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Your questions answered on solar electricity

Why is Greenpeace Campaigning for Solar Power? Greenpeace is campaigning to introduce solutions, which over time will end the use of fossil fuels - the major cause of climate change. Solar electric panels can generate pollution-free electricity in our towns and cities. The handful of buildings in the UK currently using solar electricity could, with Government and industry support, become millions.

Solar electric (photovoltaic or 'PV') panels produce electricity directly from sunlight, the Earth's primary source of energy. Despite its rainy climate the UK would get 2/3 of its electricity from solar if all suitable roofs were equipped with solar panels i . Even on overcast days there is enough diffuse daylight for solar electric panels to generate some electricity.

If it were possible to harness all the sunlight that hits the UK in one average day it would be enough to fulfil the whole of the UK's electricity needs for 2 whole years ii .

If you want to solarise your home these are the people who can do it.

Two months on after the publication of the three safety reports

Dear Chief Inspector,
We are writing to you in advance of British Nuclear Fuel's (BNFL's) report to you on the adoption of the Nuclear Installations Inspectorate (NII) recommendations contained in the NII report entitled "An investigation into the falsification of pellet diameter data in the MOX Demonstration Facility at the BNFL Sellafield site and the effect of this on the status of MOX fuel in use", UK Nuclear Installations Inspectorate, February 18th 2000...

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Fatal shortcomings in the NII's investigation into BNFL falsification of mox fuel data

A modern myth based on pseudo-science

The history of whaling in the 20th century demonstrates clearly that whales need special protection from trade pressures. The relentless erosion of whale populations by the whaling industry in the first half of this century led to the formation of the International Whaling Commission (IWC) in 1946.