New transition sculptures have landed in Newton Abbot
New public art has popped up in Newton Abbot, highlighting our relationship with energy. The sculptures in a number of settings in and around the town use wood from a 150 year old cedar tree that...
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It’s time for South West hydro-power to steam ahead
Mary Tavy Hydro Electric Power Station © Copyright Adrian Platt and licensed for reuse under this Creative Commons Licence. Lib Dem Euro-MP for South West England and chairman of the global cross-party...
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River Dart’s tidal power to be assessed in renewable energy project
Some rights reserved by Reading Tom Tidal power on the River Dart is to be researched in a new project from Totnes Renewable Energy Society (TRESOC) and Plymouth University’s Marine Science and...
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Fracking unties us from inefficient solar and wind
Shale Gas Exploration © Copyright K A and licensed for reuse under this Creative Commons Licence. In his State of the Union address to the Nation, President Obama reassured the American people that...
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New EU rules to ensure fracking safety
Why look for alternatives to energy sources that you know will run out when people can make a lot of money out of it before it does? And now the EU has ensured that franking will be safe, we can all...
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Greens oppose nuclear gamble at Hinkley Point with taxpayer money
The proposed Hinkley Point nuclear-power station relies on a gamble with British taxpayers money, claims the South West Green Party. The party has described a deal involving Chinese investment as an...
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Plymouth Tory MP votes against energy price freeze
Looks like Plymouth’s Tory MP Oliver Colvile is out of step with people of the city on the energy company crisis. The big OC – as we call Oliver Colvile, the Conservative MP for Plymouth Sutton and...
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Fossil fuel subsidies up; green levies down: the ‘distorted energy priorities...
Some rights reserved by Idaho National Laboratoryy A damning new report on the subsidies given to the fossil fuel industry demonstrates the deeply distorted energy priorities of the Coalition...
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Political posturing destroys green jobs in South West
South West Greens are blaming political posturing over so-called ‘green levies’ on energy bills for the loss of the Atlantic Array, a world-leading project to build a large off-shore wind farm in the...
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Newton Abbot Woodfuel project to help people heat their homes
The Newton Abbot Woodfuel project is an initiative set up by Transition Newton Abbot in partnership with the National Trust, the owners of the Bradley manor estate with is large areas of magnificent...
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Green energy company Ecotricity introduces winter-long price freeze
Ecotricity, Britain’s first green energy company which works with Oxfam and other charities to tackle climate change and promote sustainability, has announced a price freeze for all gas and...
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Taxpayers will pay bill for fracking disasters warn Green Party
Green MEPs protested against Shale Gas, urging their fellow MEPs to exercise caution, outside the European Parliament before two important votes on fracking in 2012. Some rights reserved by greensefa...
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