reports

Publication date: July 2002

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The Government urgently needs to find alternatives to oil, coal and gas to help stop global warming. The options are building more nuclear power stations or using renewable energy from the wind, waves and sun.

The decision should be easy. Renewable energy is affordable, safe and clean and the UK has some of the best renewable energy resources in Europe. Wind power at sea alone could meet our electricity needs three times over and bring thousands of jobs to the UK.

Publication date: July 2002

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Britain stands at a crossroads in energy policy. One direction leads to more nuclear power stations. The other leads towards the sustainable exploitation of energy from the wind, waves and sun.

Double standards in UK energy exports.

Publication date: July 2002

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Export credit agencies (ECAs) of developed countries are increasingly responsible for financing the infrastucture requirements of developing countries. This has significant implications for the global climate, as choices made now will determine the energy pathway of a country for the next 30-40 years.

How offshore wind in East Anglia could supply a quarter of UK electricity needs

Publication date: July 2002

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Today (4th July) the Government will announce plans for how our worsening radioactive waste crisis that has accumulated over 50 years is to be managed.

Publication date: 1 July 2002

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Almost 90 per cent of Britain's hazardous nuclear waste stockpile is so badly stored it could explode or leak with devastating results at any time, reported The Observer newspaper on Sunday 30th June 2002.

Publication date: June 2002

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The Basingstoke incinerator, which is due to completed in October, will burn ninety thousand tonnes of household rubbish every year. It is one of three currently under construction in Hampshire and will burn municipal waste from the north of the county. It is owned and will be operated by French waste disposal company Onyx.

Publication date: June 2002

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Forest crime files