French power company EDF have reached the final stages in a £12billion deal to takeover British Energy. But after Gordon Brown has recently backed plans to build a new generation of nuclear power plants, is this really the right move for the country?

Rich countries may be allowed to invest in the construction of nuclear power plants in foreign developing countries and still get credit for cutting green house gas emissions back home.
The June 2-13th climate talks held in Bonn, Germany were attended by some 170 nations. Rich countries can gain credits for cutting green house gases by [...]

Manuel Pinho, Portugal’s economic minister, granted the permit in 2005 for the construction of the world’s largest solar power site that will provide 130 jobs directly and another 300 indirectly as well as supply enough energy per year to support 30,000 homes.
The site has been situated near Moura which stands in an impoverished region that [...]

Microgeneration could produce as much electricity in a year as five nuclear power stations a government-backed report reveals. The report, commissioned by the Department for Business, Energy and Regulatory Reform (DBERR), says that with the right incentives 10m microgeneration systems could be installed by 2020. This would provide nearly 5% of UK electricity - saving [...]

Italian energy supply problems should not mean the current ban on nuclear power be lifted, according to Italian environmentalist groups. The country should instead look to boost solar and wind energy.
Nuclear power was banned in Italy after a referendum in 1987 following the Chernobyl disaster of 1986. However, a revival of nuclear energy production has [...]

Norway’s plans to build huge sea-based wind parks costing $44 billion by 2025 could make the country “Europe’s Battery,” says Norway’s Oil Energy minister.
The northern-European nation’s Energy Council could help the European Union reach their goal of getting 20 per cent of its electricity from wind, solar, hydro or other renewable sources by 2020.
Norway claims [...]

Greenpeace and over 100 other environmentalist groups including Friends of the Earth International claim that plans to bury industrial greenhouse gases will create “false hope,” and is not the solution to tackling world climate change.
Governments want to use new technology to capture heat-trapping carbon dioxide from exhausts of factories and power plants, and entrap them [...]

The Welsh Assembly Government has revealed that they are preparing to bring Wales and Britain out of the carbon age by replacing pitheads with wind turbines.
Wales is the first country in the world to have officially reported its “ecological footprint,” showing the measure of its impact on the planet’s resources. Jane Davidson, the environment minister [...]

Pope Benedict XVI is setting a green example in Italy by commissioning the use of renewable energy, and the Pope has in the past encouraged Christians not to waste the world’s resources. Engineers at the Vatican intend the solar installation to be the first of several green changes to the Catholic city, however they say [...]

John McCain is set to outline his environmental proposal today, calling for free-market principles and relations with China and India to reduce global warming emissions. Environmental issues will play a large role in the November elections. The goal for whoever is elected is to confront the issues of global warming.
The Arizona senator’s proposal focuses on [...]