Environment / Energy
Articles about Energy, ordered by date. 
Desertec: the renewable energy grab?
Desert solar plants planned for North Africa are just another exploitative resource grab, argues Hamza Hamouchene.
Take action on renewables
Some ideas and starting points on how you can help build a cleaner, fairer energy future.
From best to worst: renewable energy around the world
Inspiring examples of democratic, renewable energy – and also how not to do it.
Renewable energy - the facts
How much energy, how it's used and what we really need.
Whose renewable future?
Is big business poised to capture the renewables revolution? Danny Chivers draws up the battle lines.
Ending the oil age
Change is coming. Jess Worth examines whether growing pressure for divestment and disruption can knock Big Oil off its perch.
Will fracking realign the world?
Pundits foresee an altered world order brought on by fracked gas and oil. Dinyar Godrej thinks the changes could play out quite differently to the most common predictions.
Provoking an American climate crisis
The US government deserves to have a political crisis brought to its door, argues Mark Engler.
Australia puts a price on carbon
Climate campaigner Anna Rose welcomes the new levy on big polluters, saying it will push Oz into a far greener framework.
African grannies go solar
Indian activist Bunker Roy is bringing electric light to rural villages by training up grandmothers as solar engineers, reports Georgia Hanias.
Is the Green New Deal a dead duck?
Four years ago it was hailed as the cure for our
economic and environmental woes. So what’s
happened? Zoe Cormier investigates.
Why cross-border electrics are not such a bright idea
Renewable energy mega-projects are causing environmental damage and mass displacement says Joyce Nelson.
The need for zero – The Facts
The facts and figures of energy emission, consumption and reduction.
Homegrown energy
In Brazil, communities are forging their own solutions, reports Lucia Ortiz.
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