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A quick recipe for producing hydrogen by speeding up a chemical reaction that occurs in rocks holds out the promise of abundant clean energy in the future, experts believe. Researchers added aluminium to the natural “serpentinisation” process and found they could liberate hydrogen up to 50 times faster. Scaling up Read more
Lewis Brown is Digital Communications Manager at the Centre for Policy Studies Record levels of air pollution meant the Shanghai Environmental Protection Bureau was forced to close factories, curb car use and suggest that children stay indoors on Friday. It was just the latest in a series of worrying smog Read more
The German online FOCUS news magazine has a short article on the results of a climate survey conducted by the ISOE – Institute for Social-Ecological Research of people in the German financial capital of Frankfurt. The institute surveyed 1000 people on climate and facets of their day-to-day lifestyles like mobility Read more
Britain’s unilateral carbon tax should be scrapped before it causes blackouts, pushes up household bills and makes the UK uncompetitive, ScottishPower argues. Keith Anderson, chief corporate officer, warns that the “carbon price floor” (CPF), which taxes companies for burning fossil fuels, will make Britain’s remaining coal plants “largely uneconomic by Read more
A meeting of the five polar bear range states closed on Friday in Moscow but not before government delegates ousted journalists and representatives of green NGOs. About 20 people were barred from the meeting. Despite the fact that the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) apparently provided a significant portion of the Read more
Prices paid in the UK to solar and wind generators will change to favour offshore wind at the expense of the others. Jim Platt warns that the policy is doomed to failure – offshore wind is just too expensive, and likely to remain so. Building things in the middle of Read more
DEVELOPERS behind a controversial wind farm refused permission by ministers last year have scaled down their plans drastically and re-submitted them for planning approval. The original proposal was for 30 turbines near the village of Spittal in Caithness, but the new proposal is for just seven in the area. Local Read more
Wind firm in fresh attempt to put turbines on rejected site David Ross Highland Correspondent DEVELOPERS behind a controversial wind farm refused permission by ministers last year have scaled down their plans drastically and re-submitted them for planning approval. The original proposal was for 30 turbines near the village of Read more