Energy

Who Are the Dirty Dozen Banks?

Posted by Greenpeace UK - 28th June 2018
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Who are the Dirty Dozen banks, and why is Greenpeace putting them on a global petition to supporters worldwide? Greenpeace is asking these banks to make stronger commitments when it comes to the financing of tar sands pipelines. For some, that means taking the obvious step of committing to… Read More

Climate leaders don’t build tar sands pipelines

Posted by Hannah Martin - 19th June 2018
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The entrance to the Canadian High Commission in Trafalgar Square was been blocked by Greenpeace campaigners who built a huge oil pipeline around the building.

You may have seen the news recently that Justin Trudeau has gone hell for leather and committed to a bail-out for the controversial Trans Mountain Expansion Project – a tar sands pipeline due to be built in Canada.  The Canadian Finance Minister, under pressure from Kinder Morgan,… Read More

Stop the nuclear bailout!

Posted by Flo Stuart-Leach - 8th June 2018
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This week Greg Clark, minister for energy, confirmed in Parliament that he is in talks to spend taxpayers’ money to bail out a nuclear power station in Anglesey, Wales. Although he wouldn’t reveal it, we know the total cost of Wylfa is set to… Read More

Here’s how we can stop another terrible nuclear deal

Posted by Mal Chadwick - 18th May 2018
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An illustration of the new Wylfa nuclear power station planned for Anglesey, in Wales.

It’s like history is repeating itself. After years of delays and rocketing budgets, the next wave of new nuclear plants is in serious trouble. Hitachi are demanding public money to build the new Wylfa nuclear plant on Anglesey. And we’re hearing that the government could be about to… Read More

Oil companies are trying to drill in our national parks. Again.

Posted by Mal Chadwick - 16th March 2018
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A few years ago, fossil fuel companies were banned from fracking in Britain’s national parks. Now they’re back. A handful of companies want to start a shale oil rush in southeastern England, using diluted acid to dissolve the rocks and… Read More

How we can use wind power when there’s no wind

Posted by Mal Chadwick - 12th January 2018

Anyone who’s a fan of clean energy has heard the argument that “the wind doesn’t always blow and the sun doesn’t always shine”. This is called ‘intermittency’ – the idea that you might not get a constant flow of power from a particular source. All energy sources are intermittent (… Read More