Climate

Clean Air Now? Zac Goldsmith Responds

Posted by Zac Goldsmith - 20th April 2016
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This blog below written by the Conservative candidate for the Mayor of London, Zac Goldsmith. It’s part of a series of blogs by candidates for London Mayor. We’ll also be featuing blogs by Sadiq Khan (Labour), Caroline Pidgeon (Liberal Democrat) and Sian Berry (Green Party). London’s air quality is one… Read More

Healthy citizens are the greatest asset any country can have

Posted by Aakash Naik - 18th April 2016
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It was Winston Churchill who famously said “Healthy citizens are the greatest asset any country can have.” We couldn’t agree more, that’s why we scaled 15 of London’s most iconic statues to crystallise the importance of air pollution in the hearts and minds of politicians. 40,000 lives are cut short… Read More

London election: What do the candidates have to say about solar power?

Posted by Diana Vogtel - 15th April 2016
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It has been two months since Greenpeace called on all mayoral candidates to set out clear plans to solarise London and commit to delivering a tenfold increase in solar power over the next 10 years. This target would see solar rolling out across an equivalent of nearly 200,000 rooftops across… Read More

And our survey says…Ban the bead!

Posted by Greenpeace UK - 14th April 2016
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Many people may not yet be aware of what microbeads are. But one thing is for sure, when they learn that they’re found in everyday products like face scrubs and toothpastes, and that they end up in our oceans and threaten marine wildlife, there is one popular reaction… Ban them. Read More

It’s time for David Cameron to stop hiding in the smog!

Posted by Aakash Naik - 1st April 2016
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We all need to get from A to B, to go to work, to take our children to school. But we shouldn’t have to breathe toxic air in order to do so. The Government must develop an action plan to clean up our air, improve our journeys and save thousands… Read More

Plugging the energy gap – George Osborne’s trilema

Posted by Graham Thompson - 31st March 2016
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For a long time, many environmentalists were concerned that government efforts to clean up the world’s energy supply were a bit one-sided, in that we were getting on quite well with half the problem – generating clean energy. Meanwhile the other more important half – not generating dirty energy –… Read More