Blog: Climate

In 30 years we've lost 75% of the Arctic sea ice

Posted by jamess — 10 February 2012 at 9:57am - Comments
In 30 years we've lost 75 percent of the Arctic sea ice
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In 30 years we've lost 75 percent of the Arctic sea ice

If there's one fact to remember which underlines the urgency in protecting the Arctic it's this: in 30 years we've lost 75 per cent of the Arctic sea ice.

Article tagged as: arctic, arctic sea ice, climate change, climate impacts, oil

Tonight: Climate Zombie Bingo

Posted by Graham Thompson — 9 February 2012 at 6:18pm - Comments
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Since Lord Lawson’s climate denial group the Global Warming Policy Foundation gave up on disputing climate science and moved on to disputing climate economics, a whole new army of zombie arguments have started lurching their way across the internet in search of mainstream media exposure and brains to consume. We're worried an entire legion of the undead might appear in ‘Tonight: The Cost of Going Green’ on ITV at 7.30pm.

Article tagged as: climate change, climate denial, energy bills, ITV, zombies

VW's new advert misses a trick, so remix your own version

Posted by jamie — 2 February 2012 at 3:01pm - Comments
Dog chases Beetle in VW's new advert
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Dog chases Beetle in VW's new advert

VW has launched its latest advert ahead of the US Super Bowl this weekend.

The advert is a follow-up to last year’s Little Darth one which we lampooned to reveal the Dark Side of VW’s environmental claims. It still riffs on a Star Wars theme and throws in a cute dog for good measure, but is there any mention of supporting ambitious climate laws?

Article tagged as: cars, climate change, superbowl, the bark side, transport, VW, VWDarkside

VW: 500,000 Jedi can't be wrong

Posted by jamie — 1 February 2012 at 12:17pm - Comments

Our VW campaign has passed a significant milestone, as the Jedi ranks swell to over 500,000. That's an incredible half a million people demanding that Volkswagen gets behind the sort of climate laws we need to save our planet.

So thank you for signing up, recruiting your friends and keeping up the pressure on VW - it's been absolutely amazing.

Article tagged as: cars, climate change, oil, transport, volkswagen, VW, VWDarkside

No easy ride for EDF's plans for new nuclear

Posted by Richardg — 25 January 2012 at 1:34pm - Comments
Greenpeace protesters at EDF Evolutionary Power Reactor in France
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Greenpeace protesters at EDF Evolutionary Power Reactor in France

Despite the growing shift of support away from nuclear energy in Europe, EDF is stubbornly pushing forward plans to build a new nuclear reactor in the UK, without sufficient consideration for all the relevant risks.

Article tagged as: EDF, hinkley point, new nuclear

It's time to make all homes and businesses more energy efficient

Posted by petespeller — 25 January 2012 at 12:21pm - Comments
Thermographic image of heat loss
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Thermographic image of heat loss

The Environmental Change Institute at Oxford University have just put out a new report calling for new laws to increase energy efficiency standards in all of the UK’s 26 million homes and 2 million business properties. Implementing these recommendations would mean that energy use in all buildings in the UK result in zero carbon emissions by 2050.

Article tagged as: 2050, achieving zero, businesses, energy, energy bill, energy efficiency, homes, insulation, property, zero carbon

Major victory over Keystone XL tar sands pipeline, but more battles to come

Posted by bex — 19 January 2012 at 5:34pm - Comments
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Rubbish piled up on the barren ground of the tar sands outside Fort McMurray, Alberta, Canada

President Obama has just said no to the construction of the Keystone XL pipeline, which was to carry tar sands oil from Alberta to Texas. Despite a fierce lobbying campaign by oil companies and by Canada's Harper government, Obama spiked the pipeline - in part thanks to an unprecedented and global grassroots uprising.

Article tagged as: barack obama, canada, climate change, keystone xl pipeline, oil, successes, tar sands
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