UK buying less fuel as pump prices rise

Britons have responded to rising petrol prices by buying much less fuel at the pumps. According to figures from the Department of Energy and Climate Change between January and June this year, 1.7 billion fewer litres of petrol and diesel were sold at UK petrol stations than in the first half of 2008. As a […]

Nuclear power gains popularity in the UK

More people in the UK are coming round to the benefits of nuclear power and have fewer concerns about the controversial technology, despite the Fukushima disaster, earlier this year. A study commissioned by the British Science Association has shown that the British public’s attitudes are changing in favour toward nuclear power, although there remains an […]