner, community owned energy future IS possible
The Panel. Photo: Simon Scarfe. By Anders Lorenzen To anyone who regularly follows this blog it can come to no big surprise that I see great economic, social and environmental benefits in […]
The UK sits comfortable at the crown of offshore wind
The world largest offshore wind farm, the UK’s London Array. By Anders LorenzenFindings in a report recently released by the European Wind Energy Association (EWEA) shows optimistic outlooks for the European offshore […]
Guest blog: Exploring the visual impact of wind farms on landscape
Straw bales and wind turbines share the rural countryside near Somerton in Norfolk By Colin Cafferty East Anglia lies at the heart of a heated debate on the expansion of onshore wind […]
Hedegaard appeals to member states to support back-loading
By Anders Lorenzen The carbon price at the EU’s Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS) yesterday fell to an all time low at just €2.81, fuelling questions about the systems capability to reduce CO2 […]
Analysis: Obama acknowledges climate change in his inauguration speech
Obama takes oath at yesterdays inauguration. By Anders Lorenzen As President Barack Obama was yesterday officially sworn in for his second term as the 44th President of the USA, he gave the […]
Editorial: Lets move on from the UK Met Office statistics saga and get back to the task in hand of fighting climate change
We’re still on course to catastrophic climate change. By Anders Lorenzen One certainty in the world of climate science is that climate sceptics are constantly looking for gaps in how climate science […]
While Australia burns the climate debate reappears
By Anders LorenzenAs Australia battles forest fires and new temperature records as a result of extreme hot weather, the topical question is, yet again, whether this extreme weather is being caused by […]
2013 could be a bright year for renewable energy
Construction of the Anholt offshore wind farm in Denmark By Anders Lorenzen 2012 was dominated by a lot of uncertainty in the renewable energy sector, but there is general optimism within the […]
A greener life, a greener world 