We are well too much with our heads, industry and government, in the clouds and only seem to see the huge plants creating the megawatt and gigawatt on output. This has been muted for some time already but now the change is complete and official. So “goo bye BWEA and hello RenewableUK”. It can be done, is being done and ain't rocket science. MORE >>

Just as George Bush did in the approach to the Iraq war, Obama went behind the backs of the UN and most of its member states and assembled a coalition of the willing to strike a deal which outraged the rest of the world. By George Monbiot. From transcript of video interview for the Guardian’s “Monbiot Meets” series. MORE >>

In similar ways, most industrial systems mimic natural systems. For example, many of our modern industrial systems will collapse without a constant and unlimited supply of inexpensive oil. by Dave Pollard C omplexity theory has been around for a generation now, but most people don’t understand it. Trusting: (This one’s a toughie.) MORE >>

Both Mark Lynas and George Monbiot, for example, argue that the only attainable way to phase out fossil fuels is to replace them with a combination of renewable and nuclear power. major nuclear disaster is unlikely ever to endear the industry to the public, but the problems in US industry were evident long before. MORE >>

by Michael Smith (Veshengro) In early March 2010 everyone in British green circles, from the eco-warrior to the likes of RenewableUK, has been talking about George Monbiot; but then that is more or less the way he likes it. Monbiot's words were that Britain cannot afford renewable energy and should and must got for the nuclear option. MORE >>