Discarded plastic transforms a vista where every prospect used to please. Image: By Antoine GIRET on Unsplash This article first appeared on the www.climatenewsnetwork.net website  by Tim Radford In a throwaway world, some discards are forever. New research measures the crisis of the world’s waste plastic. Without immediate, sustained and concerted action worldwide, the flow of waste plastic [...]

Nuclear power station at Hunterston in Scotland. Image: By Jonathon champton at English Wikimedia This article first appeared on the www.climatenewsnetwork.net website By Paul Brown UK wind energy is forced to shut down to let more expensive nuclear stations go on operating at full power. The United Kingdom’s nuclear industry is hindering the use of wind [...]

Dredger at work in the Bristol Channel. Image: By Ben Salter, via Wikimedia Commons This article first appeared on the www.climatenewsnetwork.net website by Paul Brown Arguments over where to dump huge amounts of potentially radioactive mud are now ensnarling the UK’s nuclear plans. Vast quantities of mud, which campaigners say may contain radioactive particles, are the [...]

­­­­ Ireland’s peat bogs have historically added to its greenhouse gas emissions. Image: By Jon Sullivan (public domain), via Wikimedia Commons This article first appeared on the www.climatenewsnetwork.net website By Kieran Cooke Often called the Emerald Isle, Ireland prides itself on its green image – but the reality has been rather different. A predominantly rural country [...]

BP’s downgrade could bring sunset closer for fossil fuels. Image: By Zbynek Burival on Unsplash  This article first appeared on the www.climatenewsnetwork.net website By Kieran Cooke It’s all change as one oil major writes down its assets, seeing a possible 30-year slump ahead in global demand. This week, BP, one of the so-called super oil majors, said it was writing [...]

Taking no chances: Flower power backs up wind energy. Image: By Gustavo Quepón on Unsplash This article first appeared on the www.climatenewsnetwork.net website By Kieran Cooke At a casual glance, you could be forgiven for thinking that fossil fuels are here to stay for a long time yet, although not everything on the horizon is rosy. The world, admittedly, [...]

  A wandering albatross has an average wingspan of over three metres. Image: By Fer Nando on Unsplash This article first appeared on the www.climatenewsnetwork.net website by Tim Radford From the deep Mediterranean marine mud to the desolate beaches of the Southern Ocean, plastic waste now gets everywhere. The throwaway society now has a global reach. British and German [...]

By Stewart Dalby Time was IGas Energy’s story was one of a small conventional UK oil and gas producer. It also had potentially great value upside through its large unconventional shale holdings throughout the UK.  Now, with the so-called shale revolution on hold because of a government-imposed moratorium in 2019, we are looking at how [...]

  The Sizewell B station, due to close in the 2030s. Image: By John Fielding, via Wikimedia Commons This article first appeared on the www.climatenewsnetwork.net website by Paul Brown Sea level rise may consign the planned UK site for two large nuclear reactors to vanish beneath the waves. Controversial plans by the French nuclear giant EDF [...]

Time marches on: Coal gas went in the 1970s; natural gas will follow soon. Image: By Ellievking1, via Wikimedia Commons This article first appeared on the www.climatenewsnetwork.net Website This story is published as part of Covering Climate Now, a global journalism collaboration strengthening coverage of the climate story. By Paul Brown Committed to a carbon-free future by 2050, [...]