UK renewable energy target likely to be missed
While UK figures for renewable energy reached record levels last year, officials still believe the 2020 national renewable energy targets will be missed. Government figures show 33% of electricity produced in the UK in 2018 was renewable, new Government figures show, up 2.9% on 2017, driven by growth in oil, wind, solar, bioenergy, and waste. […]
From big screen to big changes – how a movie moved citizens to action against climate change
Movie-goers need no telling that this week sees the launch of the sequel to one of this century’s most talked-about Oscar-winning films. The significance of the unlikely Hollywood blockbuster, whose legacy today is still reverberating across the globe, should not be underestimated. An Inconvenient Truth charted the warnings about climate change and its imminent threat […]
Statistics from DECC show increase in electricity generated from wind power
Statistics released by the Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) show that 9% of the UK’s electricity was generated from renewable sources from July to September last year. This is a 1% increase for the same time frame in 2010. The statistics show a 64% increase in the amount of electricity generated by offshore […]
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