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Coal power becoming ‘uninsurable’ as firms refuse cover
This The Guardian article discusses why coal power is becoming ‘uninsurable’ as firms refuse cover. US insurers join retreat from European insurers meaning coal projects cannot be built or operated.
The number of insurers withdrawing cover for coal projects more than doubled this year and for the first time US […]
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Report: ‘Black wall’ of redacted pages as UK fracking report finally released
This The Guardian article discusses a report on fracking in Britain that is very heavily redacted. People will wonder why there is so much the government wants to conceal, says Greenpeace.
The government has heavily redacted a secret report into the fracking industry after it was forced to comply with […]
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Scottish Power plans to build solar panels beside windfarms
This The Guardian article discusses how Scottish Power plans to build solar panels beside windfarms. Firm ‘squeezing maximum potential’ from clean energy sources to help UK hit net zero.
Scottish Power plans to squeeze more renewable electricity from its onshore windfarms by […]
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Study: Living near busy road stunts children’s lung growth
This The Guardian article discusses a study that shows that living near busy road stunts children’s lung growth. Research reveals that living in proximity of traffic increases risk of lung cancer by 10%.
Living near a busy road stunts lung growth in children and increases the risk of lung cancer, […]
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How the climate and nature crisis is changing the UK – in photos
This The Guardian photo essay shows how the climate and nature crisis is changing the UK. The UK is one of the most nature-depleted countries in the world. More than 1,000 British species are at risk of extinction. Polls have repeatedly shown that while the British public may be […]
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There’s a new ‘climate denialism’ out there. Conservatives are very good at it
This The Guardian article discusses ‘climate denialism’, which Conservatives are very good at. Boris Johnson’s avoidance of the Channel 4 debate shows how it works: accept the science, but obstruct necessary change.
Tonight, Channel 4 will host the first ever election debate on the climate crisis. All of the major […]
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GM could help cut livestock methane emissions, say scientists
This The Guardian article discusses how genetic modification (GM) could help cut livestock methane emissions. Genetic modification, banned in Europe, could have ‘great potential promise’.
Gene-modifying techniques could reduce the greenhouse gas emissions from livestock, helping to feed the world while combating the climate emergency, scientists have […]
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Clean energy in the United Kingdom – 2 articles
This The Guardian article discusses Scottish Power plans to expand onshore windfarms. Renewable energy giant says it expects Tories to reverse their block on onshore generation. Scottish Power expects the Conservative party’s block on onshore generation to be cast aside in the next parliament due to the growing need for […]
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German wind power blown off course
This article discusses why the German wind industry is having problems. The German government and wind energy industry representatives have been meeting recently to hammer out a way of reinvigorating the sector. But the future of this once thriving industry is blowing in the wind.
Hermann Albers, the president of the German […]
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Report: Far-Right Climate Denial Is Growing in Europe
This The New Republic article discusses why far-right climate denial is growing in Europe. The consternation over wildfires in Spain has made that particularly clear.
Climate change is causing an increase in the number of heat waves and large forest fires in Spain, according to researchers from the […]
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