climate change

As new figures showed sales of 4x4 vehicles dipping for the first time, Greenpeace urged Tony Blair to enact proposals to tax polluting vehicles more heavily. A total of 105,196 new SUVs were sold in the first seven months of 2006 compared with 106,732 in January-July 2005.

Commenting on Royal Society President Lord Rees' call for a new "Apollo project" to fight climate change, Greenpeace campaigner Robin Oakley said:

"Lord Rees is absolutely right to call for massive funding for clean energy research. The Apollo project cost $100bn to put a man on the moon, now we face a fight to save our only planet from the ravages of climate change. The technologies already exist to slash carbon emissions, what is lacking is the political will to implement them. If our leaders invested in low-carbon energy generation on a massive scale, right now, while generously funding research to develop the next generation of technologies, that would be a giant leap for mankind."


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London mayor Ken Livingstone has joined Bill Clinton in Los Angeles to launch a pact to help major cities around the world cut greenhouse gas emissions. Twenty-two cities, including Berlin, Mexico City, New York, Paris, and Rome, have joined the Clinton Climate Initiative, which plans to help cities reduce the amount of carbon dioxide they release into the environment through methods such as a purchasing consortium to lower the prices of energy saving products.