Posts Tagged: renewable energy

The wisdom of the crowd was particularly evident at our pivotal Net Positive conference. The attendees – 200 sustainability experts – offered many great insights for firms stepping up a gear. Their guide to going net positive is available via Green Mondays. For a company to reach a net positive result, it’ll need to make [...]

I’ve always believed that creating an opportunity for people to tap into their creative side is good for the soul and the mind. It helps people share their experiences and connect with others in a way that seems scarce in today’s fast moving and digital world. Other people must feel the same, as spaces on [...]

It’s a technology that might be able to safely remove and store harmful carbon emissions from coal and gas-fired power stations. According to some studies it could create 13,000 new jobs in Scotland by 2020. However, some five years after the UK government first launched its £1 billion funding competition, aimed at helping kick-start the [...]

Many people remember David Cameron’s iconic trip to Svalbard in the Arctic in 2006. The image of Mr Cameron hugging a husky became the defining moment for the modern Conservative party and its new leader. At the time, I was lucky enough to lead WWF’s work in the Arctic, a beautiful and fragile place that [...]

Only 30 months have passed since David Cameron pledged to lead the ‘greenest government ever’. But developments over the past few weeks leave that promise – already looking battered – hanging by a thread. Back in 2006, WWF took David Cameron – then leader of the opposition – on a trip to the island of [...]

Have you seen this man? Back in 2006, David Cameron wanted to help save the planet. He even hugged a husky when WWF took him to the Arctic and showed him the damaging effects of climate change. Is this the same David Cameron who’s keeping silent while his ‘anti-green’ party colleagues send confusing messages on [...]

See why Colin Butfield, head of campaigns here at WWFUK, is calling on the prime minister to make his voice heard on climate and energy.

The government will soon publish its long-awaited Energy Bill. As we wait to see the detail, the debate around energy gets more heated. To many people the biggest concern about energy is the cost of their fuel bills, and a lot of other aspects of the energy debate can seem unclear or confusing. So it’s [...]

At a time of recession, it is natural that there is a focus on the cost of energy and the impact of policies as well as gas prices on the amount that we pay for our fuel bills. At the same time, the record breaking low levels of Arctic sea ice recorded in August and [...]

This week the debate is really heating up around harnessing the enormous power of the Severn Estuary and the even bigger issues of clean energy and the green economy. Let’s start by looking at where we are with Severn tidal power. Today I’ll be representing WWF at a meeting in London between environmental groups and [...]