Net Zero vs Carbon Neutral. What is the difference? Carbon has been identified as a harmful pollutant that has been proven to cause global warming. While some forms of environmental pollution are still being discovered, most people know the effects…
The Nation That’s Poised to Become a Global Powerhouse Russia is the largest county by land in the world. It is made up of 17 million square kilometres and has 38000 kilometres of coastline. This makes Russia a country which…
In 2018, total energy consumption in the UK reached its highest level since 2013, at 143 million tonnes of oil equivalent. If you’re a retail business, energy costs can eat up a large proportion of your profits. The good news is,…
A new book called The Future We Choose lays out two scenarios for the future: what 2050 looks like if the world continues on the current trajectory of emissions—killer heat waves, food riots, filthy air, the disappearance of coral reefs—and what it…
Warren Buffett, long under pressure from activists to detail how climate change affects his businesses, used part of his annual letter to shareholders to highlight how wind power generated by a Berkshire Hathaway Inc. utility shows the company is reducing its reliance…
The United Kingdom, with its typically unpredictable and rainy climate, may not seem like the ideal setting to produce solar powered energy. However, scientists in Australia claim to have developed technology that can produce solar energy – even when it’s…
The world’s largest private investor, Amazon.com Inc. founder Jeff Bezos has committed $10 billion of his personal wealth to a fund that will invest in companies working on solutions to the climate crisis. Bezos announced the creation of the Breakthrough…
Scottish Power throws down the gauntlet on green power generation and accountability Scottish Power is launching a new tariff in which it guarantees that 100% of the electricity will come from its own renewable energy projects, to mark it out from…
A major new public attitudes survey on fracking reveals very little public support for relaxing the rules and regulations around fracking—a key demand of major shale gas extraction companies. The team, including Professor Lorraine Whitmarsh from Cardiff University, also found…
Quarterly UK Energy Prices The Department for Energy & Climate Change has produced publications for easy reference to reflect prices for Residential and Commercial Energy prices in the UK energy market. Quarterly Energy Prices covers prices to domestic and industrial…