The controversy surrounding the use of biofuels (fuels derived from vegetable crops) gained extra ammunition last week when a report produced by British Members of Parliament (MPs) concluded that biofuels can ‘do more harm than good’ to...
Author - Antonio Pasolini
A report co-written by a Worldwatch Institute senior fellow says that “China will likely achieve—and may even exceed—its target to obtain 15 percent of its energy from renewables by 2020”. If China’s commitment to...
I came across this interview with author John Naish, whose book Enough, described as a future-proof guide to consumption, has just been released on Hodder and Staughton. I have to admit to having become somewhat skeptical about the plethora of...
The old saying ‘come rain or come sunshine’ was given a ‘renewable energy’ meaning this week as a scientific magazine reported that rain, like sunlight but on a much smaller scale, has the potential to generate electric...
Electricity from solar power stations located in desert areas and biofuels produced from algae could play key roles in reducing the climate impact of cars, ships, trains and planes, said Dr. Nasir El Bassam, an expert in clean transportation who was...
