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No wonder people don't trust politicians!

Posted by bex — 10 November 2004 at 9:00am - Comments
house flooded

house flooded

Tony Blair says climate change is "probably the single most important issue that we face". He says "there is no doubt that the time to act is now. It is now that timely action can avert disaster."

But the Prime Minister is rejecting two proposals to increase energy efficiency in residential homes and social housing and he is forcing Labour MPs to follow suit.

Article tagged as: climate change, energy efficiency, government, house of lords, housing, tony blair

Kyoto saved: not yet the planet

Posted by bex — 22 October 2004 at 8:00am - Comments
smokestack

smokestack

The Russian parliament voted to ratify the Kyoto Protocol today in a blow to George W Bush's opposition to action on climate change.

Kyoto coming to force is a geopolitical ground shift. Russian ratification pushes this global climate protection agreement over the threshold required to become international law.

Article tagged as: climate change, famine, government, greenland, impacts, international policy, kyoto protocol, malaria, science

Booed by small children, pursued by a polar bear, Howard speaks against local wind farm

Posted by bex — 22 October 2004 at 8:00am - Comments
Polar bear confronts Tory leader Michael Howard

Polar bear confronts Tory leader Michael Howard

Article tagged as: climate change, government, michael howard, renewable energy, romney marsh, wind power

Kyoto saved: not yet the planet

Posted by bex — 22 October 2004 at 8:00am - Comments
smokestack

smokestack

The Russian parliament voted to ratify the Kyoto Protocol today in a blow to George W Bush's opposition to action on climate change.

Kyoto coming to force is a geopolitical ground shift. Russian ratification pushes this global climate protection agreement over the threshold required to become international law.

Article tagged as: climate change, famine, government, greenland, impacts, international policy, kyoto protocol, malaria, science

Chief Scientist: we need immediate action on climate change

Posted by bex — 14 October 2004 at 8:00am - Comments
Sir David King

Sir David King

According to the government's chief scientist, Sir David King, while the evidence continues to grow, what we really need to see is action to avoid the worst impacts of climate change.

"Action is affordable, inaction is certainly not," said Sir David at the Greenpeace Business lecture on global warming in London.

As scientists around the world study the changes in our climate going back almost a million years, they confirm what many of us know, climate change is already here.

Article tagged as: climate change, government, greenpeace business, impacts, lecture, renewable energy, science, sir david king

Climate treaty on the road to ratification

Posted by bex — 30 September 2004 at 8:00am - Comments
coal fired plant

coal fired plant

Article tagged as: climate change, government, hachette, international policy, kyoto protocol, russia

Majority support wind energy in run up to the election

Posted by bex — 13 September 2004 at 8:00am - Comments
North Hoyle View

North Hoyle View

Article tagged as: climate change, government, hachette, renewable energy, wind power

Stop the British Energy bailout using taxpayers' money

Posted by bex — 15 July 2003 at 8:00am - Comments
Sellafield nuclear plant

Sellafield nuclear plant

Article tagged as: BE, government, nuclear power

Government creative accountacy to subsidise radioactive waste industry?

Posted by bex — 4 July 2002 at 8:00am - Comments
On 4th July 2002 the Government published its White Paper Managing the Nuclear Legacy which contained plans for dealing with our worsening radioactive waste crisis that has accumulated over 50 years.

Article tagged as: energy review, government, NDA, nuclear power, nuclear waste, policy
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