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Trying to solve the climate crisis with a fistful of pennies?

Posted by jossc — 22 April 2009 at 2:20pm - Comments

All eyes were glued to the TV in the office this lunchtime to see whether Alistair Darling's budget would deliver the kind of changes we need to see if we want to give ourselves the chance to keep the lid on climate change.

Article tagged as: budget, CHP, energy efficiency, energy security, low-carbon

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Conservative proposals for a low carbon economy - Greenpeace reaction and briefing

Last edited 16 January 2009 at 6:04pm
Publication date: 
16 January, 2009

The Conservatives Low Carbon Economy paper published today is focused on three important elements of energy policy, relevant to the politics of the current energy debate. They are:

  1. Energy Security
  2. A policy beyond the EU Emissions Trading Scheme for coal
  3. Kick-starting Renewable Energy

In this briefing we analyse their policies and conclude that, whilst the Tory proposals are not the final word and can be improved, they do put the weakness of the government's position in focus.

Download the report:
Article tagged as: conservatives, emissions trading, energy, energy security, low-carbon, renewable energy, reports

Darling loses sight of low-carbon, smart technology future

Posted by jossc — 25 November 2008 at 12:00pm - Comments

Yesterday's pre-budget report presented a great chance to Alastair Darling to fire the starting gun on a clean energy revolution, given that the combination of impending economic meltdown and climactic chaos facing us provide an historic opportunity to invest billions in a low-carbon, smart technology future.

But rather than take that opportunity - by encouraging the development of a new UK manufacturing base capable of exporting renewables and energy efficient technologies to the world, and creating hundreds of thousands of green collar jobs in the process, the Chancellor blew it.

Article tagged as: aviation, budget, climate change, energy, low-carbon

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