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Wave Device Tested On Loch Ness

A device designed to harness wave power for the generation of electricity is being tested on Loch Ness.

Oil, Risk And Technology: Choices We Need To Make

The Gulf of Mexico oil leak raises deep questions over the environmental cost of our "addiction" to oil.

Plans For Wind Farm Are Approved

Plans to build a wind farm on the border of Teesside and North Yorkshire are approved.

After The Crash - A New Direction For Climate Policy

It is time for a radical reshaping of global climate policy as the current approach is doomed to failure.

Oil Spill: Your Comments

Readers of BBC News online react to an oil spill which is approaching the shore of the US Gulf Coast.

Bp Faces Choppy Waters After Huge Oil Spill

Stopping a devastating slick from a damaged oil well in the Gulf of Mexico is only part of the headache currently facing BP.

Wind Farm In The Us: Your Comments

The US government has approved controversial plans for its first offshore wind farm, which will operate off Cape Cod. Massachusetts residents have been sending their reaction to the decision.

Ikm Teams Up With Irish Company

Engineering consultants IKM join forces with one of Ireland's leading wind farm developers.

Nord Stream Construction Starts

Construction of the controversial Nord Stream pipeline from Russia to Germany under the Baltic Sea has been officially launched.

Americans Get Set For Disaster Day

A growing number of Americans are readying themselves for a disaster they believe is coming, as the BBC's Madeleine Morris has been finding out.

Island Hopes For A Windy Bounty

Westray Island, a remote and unspoilt corner of Britain, is now home to a 67 meter wind turbine which the community hopes will provide environmental and financial benefits.

Comic Art Visions Of Wind Farms

Comic book illustrators produce artwork giving their take on the push towards greater use of renewable energy.

Hydrogen Ferry Trial Considered

A plan to use a hydrogen-powered ferry in Bristol Harbour is being considered by the city council.

Irish Asked To Spark Own Recovery

An online competition in Ireland is asking the public to play their part in helping the nation's stricken economy to get back on track, says the BBC's Stephen Fottrell.

Israel And Syria In Nuclear Bids

Israel and Syria both tell a conference in Paris they want to use nuclear power to generate electricity.

Country Profile: Uzbekistan

Key facts, figures and dates

M4 Set To Be 'hydrogen Highway'

The M4 in Wales is to become a "hydrogen highway" as a way of boosting renewable energy use in transport.

Celebrity Journalism Study Backed

Staffordshire University defends a course in celebrity journalism after an appeal for "Mickey Mouse" degrees to be scrapped.

Preparing For An Apocalypse Now

How are so-called survivalists preparing themselves for the possibility of a crisis in which they live off the land?

Key Offshore Wind Locations Named

Eleven sites across Scotland are identified by enterprise bosses as potential future bases for the country's offshore wind industry.