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A haunting postcard from Pripyat
While on assignment in Chernobyl with Bob Simon’s 60 Minutes team, cameraman Danny Cooke captured striking, eerie footage of abandoned towns. Places where people once lived, played and worked are now rusted ruins — relics of a time before the meltdown and
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Behind Energy survey: “Italians’ attitudes to energy”
Italians increasingly concerned about energy issues and environment: majority of italians say oil is expensive and the cause of war while 3 out of 4 think pollution is one of the primary causes of death. Behind Energy, a new site
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Solar and wind energy start to win on price vs. conventional fuels
In the United States the cost of providing electricity from wind and solar power plants has plummeted over the last five years, so much so that in some markets renewable generation is now cheaper than coal or natural gas. Experts and executives caution
Read MoreDon’t worry, drive on: Fossil Fools & Fracking Lies
The Post Carbon Institute says we’ve seen a spate of assertions that peak oil is a worry of the past thanks to so-called “new technologies” that can tap massive amounts of previously inaccessible stores of “unconventional” oil. “Don’t worry, drive
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Energy Test
How much do you know about energy? Answer our quick test to gauge your level of knowledge!
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The China-US climate change agreement is a step forward for green power relations
The China-US joint climate change agreement is a full pendulum swing back from the failures of five years ago. Now the two countries have announced unilateral measures to reduce their greenhouse gas emissions by 2030. Significantly, China agreed to slow and then stop
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Storify about EU green light to subsidies for Hinkley Point nuclear plant
Read the main tweets on Storify about European commission approves Hinkley Point nuclear subsidy deal. Source: Storify Date: October 2014
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Huge subsidies for Hinkley Point nuclear power station
On 8 October 2014, the European Commission gave the green light to the massive state aid that the UK government wants to give for a new nuclear power station at Hinkley Point in Somerset. Votes were expressed against the decision
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EU approves Hinkley Point nuclear power station as costs raise by £8bn
The European commission in October gave Britain the green light for a huge government subsidy that will open the way for the first atomic power stations to be built for nearly 20 years. The ruling was welcomed by ministers and the
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Rockefeller heirs join pledge to divest $50 billion from fossil fuels
The Global Divest-Invest coalition announced the new entry: the Rockefellers heirs. Since the divestment movement launched three years ago, some 650 individuals and 180 institutions, including 50 new foundations, which hold over $50 billion in total assets, pledged to divest from
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