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Grassroots action shows new nuclear won't be a pushover

Posted by Richardg — 23 November 2012 at 5:13pm - Comments
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Protestors block the road leading into Hinkley Point

This morning, as the Energy Bill was making headlines, ten people were setting up a non-violent blockade of Hinkley Point nuclear power station. It's a sure sign that building new reactors will be an uphill struggle.

Article tagged as: EDF, hinkley point, Nuclear energy, nuclear power

Polar bear cam - live from the tundra

Posted by Nic S — 21 November 2012 at 1:41pm - Comments

Right now, along the northern coasts of Arctic countries, polar bears are waiting for the sea to freeze before they go out to hunt again. And now, you can see them.

Article tagged as: arctic, bear, buggy, cam, camera, explore.org. polar bears international, footage, live, polar, SaveTheArctic, tundra

Rare white humpback whale filmed in the Arctic

Posted by Nic S — 20 November 2012 at 7:38pm - Comments

The whale, dubbed "Willow", was caught on camera while breaching the surface with a pod of humpbacks. The extremely rare white humpback was spotted on a boat trip off the coast of Svalbard, Norway, in the pristine waters of the Arctic Circle. Willow resembles the mythical white whale, Moby Dick.

Article tagged as: arctic, climate, dick, moby, rare, survival, svalbard, whale, white, wildlife

Facilitating a fair future for fishing

Posted by Willie — 19 November 2012 at 11:38am - Comments

This weekend, an unprecedented meeting took place in Brussels. At first glance it might not seem like much of a big deal - a bunch of fishermen from across Europe getting together in the EU capital . But this was different.

Article tagged as: artisanal fishing, CFP, small-scale fishing

#Energygate: What we found and why it matters

Posted by petespeller — 14 November 2012 at 3:44pm - Comments

Today we’ve exposed explosive evidence of the lengths to which some Conservative Party MPs will go to sabotage progress on climate change. We’ve uncovered a plot to dismantle the Climate Change Act and one Tory MP involved in trying to manipulate a by-election to push his own anti-wind agenda.

Article tagged as: energy, energy bill, energygate, george osborne, john hayes, wind farms, wind power

Why gas is not the solution

Posted by Lawrence Carter — 13 November 2012 at 6:34pm - Comments
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Gas is dirty and expensive. We need clean energy.

The Northamptonshire constituency of Corby may seem a world away from your home and energy bills, but make no mistake, the two are linked.

Our #energygate investigation has revealed the extreme lengths some Tory politicians will go to push their anti-green agenda, including manipulating the Corby by-election.

Article tagged as: climate change, corby, energy, energygate, gas, john hayes

KFC’s sauces aren’t just for chicken. VOTE for the sauce you’d like the Colonel dipped in

Posted by efreeman — 8 November 2012 at 11:52am - Comments

While the US voted, the world held it's breath. But although the US elections are now over, voting is still taking place. And this time you get the chance to take part as polling stations open for The Big Dip’im where KFC’s Colonel Sanders will be plunged into a giant bucket of his own sauce. You get to choose the flavour!

Article tagged as: APP, asia pulp and paper, colonel saunders, deforestation, indonesia, KFC

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