Alex Hyde / Ratcliffe-on-Soar coal-fired power station cooling towers. Nottinghamshire, UK, January 2013.

Alex Hyde / Ratcliffe-on-Soar coal-fired power station cooling towers. Nottinghamshire, UK, January 2013.

Ernie Janes / Sherringham off shore windfarm in distance, and rainbow during storm, Weybourne, Norfolk, November

Christophe Courteau / Red lechwe pair running & jumping in swamp {Kobus leche}. Khwai river, Moremi GR, Botswana

Steven Kazlowski / Trans-Alaskan Pipeline, with blooming fall tundra colours, that runs from Prudhoe Bay on the Arctic coast to Valdez at the north central coast of Prince William Sound, Alaska, USA

Enrique Lopez-Tapia / Bassari woman carrying firewood on her head. Bassari country, east Senegal. This area became a UNESCO World Heritage site in 2012, for cultural landscape and traditions kept by the the Bassari, Fula...

Kerstin Hinze / Aerial view of Mark, an offshore windpark, Ostsee, Denmark, July 2012

Philippe Clement / The solar furnace at Odeillo in the Pyrenees-Orientales, Pyrenees, France, July 2012. No release available

Jean E. Roche / Aerial view of wind turbines of wind farm on the Camargue, Port Saint Louis du Rhone, Southern France, September 2008

Terry Whittaker / 2020VISION / Greylag geese (Anser anser) flying past electricity pylons into Rainham Marsh RSPB Reserve, Thames Futurescapes Project, Essex, UK, January 2011

Terry Whittaker / 2020VISION / Flock of Common Starlings (Sturnus vulgaris) roosting on power pylon, Rainham Marsh RSPB Reserve, Thames Futurescapes Project, Essex, UK, January 2011. Did you know? Mozart had a pet starling which co...

Terry Whittaker / 2020VISION / Electricity pylon and information board on Rainham Marsh RSPB Reserve, Thames Futurescapes Project, Essex, UK, January 2011

Peter Lewis / Fawley Oil Refinery at sunset, Fawley, nr Southampton, Hampshire, UK, September 2009

Peter Lewis / Sunset over Fawley oil refinery viewed from Portsdown Hill, Hampshire, UK, October 2010

Ross Hoddinott / Wind turbines in morning mist. Near Bradworthy, Devon, UK, March 2011.

Peter Cairns / 2020VISION / Community peat diggings, North Harris, Western Isles / Outer Hebrides, Scotland, UK, May 2011

Peter Cairns / 2020VISION / Community peat diggings, North Harris, Western Isles / Outer Hebrides, Scotland, UK, May 2011

Peter Cairns / 2020VISION / Community peat diggings, North Harris, Western Isles / Outer Hebrides, Scotland, UK, May 2011

Peter Cairns / 2020VISION / Community peat diggings, North Harris, Western Isles / Outer Hebrides, Scotland, UK, May 2011

Peter Cairns / 2020VISION / Community peat diggings, North Harris, Western Isles / Outer Hebrides, Scotland, UK, May 2011

Ernie Janes / Wind turbines in offshore windfarm off Great Yarmouth, beach, Norfolk, UK

Bryan and Cherry Alexander / Gas flare at a Gazprom oil production facility near Noviy Urengoy. Yamal, Western Siberia, Russia.

Bryan and Cherry Alexander / Truck carrying large section of gas pipe on a winter road near the Yurharovo gas field. Noviy Urengoi, Yamal, Western Siberia, Russia.

Peter Cairns / 2020VISION / Robin Rigg windfarm, Workington, Solway Firth, Cumbria, UK, April 2011

Niall Benvie / 2020VISION / Children from Lochinver primary school being shown how to plant trees on moorland at Culag Wood, Sutherland, Highlands, Scotland, UK, January 2011

Niall Benvie / 2020VISION / Children from Lochinver primary school planting trees on moorland at Culag Wood, Sutherland, Highlands, Scotland, UK, January 2011

Steve Nicholls / Wind turbines of a wind farm off the coast of The Wash with mudflats in the foreground, Snettisham, North Norfolk, UK, November 2010

Rob Cousins / Wind turbines near the coast at Cabo Vilan, Galicia, Spain, May 2011.

Orsolya Haarberg / Wind turbines for renewable energy, Masoy, Finnmark, Norway, July 2006

Bryan and Cherry Alexander / Burning off impure gas in Gazprom's Yamsavey gas fields near Nadym. Yamal, Western Siberia, Russia, 2000.

Bryan and Cherry Alexander / Pumping unit in the oil fields near Niznevartovsk. Khanty Mansiysk, Western Siberia, Russia, 2000.

Bryan and Cherry Alexander / Inuit children playing on pile of empty oil drums. Moriussaq, Northwest Greenland, 1997.

Guy Edwardes / View of pipework and Geothermal power plant, Reykjanesvirkjun, South West Iceland, July 2009

Guy Edwardes / View of pipework and Geothermal power plant, Reykjanesvirkjun, South West Iceland, July 2009

Guy Edwardes / Wind turbines near Kilmore Quay viewed from boat at dawn. Co. Wexford, Republic of Ireland, Europe June 2010.

Philippe Clement / Wind farm turbines against cloudy sky seen inside incandescent lamp / bulb against white background Digital composite

Philippe Clement / Wind farm turbine against cloudy sky seen inside incandescent lamp / bulb against black background Digital composite

Philippe Clement / Photovoltaic solar panels on roof of house inside incandescent lamp / bulb against black background Digital composite

Philippe Clement / Sunflowers (Helianthus annuus) inside incandescent lamp / bulb against white background Digital composite

Philippe Clement / Lightning during thunderstorm above petrochemical industry seen through magnifying glass held against illuminated globe of the earth Digital composite

Philippe Clement / Lightning during thunderstorm above petrochemical industry inside incandescent lamp / bulb against black background. Digital composite

Anup Shah / African lion (Panthera leo) adult male fighting back against the adolescent male who has disturbed his sleep, Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya. March.

Aflo / Y-10805 Forked lightning racing across sky at night

Neil Lucas / Large flock of White fronted geese (Anser albifrons) feeding and flying with wind turbine in background, the Netherlands, February 2010

Uri Golman / Snow avalanche falling into sea, Jakobshavn, Ilulissat, Kangia, Icefjord, Greenland. October 2008.

Philip Stephen / "Beryl Bravo" oil platform blowing off gas, North Sea, March 2010.

Wild Wonders of Europe / Novák / Large flock of Bramblings (Fringilla montifringilla) roosting in trees, Ldersdorf, Austria, February 2009

Wild Wonders of Europe / Geslin / Two Grey seals (Halichoerus grypus) aggressive behaviour, wind blowing sand, Donna Nook, Lincolnshire, UK, November 2008

Nick Upton / Common / Eurasian crane (Grus grus) flock flying close to wind turbines, Near Diepholz, Lower Saxony, Germany, October 2009

Nick Upton / Common / Eurasian crane (Grus grus) flock flying close to wind turbine, Near Diepholz, Lower Saxony, Germany, October 2009

Guy Edwardes / Electricity pylons stretching across the Marshwood Vale in west Dorset, Lambert's Castle, Marshwood, Dorset, England, December

Guy Edwardes / Electricity pylons stretching across the Marshwood Vale in west Dorset, Lambert's Castle, Marshwood, Dorset, England, December

Michel Poinsignon / Cooling towers of Nuclear power station with farmland and straw bales in the foreground, Cattenom, France

Michel Poinsignon / Electricity wires in front of cooling towers of Nuclear power station, Cattenom, France

Michel Poinsignon / Wind turbine with oil seed rape flowers in the foreground, Sarre, Germany

Laurie Campbell / Outfall from hydroelectric Laggan Dam, Lochaber, Scotland, UK, February

Wild Wonders of Europe / Widstrand / Mass of solar panels, La Serena, Extremadura, Spain, April 2009

Jouan & Rius / People bathing in the spa waters of the Blue Lagoon with the geothermal power plant in the background, Grindavik, Iceland 2005

Guy Edwardes / Electricity pylons rising through mist at dawn, view of The Marshwood Vale from Lambert's Castle, Dorset, England, September 2008

Jouan & Rius / Pipes carrying heated water from the geothermal power plant in Krafla volcano area, northern Iceland 2005

Graham Eaton / Knot (Calidris canutus) flock flying in front of East Hoyle Windfarm, Wirral, UK, November 2008

Steven David Miller / Large solar panels for generating electricity by solar power, Hermannsburg, west of Alice Springs, Northern Territory, Australia, August 2007

Steven David Miller / Large solar panels for generating electricity by solar power, Hermannsburg, west of Alice Springs, Northern Territory, Australia, August 2007

Philippe Clement / Lightning during thunderstorm above petrochemical industry in the Antwerp harbour, Belgium (digital composite to combine two lightnings). July 2008.

Ross Hoddinott / Electricity pylon and Barley field, near Bulkworthy, Devon, UK. May 08.

Ross Hoddinott / Electricity pylon and Barley field, near Bulkworthy, Devon, UK. May 08.

David Kjaer / Flock of Common Crane (Grus grus) flying over wind turbines on migration in Poland. Wind farm.

Hanne & Jens Eriksen / Lanner falcon {Falco biarmicus} dead, with jesses caught in electrical wires, Sohar, Oman

Niall Benvie / The case for house insulation - Cabin with melted snow around it illustrating the need for heat insulation, Norway 2007

Patricio Robles Gil / Lightning storm at night over the Sierra del Carmen range, Mexico

Niall Benvie / Looking up at the blades of a 2.3 megawatt wind turbine, Scotland UK. May 2006

Chris O'Reilly / Electricity pylons, Northumbria, UK

Philippe Clement / Wind farm turbines against cloudy sky, Los Monegros, Spain

Gabriel Rojo / Chilean flamingo killed by colliding with power line {Phoenicopterus chilensis} La Pampa, Argentina

Andrew Parkinson / Wave breaking on coast of Bird Island, Lamberts Bay, South Africa

Jabruson / Children helping parents to collect charcoal, Kinigi, Parc des Volcans NP, Rwanda

Pete Cairns / Electricity pylons cross snowy landscape, Central highlands, Scotland, UK

David Noton / Ratcliffe-on-Soar Power Station, and train Nr Nottingham, England Energy and railways.

MORLEY READ / Laying pipeline for oil extraction in rainforest. Ecuador, South America

Jabruson / Deforestation for fuel by Hutu refugees (900 tons wood per day). Virunga NP (Mikeno and Karisimbi volcanoes), Democratic Republic of Congo.

Pete Cairns / Hydro electric dam on Loch Laggan, Scotland, UK

Tim MacMillan / John Downer Pr / Multiflash image of Lesser bushbaby jumping - tendons absorb shock of impact & convert to energy for next jump. Difficult for predators to catch. (Resolution restriction due to image digitised from fi...

Gavin Hellier / Manhattan skyline and Queens Power Station at dusk, New York, USA 2009

Gavin Hellier / Queens Power Station above Manhanttan houses at dusk, New York, USA 2009

Jabruson / Oil pipeline with area of forest cleared to allow easy inspection fo the pipelines. Gamba town, Ogooue-Maritime / Nyanga, Gabon, February 2009.

Jabruson / Oil pipeline with forest cleared to allow easy inspection fo the pipeline. Gamba town, Ogooue-Maritime / Nyanga, Gabon, February 2009

Jabruson / Oil pipeline with forest cleared to allow easy inspection fo the pipeline. Gamba town, Ogooue-Maritime / Nyanga, Gabon, February 2009

Jabruson / Area cleared of forest to make way for petroleum oil extraction. The town of Gamba was set-up after Shell discovered oil in the region back in the 1960s, Gamba town, Ogooue-Maritime / Nyanga, Gabon, F...

Jabruson / Woman carrying firewood headed into Maroua town for market day, Maroua to Kouserri highway, Cameroon, September 2009

Jabruson / Women carrying firewood headed into Maroua town for market day, Maroua to Kousseri highway, Cameroon, September 2009

Jabruson / Street market with woman carrying bag of charcoal on her head. Maroua, Northern Cameroon, September 2009

Jabruson / Firewood collected from Waza National Park. Inefficient monitoring and lack of controls allow enterprising merchants to remove and collect wood from the Waza National Park and surrounding hinterland,...

Jabruson / Firewood collected from Waza National Park. Inefficient monitoring and lack of controls allow enterprising merchants to remove and collect wood from the Waza National Park and surrounding hinterland,...

Jabruson / Firewood collected from Waza National Park. Inefficient monitoring and lack of controls allow enterprising merchants to remove and collect wood from the Waza National Park and surrounding hinterland,...

Alex Hyde / Offshore windfarm, and coastal town. Colwyn Bay, Wales.

Alex Hyde / Ratcliffe-on-Soar coal-fired power station cooling towers at dusk. Nottinghamshire, UK, January 2013.