Green activists protest at Australia power plant

Environmental activists have shut down a coal digger at an Australian power station that provides 8 percent of the country’s coal-reliant electricity market, to protest against government climate policies.

Indonesia: APP, Sinar Mas plan to log habitat of critically endangered orangutans

Asia Pulp & Paper and Sinar Mas Group have acquired a license to clear hundreds of hectares of unprotected rainforest near Bukit Tigapuluh National Park on the Indonesian island of Sumatra, report environmental groups who say the activity threatens a population of critically endangered orangutans that have been re-introduced into the wild.

Green Berets: Military Brass Urge American Energy Revolution

Retired military officers are urging the U.S. to get serious about changing the country’s approach to energy use.

CO2 absorption of Europe’s forests in jeopardy

Europe’s forests are an important factor in the CO2 cycle. Woodland accounts for no less than 35 percent of Europe’s surface area and absorbs 10 percent of total CO2 emissions. But the economic crisis could disturb the balance by threatening the wood industry, which is the motor behind sustainable forestry.

Europe’s largest onshore wind farm open and ready to expand

Europe’s largest onshore wind farm, which is already powerful enough to meet Glasgow’s electricity needs, is to expand by more than a third as part of a major green energy initiative by Scottish ministers.

Price of doing nothing costs the earth

MIT scientists forecast a global temperature rise of 5.2C by 2100 – but climate change deniers reject models devised by the world’s finest minds. So what do they suggest instead… seaweed?

Green activists protest at Australia power plant

Environmental activists have shut down a coal digger at an Australian power station that provides 8 percent of the country’s coal-reliant electricity market, to protest against government climate policies.

Indonesia: APP, Sinar Mas plan to log habitat of critically endangered orangutans

Asia Pulp & Paper and Sinar Mas Group have acquired a license to clear hundreds of hectares of unprotected rainforest near Bukit Tigapuluh National Park on the Indonesian island of Sumatra, report environmental groups who say the activity threatens a population of critically endangered orangutans that have been re-introduced into the wild.

Green Berets: Military Brass Urge American Energy Revolution

Retired military officers are urging the U.S. to get serious about changing the country’s approach to energy use.

CO2 absorption of Europe’s forests in jeopardy

Europe’s forests are an important factor in the CO2 cycle. Woodland accounts for no less than 35 percent of Europe’s surface area and absorbs 10 percent of total CO2 emissions. But the economic crisis could disturb the balance by threatening the wood industry, which is the motor behind sustainable forestry.

Europe’s largest onshore wind farm open and ready to expand

Europe’s largest onshore wind farm, which is already powerful enough to meet Glasgow’s electricity needs, is to expand by more than a third as part of a major green energy initiative by Scottish ministers.

Price of doing nothing costs the earth

MIT scientists forecast a global temperature rise of 5.2C by 2100 – but climate change deniers reject models devised by the world’s finest minds. So what do they suggest instead… seaweed?