Energy is much cleaner that it used to be. But nuclear and burning fossil fuels cause problems of their own.
The UK's biggest source of carbon dioxide (CO2) is burning fossil fuels - like coal, gas and oil - in power stations.
Old coal fired power stations produce more dangerous C02 than gas ones.
In the 1990s, our emissions fell as electricity companies switched from coal to gas. This trend has reversed as gas prices have risen making coal more economic.
Did you know?
German utility company - RWE AG - which owns power stations in the UK - produces more C02 in a year than the whole of Spain.
Innogy
Why aren't big energy companies - like Shell - doing more?
Some argue nuclear power is a solution to climate change.
Nuclear Power is dangerous and expensive because:
Friends of the Earth research has shown we don't need nuclear reactors to stop climate change.
There is a safer, cheaper and cleaner solution to the problem of climate change - green energy.
Image: © Adrian Arbib/Friends of the Earth
