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Blair backs a nuclear (and more dangerous) future

Posted by bex — 17 May 2006 at 8:00am - Comments
Three Mile Island nuclear power plant at sunrise, USA

Tony Blair has announced that nuclear power is now "back on the agenda with a vengeance".

Speaking at a CBI dinner last night, Blair made his strongest admission yet that the Energy Review is a smokescreen for a decision that has already been taken: to build a new generation of nuclear power stations.

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Energy Review update 4

Last edited 8 May 2006 at 12:00am
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8 May, 2006

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Greenpeace's recommendations to the 2006 Energy Review

Posted by bex — 28 April 2006 at 8:00am - Comments

Drax power station

Greenpeace has called on the UK government to recognise that our existing energy system is outdated, fragmented and inherently wasteful - and to start a wholesale regulatory and market reform to make decentralised energy the mainstay of the UK's energy system.

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Greenpeace response to Lib Dems green speech

Last edited 27 April 2006 at 8:00am
27 April, 2006

Greenpeace UK Executive Director Stephen Tindale said:

"Menzies Campbell has set the gold standard for green speeches. He was not only rich on vision but rich on policy details too. He's right that the failure to commit to very basic common sense measures in the face of climate change is the key problem in the UK, so Greenpeace fully supports Campbell's challenge to the other parties. There's too much talk from New Labour and not yet enough substance from the Conservatives."

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Greenpeace's submission to the 2006 Energy Review

Last edited 26 April 2006 at 8:00am
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26 March, 2007

The Greenpeace response to the Department of Trade and Industry's Energy Review consultation document 'Our Energy Challenge' (January 2006)

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Terrorist targets on wheels

Posted by bex — 24 April 2006 at 8:00am - Comments
Nuclear waste train at Kensington Olympia station in London

Nuclear waste train at Kensington Olympia station in London

A terrorist attack on a train carrying waste nuclear materials across Britain could spread lethal radioactivity across an area of 100 sq kilometres, and result in the deaths of up to 8000 people.

Spent nuclear fuel is routinely transported by train from nine nuclear power stations around the country for reprocessing or storage at Sellafield in Cumbria. Typically these journeys take place once a week from each reactor - at the same time and on the same lines as regular passenger and freight trains.

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Energy Review update 3

Last edited 24 April 2006 at 12:00am
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24 April, 2006

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Yesterday a Bafta, today the world

Posted by bex — 4 April 2006 at 8:00am - Comments

Thandie Newton in her Toyota Prius

After winning a BAFTA in February for her performance in "Crash", Thandie Newton has now set her sights even higher: on doing her bit to save the planet.

Last year, the actor found a Greenpeace leaflet stuck to the windscreen of her family's SUV. A short while later, she traded in her gas guzzling 4x4 for a fuel efficient Toyota Prius, which switches between petrol and electric to get nearly three times more miles to the gallon than her old BMW X5.

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"Crash" star trades in 4x4 for hybrid, writes to celebs suggesting they do the same

Last edited 3 April 2006 at 8:00am
3 April, 2006

BAFTA winning actress Thandie Newton has sold her BMW 4x4 and replaced it with a hybrid car. The star of "Crash" has also written to dozens of other celebrities suggesting they think about doing the same.

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Energy Review update 2

Last edited 3 April 2006 at 12:00am
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3 April, 2006

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