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The power to save Britain
How our island could be supplying Europe with green electricity. Plus Peter Hain on getting real about renewables
Nuclear fallout
The government’s commitment to nuclear power will undermine national and environmental security for decades
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
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
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
Biofuels – Love them or loathe them
The UK has assumed a leadership position in Europe which enjoys the active support of the biofuels industry
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
Belching chimneys instead of solar panels
The truth of Blair's environmental legacy
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
Steve Richards
On Tory policy
James Macintyre
Miliband's dilemma
Will Self
On Oscar Wilde
Science
Religion and Darwin
Film review
Bright Star
Books
Paul Auster
Interview
Alain de Botton
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