Geoffrey Lean: Reducing consumption of fossil fuels saves money Sadly it’s all a little more complex than that: if that’s all there were to it then we’d all be cutting our consumption of fossil fuels and there wouldn’t be any problem, would there? We can reduce our consumption of fossil fuels, of course: if we decide to reduce

Barack Obama will make a renewed push to spur the US Senate into action on climate change, saying the BP oil spill underlines the urgency for the country to lessen its dependence on fossil fuels

The biggest challenge facing any politician pushing for legislation on climate change is to convince skeptical voters that the bitter medicine is in fact good for them, and they should embrace it. No matter how it is enacted and what it is called, the net effect is likely to be increased costs of fossil fuels,

Britain must 'decarbonise the power sector by 2030', the government's climate change watchdog warns

Stunning images of climate change protests from North and South America, Europe and Asia make up the core of this month's contributions. It's been a busy time for reminding governments what they should already know by now - that we have to wean ourselves of climate-wrecking fossil fuels as soon as possible, and the business as usual is not an option. Oh, and in case your wondering about ...

Industrial biotechnology is gaining supporters among environmentalists as a way to make significant cuts in greenhouse-gas emissions and eventually move to a society free from fossil fuels.

Tory plans for renewable enrgy welcomed. I am still sceptical and cynical when I read anything which has the words climate change attached to it, but I am a realist who knows and understands that Britain’s energy needs at present are insecure and many come from unstable countries such as the former USSR. Additionally, fossil fuels

Yes it's Mr Barking Cameron, who "has insisted that he will not be diverted from his environmental agenda by the economic downturn", reports the BBC. The UK needed to "wean" itself off its reliance on fossil fuels, he said. Protecting the planet was a "necessity" and not a "luxury". He even still seems to think that we can "fight" climate change.Utter piffle, especially when Anthony Watts is sugge...

Energy and Climate Change - Statistics on the consumption of solid fuels, petroleum products and renewables broken down by local authority.

A background note by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) said a 2007 report wrongly stated that 55% of the country was below sea level since the figure included areas above sea level, prone to flooding along rivers. The United Nations has said errors in the 2007 report of about 3,000 pages do not affect the core conclusions that human activities, led by burning fossil fuels, are w...