Renewable Energy

Articles

Avoiding a green bad deal by Oscar Reyes (June 2009)

Investing our hopes in green growth or new technological fixes will not avert the climate crisis. So what will? To inaugurate our new series on transitions to a world after fossil fuels, Oscar Reyes looks at the democratic deficit in the power sector

Light up my life by Auntie (February 2005)

Dear Subcomandauntie,

Having campaigned against the war for Iraq’s oil, I am increasingly concerned about oil’s effect on climate change. I really want to put my own house in order by cutting back my use of oil, starting with changing my electricity supplier to a ’green’ one. But I don’t really see the point as all suppliers are legally obliged to have a quota of renewable energy, anyway. Will switching merely take the heat off my conscience?

Olive Oil