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The power to save Britain

The power to save Britain

How our island could be supplying Europe with green electricity. Plus Peter Hain on getting real about renewables

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Nuclear fallout

Nuclear fallout

The government’s commitment to nuclear power will undermine national and environmental security for decades

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Gas: who controls the tap?

Most of us take energy provision for granted, but Russia's threat last year to cut off Western Europe's gas supply reminds us that nations can use natural resources as a political weapon, says Paul Rodgers. As production dwindles in Britain's North Sea gas fields, we must protect ourselves by having a diverse range of suppliers

A battery of options: the storage solution

Energy from renewable sources has to be stored as production is unpredictable. But, says Peter J Hall, many technologies are neither desirable nor viable

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Energy efficiency can begin at home

Attaching a wind turbine to your house is no easy undertaking

The alternatives

A brief survey of alternative energy sources that looks at their strengths, weaknesses and feasability

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Round table: The future for energy

Alistair Darling MP and other top energy experts discuss the most important issues surrounding energy and how best to solve them

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Biofuels – Love them or loathe them

The UK has assumed a leadership position in Europe which enjoys the active support of the biofuels industry

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Fuelling a Carbon Crisis

If we are to radically reduce transport emissions then the truth is that we have no choice but to do tackle our unquenchable thirst for fuel

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Belching chimneys instead of solar panels

The truth of Blair's environmental legacy

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Back to basics

New technologies are all very well, writes Caspar Henderson, but we have to start by using energy more intelligently

Nuclear power: a convert

Mark Lynas was sure it would be a disaster - and then he looked at the alternatives

The nuclear charm offensive

We are all being taken in by a carefully planned public relations strategy. Its mission: to push nuclear power back on the political agenda, rebranded as the new "green" alternative

Blow, blow thou winter wind

The planet can no longer sustain our oil addiction. Renewable energies, meanwhile, hold the key to ending poverty. Why are we so slow on the uptake?

Fidel Castro

The last revolutionary

The last revolutionary

Steve Richards

On Tory policy

Our future in their hands

James Macintyre

Miliband's dilemma

Brussels is back with a vengeance

Will Self

On Oscar Wilde

Where the Wilde things are

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Religion and Darwin

Since the dawn  of time

Film review

Bright Star

Bright Star (PG)

Books

Paul Auster

Invisible

Interview

Alain de Botton

The Books Interview: Alain de Botton

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