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Wednesday 11 January 2012
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Reservoir power: this is Kielder in Northumberland, the UK's daddy of them all. Photograph: Chris Leachman /Alamy
Pennine villages plan to harness regular water releases from United Utilies dam at Dove Stone on the edge of the Peak District national park
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Tuesday 10 January 2012
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John Vidal: Local authortities say the impact surveys done on landscape, townscape, wildlife, water, and flooding are insufficient Continue reading...
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Mark Lynas: Christopher Booker earns a living from promoting conspiracy theories and his recent column on the 2050 calculator was a textbook example Continue reading...
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No longer quite the good deal they were for private homeowners; but solar panels on a city region scale would bring big dividends, according to the report. Photograph: Simon Burt/PA
University study makes 'compelling' case for major investment in energy-saving, in the first UK pilot area to produce a low carbon plan
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Monday 9 January 2012
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Clouds forming in the wakes of the front row of wind turbines of Horns Rev wind farm, Denmark. Photograph: Aeolus
Wind power is 'crippling expensive' and preventing the UK from effectively reducing carbon emissions, says a new report.
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Thursday 5 January 2012
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A beehive at the National Trust's Sissinghurst Castle in Kent. Photograph: David Sellman/National Trust/NTPL
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Tuesday 3 January 2012
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A view of the Merced river, which flows through Yosemite valley. Taken by Carleton Watkins in 1861. Credit: JP Getty Museum
Leo Hickman: Carleton Watkins' 1861 images helped to kickstart the conservation movement, proving the influence of photography
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Caroline Lucas: As water shortages become more common because of climate change, the environment is the first to suffer Continue reading...
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Tuesday 20 December 2011
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The first Bewick swans have arrived at Slimbridge Wetland Centre. Find the data for the first arrivals since 1964
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Friday 16 December 2011
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'Today’s failed economic order is designed to serve the interests of the City of London’s 1%'. Photograph: Adrian Dennis/AFP/Getty Images
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Thursday 15 December 2011
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Old coal mine sites can be made impressively green. Cronton is hoping to prove that point. Photograph: Christopher Furlong/Getty Images
Architects, planners and landscapers invited to create a new visitor attraction on Merseyside, where Clarion Club cycle parties once picnicked and gloried in the views
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Wednesday 14 December 2011
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Leo Hickman: 56% of UK population wants to see more investment in wind power, finds a YouGov survey
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Monday 12 December 2011
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Duncan Clark: Meet the inventor trying to drag air-traffic control into the digital era while slashing global carbon emissions
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MP Joan Walley at Johnson Tiles as Stoke on Trent signed up for the 10:10 climate Campaign. Photograph: Christopher Thomond for the Guardian
Post your question for the Labour MP on environmental issues from pollution and Rio+20 to the green economy and the 'greenest government ever'
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Saturday 10 December 2011
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South African Foreign Minister Maite Nkoana-Mashabane, President of the 17th Conference of the Parties (COP17), gives a press conference on December 9, 2011 during the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) in Durban, South Africa. Photograph: Jenny Bates for The Guardian
Progress at the COP17 climate talks in South Africa are paused but some fear that the delay will mean they run out of time
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