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Power plant: oilseed rape grown for electricity

Jul 24 2004: Wind power, wave power, solar power ... and now, oilseed rape power. Britain's first electricity generating station powered by the yellow crop is to be built on a Yorkshire farm.

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Britain seeks end of dolphin killing fields

Jul 23 2004: Britain is to seek the closure of Europe's major dolphin-killing fishing grounds, where most of the boats involved are French, the Government announced yesterday.

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Whalers think they scent victory

Jul 23 2004: In the closing hours of its annual meeting, the International Whaling Commission moved cautiously towards a resumption of the commercial hunt.

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Lacking energy

Jul 22 2004: Britain produces comparatively little renewable power - while the global market for it is growing, writes Mark Tran.

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Undersea noise 'does harm whales'

Jul 22 2004: Evidence that noise from human sources harms whales and other marine mammals is overwhelming, scientists say.

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Whales 'absolved' on fish stocks

Jul 19 2004: Whales are hardly ever in competition with humans for fish, a world respected fisheries expert says.

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Oil drought could be our saviour

Jul 19 2004: The Association for Study of Peak Oil, a group of former oil men and academics are on record as stating that discovery of oil reserves has declined since 1964, that the world started finding less oil than it consumed in 1981 and that it now finds about one barrel for every five it consumes. Their conclusion is that peak production could be reached by around 2007 followed by a decline, if it has not already done so.

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Pollutants turning a third of male fish into females

Jul 10 2004: A third of the male fish in British rivers are turning into females because of "gender-bending" pollutants being discharged from sewage outflows.

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GM research collapses in UK as last big firm quits

Jul 4 2004: Research into genetically modified crops in Britain is set to collapse, following the withdrawal of the last major biotech company, pro-GM scientists, the industry and environmentalists have all told The Independent on Sunday.

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UK should join solar revolution, says Hain

Jul 3 2004: Every new home in Britain should by law be fitted with solar panels on the roof to produce electricity, Peter Hain, the secretary for Wales, said yesterday.

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Prescott warned over new homes plan

Jun 20 2004: Government-backed plans to build hundreds of thousands of new homes in "sustainable communities" will damage the environment and endanger Britain's efforts to curb global warming, according to a ministerial adviser on green issues.

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Cold-water coral put at risk by deep-sea fishing

Jun 5 2004: Cold-water corals are far more widespread than previously imagined but their numbers are already threatened by the rise of deep-sea fishing.

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'Global warming is as big a threat to the world as terrorism'

May 27 2004: Two-thirds of MPs think global warming is at least as big a threat to the world as terrorism, shows a survey that displays cross-party concern about Government priorities.

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Power to the people - by rooftop turbine

May 22 2004: A rooftop wind-turbine the size of a domestic satellite dish is being hailed a breakthrough in the acrimonious debate over the future of wind power.

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Charity comes up with 'brilliant' idea for seeing rare birds

Feb 29 2004: Nature-lovers are being given a chance to see once-rare reviving bird species by a leading wildlife campaign group.

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Oil spills 'should go to beaches'

Feb 26 2004: Major oil spills should be dealt with by pushing the oil towards beaches, a leading marine ecologist has urged.

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Pacific turtles 'gone in decade'

Feb 26 2004: The steep decline of the Pacific Ocean leatherback turtle has gone so far the species could be extinct within no more than a decade, conservationists fear.

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US 'does accept climate threat'

Feb 23 2004: Most US policymakers do accept that climate change is a significant threat, a leading British scientist believes.

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Britain slowest to implement EU's green laws

Feb 15 2004: Britain is dragging its feet in implementing European green laws, risking a return to being dubbed the "dirty man" of the continent, The Independent on Sunday can reveal.

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Atlantic swell pushes the West Country towards wave power

Feb 10 2004: Plans to make the West Country the world centre of the wave-power industry and plug in an array of floating prototype electricity producing wave machines to the national grid were announced yesterday.

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Innogy finds fresh wind for farm venture

Jan 30 2004: First Islamic Investment Bank and private equity fund Englefield Capital confirmed yesterday that they are each taking a one-third stake in RWE Innogy's wind farm business in a £400m deal to promote green energy.

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