Environment

  • 30 Nov 2009

    Governments are already striving to replace nuclear fission reactors with cleaner alternatives, but given the scale of climate change should we be investing in fusion? Channel 4 News asks the experts.

  • 30 Nov 2009

    It may be expensive but with coal demand expected to soar by 2030 capturing and storing carbon emissions is as vital as ever. The UK’s top scientists tell us why.

  • 30 Nov 2009

    Agriculture is the second largest source of UK greenhouse gases contributing to seven per cent of total emissions. So how will cultivation evolve in order to meet climate targets?

  • 30 Nov 2009

    While the British government pushes battery-powered cars with cash incentives our experts give us their opinion on whether fuel cells are the future of emission-free vehicles.

  • 10 Nov 2009

    Mad about trees?

    Jon Snow tells the story of trees being planted on a busy street in north London.

  • 21 Oct 2009

    The United Nations asked people in Kettering for their views on the Climate Change summit in Copenhagen and they made it clear they want to see benefits.

  • 27 Jul 2009

    The greenest revolution

    The victory on the Champs Elysees by Britain’s Mark Cavendish in the final stage of the Tour de France, coupled with the amazing fourth place by Olympic gold medalist Bradley Wiggins seals a brilliant year for British cycling. it was a year that began with the record medals haul in Beijing last summer.

  • 23 Jul 2009

    A green Brown success?

    When history comes to review the Brown government, it has every chance of proving an unhappy event. Gordon Brown’s takeover from Tony Blair settled uneasily into a sad and dispossessed period of ‘readjustment’ to the global financial catastrophe. But one of history’s other asides in reviewing the Brown government may yet come to rest on…

  • 16 Jun 2009

    Britain's jobless: a green agenda

    Tomorrow official unemployment figures will show another alarming rise in people out of work. So far the private sector has born the brunt, but today the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development is warning the public sector is likely to be badly hit, losing 350,000 over the next five years.

  • 29 May 2009

    Carbon dioxide “capturing” could be a major step in the battle against climate change. Julian Rush visits a power station in Scotland and asks could this be the saviour of coal?