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UK carbon emissions figures 2010 - Greenpeace response

Last edited 31 March 2011 at 11:57am
31 March, 2011

Reacting to the publication of UK carbon emission figures for 2010, Dr. Doug Parr, the chief scientist for Greenpeace, said:

“Climate-changing pollution should be falling, not going up – so what these figures show is that the UK is moving in the wrong direction. Politicians can’t blame it on the beginnings of the economic recovery because whilst the economy has grown slowly, carbon emissions have grown faster.

Article tagged as: climate change, co2 emissions, energy, politics, transport, UK

Woodland sell-off plans - Greenpeace response

Last edited 27 January 2011 at 2:13pm
27 January, 2011

Responding to the government’s proposals – unveiled today – for the sell off of much of Britain’s woodlands, John Sauven, executive director of Greenpeace UK, said: 

Article tagged as: forests, politics, UK, woodland

Are forests in the UK for sale?

Posted by jamie — 6 December 2010 at 6:11pm - Comments

Image by Lee Jordan

The government recently announced it is considering selling off large areas of woodlands. Forested areas in the UK are important for local biodiversity, and while Greenpeace campaigns are focused on tropical rainforests, the Woodland Trust is all about our own trees. Guest blogger Kaye Brennan from the Trust explains what's going on in our own backyard.

For the latest news on the proposed forest sell-off, visit the Woodland Trust's website.

First of all, let me say that yes, we are worried, and no, we're not campaigning... yet!

Shocking news burst our peaceful Sunday bubble recently, as the Guardian and several other newspapers announced that Defra were considering the mass sale of at least half of the public forest estate.

Several petitions were swiftly started, between them gathering signatures from hundreds of thousands of concerned people and they are still growing in numbers. Online, views were made clear in the hundreds of comments left on articles, blog posts, Facebook pages and tweets.

Article tagged as: forests, politics, UK, woodland trust

Official: burning fossil fuels has changed rainfall patterns in the UK

Posted by bex — 24 July 2007 at 2:39pm - Comments

Flooding

The Red Cross is stretched to their limits, in Tewkesbury. Thousands of people previously living in Gloucestershire’s rolling hills suddenly find themselves homeless. A third of a million people have no drinking water.

Article tagged as: climate change, flooding, impacts, precipitation, science, UK

The politics - UK

Last edited 16 April 2007 at 4:24pm

Blair has a poor record of delivering on climate change

Since coming into office in 1997, New Labour has overseen a rise in overall carbon emissions. The use of coal in power stations, the most carbon intense of all fossil fuels, has risen. Centralised power stations, which waste two thirds of the energy they produce, still account for the vast majority of our energy production. The government is now set to miss its own emissions targets.

Article tagged as: climate change, labour, politics, rhetoric versus reality, tony blair, UK, UK policy

You can't lock up a sunrise...

Posted by bex — 2 March 2007 at 3:58pm - Comments

Part of the Trident: we don't buy it tour blog

The Arctic Sunrise at Faslane On the Trident: we don't buy it ship tour

After nearly a week of being impounded at Faslane nuclear weapons base, the Arctic Sunrise is now free! At 10 am this morning the ship was towed by two police tugs to the mouth of the Clyde, and the crew allowed back onboard. The challenge for us now is to make our way around the coast to London in time for a rendez-vous with London Mayor Ken Livingstone next Tuesday. The Sunrise will anchor close to Tower Bridge, and Ken will be helping us promote the 'Trident: we don't buy it' message ahead of the House of Commons vote on Trident replacement - now scheduled for March 14th.

Article tagged as: arctic sunrise, disarmament, nuclear weapons, peace, ships, trident, trident tour, UK

Greenpeace wins nuclear legal challenge

Posted by jamie — 15 February 2007 at 4:33pm - Comments

Green groups outside court

Article tagged as: energy review, government, nuclear, nuclear power, UK

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