Oliver Tickell responds to Greenpeace chief scientist Doug Parr's assertions that using geo-engineering methods to abate climate change are misleading and potentially dangerous.

A new report claims solar PV will dominate global energy industry – and, like IBM's infamous early failure to exploit the emerging PC market, energy utilities look set to miss out.

Environmental activists will try to put the future of coal-fired electricity on trial this week, in a court case that will highlight the growing debate over the UK's energy mix.

Tinkering with our entire planetary system is not a silver bullet. It's an expression of political despair, writes Greenpeace UK's chief scientist Doug Parr

E.ON, the energy company whose plans for Britain's first new coal-fired power station for more than two decades have sparked fierce protests, said yesterday it was considering a £300m investment in building one of the country's biggest biomass power plants.

The long-simmering tensions between Areva and Bouygues erupted in a row over new problems with the French nuclear group's reactor project in Finland, the flagship for French president Nicolas Sarkozy's campaign to make his country the world's leading nuclear technology provider.

A UK fishing boat has been caught on film dumping tons of unwanted fish into the sea. A Norwegian coastguard vessel took video footage of a Shetland boat discarding about 80 per cent of its catch.

Labels stating that tuna is “dolphin-friendly” are misleading consumers into believing that the fish they are eating has been caught using environmentally friendly techniques.

Britain's best-selling brand of tinned tuna is responsible for killing thousands of rare sharks and turtles every year, a new report claims.

Britain's best-selling brand of tinned tuna is responsible for killing thousands of rare sharks and turtles every year, a new report claims.

The Democratic Republic of Congo and the Republic of Congo are losing at least $12m annually in tax avoidance by logging companies, Greenpeace says.

People against Heathrow airport's expansion have met to discuss what to do if it gets the go-ahead to build a third runway and sixth terminal. 

 

Environmental protesters blocked a pipe to a waste water pond at Syncrude Canada Ltd.'s oil sands development in northern Alberta, Greenpeace Canada said Thursday, as the group continues to demand a halt to oil sands production.

The UK's business department, BERR, has been accused of trying to sabotage Europe's rules on renewable energy.

A tiny rectangle superimposed on the vast expanse of the Sahara captures the seductive appeal of the audacious plan to cut Europe's carbon emissions by harnessing the fierce power of the desert sun.