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.
Melting icebergs in the path of rigs in the Arctic, the latest oil frontier
Drilling in the Arctic is a risky business. So it’s a good thing that the
only company with a license to drill in the Arctic isn’t comparing the whole endeavour to hanging out
in Vegas and trying your hand at shooting craps.
The head of Greenpeace’s transport campaign, Vicky
Wyatt, said:
“The prime minister made clear that rising carbon
emissions were a key reason he opposed the growth of London’s airports so it’s
worrying that these new transport proposals seem to put a new emphasis onto
aviation growth happening by the back door at regional airports.
The government’s climate plan needs pollution from
planes to be kept within limits. Clearly the aviation industry has been ramping
up their lobbying efforts but Ministers should learn the lessons of the Labour
years and not cave in.”
Jacob Namminga checks a colleague's boots for traces of radioactivity
Jacob Namminga, one
of our radiation safety advisors, spoke to Brian Fitzgerald at our international office, about the radiation monitoring that began on Saturday March 26, in a rural area of Japan to the north west of the Fukushima nuclear plant.
The trip's aim was to asses the true extent of radiation risks to the local population, which has reported radiation levels of up to ten micro sieverts per hour in Iitate
village, 20km beyond the official evacuation zone - levels high enough to require evacuation. As told to Brian, here are Jacob's reflections on the trip.
A briefing prepared in advance of the 2011 UK government budget, explaining how the chancellor's decisions will affect the Green Investment Bank, clean energy schemes, transport solutions and the carbon levy.
