Posted by Willie — 2 March 2011 at 6:23pm
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If yesterday’s news is supposed to be today’s
fish and chip wrappers, then today we have an odd scenario: your fish supper is
probably wrapped in a hefty helping of column inches on fishing.
Maria Damanaki, the
European Fisheries commissioner, has drawn up a proposal to ban the
controversial practice of ‘discards’ - a perverse consequence of current quota
rules imposed by Brussels, and will present it to a meeting of ministers and
MEPs on Tuesday.
In response Greenpeace
UK executive director John Sauven said:
Now you see it...: cod caught in the North Sea and about to be discarded
Discards are disgusting. No-one with any sense can support the
catching, killing, and throwing away of fish. Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall’s Fish Fight
– which Greenpeace has supported from the outset - has at long last made the
waste of perfectly good fish a national outrage. It is a pointless
waste of life, and potential resources. It’s abhorrent whether you eat fish or
don’t.
German agriculture minister Ilse Aigner walks past Greenpeace's trawler in Brussels, Belgium
Every year, it’s the same. Despite
evidence and advice from marine biologists that really there aren't plenty more
fish in the sea, European fishing quotas are set way above what's required to
halt and reverse the downward spiral of many commercial species. As Willie
pointed out this time two years ago, it's a pantomime farce which comes
along like clockwork in the week before Christmas. But that may be about to
change.
Posted by jamess — 8 November 2010 at 7:09pm
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Update: Over 6,000 emails to Ford bosses. Yet to receive a reply.
As the clock ticks down to some pretty important laws that could potentially save us millions of barrels in oil consumption (3.6m in the UK alone), one car manufacturer is doing its best to scupper this important legislation: Ford.
We've just heard from some high-level sources that Ford is pressuring Vince Cable, the Business Secretary, to weaken the UK's position on proposed European emissions targets.
Posted by jamess — 5 November 2010 at 3:35pm
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Why are car companies hiding their progress? Photo: drinksmachine
It's not often you see car companies trying to hide their green achievements. We're more used to seeing them worn boastfully on the outside. The way Superman wears his underpants.
So why would they hide them now?
The Corporate Social Responsibility guys must be choking on their almond croissants. Today's news is something they want to shout about: fast, tangible progress on vehicle efficiency technology that reduces emissions. Greener cars, greener company. This time they don't have to make it up. But they're being hushed up by the lobbyists in the boardroom, who know that talking about these gains is going to counter their main argument with politicians: that their companies can't comply with proposed CO2 targets in time.