President Obama has used his State of the Union Address to emphasise the White House’s commitment to tackling climate change and transitioning the United States to a country less reliant on fossil fuels, regardless of…
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Are Market Distortions Inflating Our Gas Bills?
There are fears that irregularities in the market price of gas my lead to higher household bills in the UK, following revelations that the fuel is often exported even when the wholesale price is higher…
Neonicotinoids Named a Threat to Bees
In the face of rapidly declining bee populations, both B&Q and Wickes have pledged to stop stocking products containing neonicotinoids, a form of insecticide which has been long suspected of contributing to colony collapse disorder…
Adding Mineral Olivine to Oceans Could Reduce Emission Levels by 10%
A study led by the Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research has suggested that adding of mineral dust to the ocean as a means of carbon sequestration could help combat global warming. But…
UK Companies in Favour of Decarbonisation Says Davey
Energy and climate secretary, Ed Davey, has claimed that the “vast majority” of the UK’s companies would welcome targets set by the government for the decarbonisation of the electricity sector, with only “one or two”…
As Much As Half of the World’s Food Goes to Waste
Roughly two billion tonnes of food is wasted every year according to a report from the UK’s institution of Mechanical of Engineers (IMechE). Amongst the key factors cited as contributing to the figure are poor…
Farmers Turn to GM Crops in Face of Weather Extremes
British farmers are now looking to genetically modified crops as a way to safeguard against extreme weather, following a year which saw both prolonged droughts and record breaking rainfall. 2012 was the wettest year since…
Coal Set to Overtake Oil by 2022
A report from the International Energy Agency (IEA) has claimed that over the next decade coal will replace oil as the world’s leading source of energy. Growing demand in highly populous countries such as China…
Think Tank Finds Turning Away From Gas Will Boost Economy
According to the Cambridge Econometrics think tank, the UK would be £20bn better off in 2030 by focusing on offshore wind farms as a means of replacing aging power plants, as opposed to increasing gas…
Africa’s Biggest Power Plant to Built in Ghana
Ghana is to see a significant rise in energy capacity, as well as the creation of hundreds of jobs, thanks to the building of the continent’s largest solar power plant. A British company, Blue Energy,…
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