Responding to today's
report by the ippr, which says that the opportunity to create
up to 70,000 UK jobs in the offshore wind industry
could be lost due to a lack of government support, Greenpeace executive director
John Sauven
said:
"The renewable energy
sector - which could provide tens of thousands of jobs - received nothing in the
government's fiscal stimulus package.
Commenting on the G20 communique,
Greenpeace executive director John
Sauven said:
"Tacking climate change on to the
end of the communique as an after thought does not demonstrate anything like the
seriousness we needed to see. Hundreds of billions were found for the IMF and
World Bank, but for making the transition to a green economy there is no money
on the table, just vague aspirations, talks about talks and agreements to
agree."
But promised 'green new deal' is dwarfed by RBS bonuses
30 March, 2009
OVER FIFTY THOUSAND British jobs could be created if the Government invested in an energy efficiency programme that would also help tackle climate change, according to a report released today.
The report coincides with research from nef (the new economics foundation) showing that new funding for greening the economy amounts to just 0.6% of the UK's total stimulus package. Gordon Brown recently claimed to the House of Commons liaison committee that around 10% of the UK package was directed towards ‘environmentally important technologies'.
What is the government doing that is new and additional to stimulate the economy by spending on the environment? This report by the New Economics Foundation shows that new funding for greening the economy amounts to just 0.6 per cent of the UK’s total stimulus package. Gordon Brown recently claimed to the House of Commons liaison committee that around 10 per cent of the UK package was directed towards "environmentally important technologies".
Posted by bex — 30 June 2008 at 11:17am
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Here's the latest in the Deep Green column from Rex Weyler -author, journalist, ecologist and long-time Greenpeace trouble-maker. The opinions here are his own.
In the 1980s, fishermen caught the last wild Beluga sturgeon from the Sea of Azov, source of prized caviar, and wild sturgeon in the Caspian Sea failed to reproduce. The sturgeon catch plunged by 95 percent, and the cost of caviar soared. Such extraordinary price growth is known as "hyperinflation," or as economist Eric Sprott says, "the caviar syndrome."
This may sound trivial regarding caviar, but hyperinflation turns critical with commodities such as oil, gas, copper, zinc, water, or fine hardwood, all now growing rare on a global scale. Industrial civilization has already depleted the best and most accessible of these resources. Sturgeons might recover if we leave them alone, but copper and oil do not reproduce themselves.
Posted by bex — 10 January 2008 at 5:44pm
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Our political unit has been trawling through the fine print of this morning's nuclear White Paper. Here's their initial analysis, outlining some of the more subtle ways the government has understated the real risks to the taxpayer and the lack of clarity on economics:
The
White Paper shows how nuclear companies will be able to cap their liabilities, leaving
the tax payer exposed if estimates for dealing with waste change.
It
openly admits the government will have to provide extra money if cost estimates
are wrong.
It
uses questionable financial estimates to build the nuclear economic case.
The things you learn when working for Greenpeace. Today, I found out how to collect several litres of rainwater using a banner, two hard hats, a hollow cross-member of a crane and a CamelBak water bag - while 80 metres up in the air, hanging onto a crane.
