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Joss Garman

Joss Garman writes on the environment. He is a climate and energy campaigner for Greenpeace and a co-founder of Plane Stupid. Joss is blogging in a personal capacity.

Will 2015 be the year the world finally agrees a historic climate deal?

Joss Garman
2 January, 2015

2015 represents the best opportunity world leaders have had to date to secure a global climate deal.

Today’s EU climate deal means it will be harder for Westminster to blame Brussels for rising energy bills

Joss Garman
24 October, 2014

One positive effect of today’s European deal is that it should be more difficult for MPs to deflect attention onto the faceless bogie-man that is ‘Brussels’.

Beijing and Washington’s assertiveness on carbon pollution exposes Europe’s dithering

Joss Garman
3 June, 2014

Climate has become such a low priority for European leaders that they see the horse-trading over jobs in the Commission as a bigger deal than efforts to avert climate change.

Why Labour’s new pledge on cleaning up export finance matters

Joss Garman
30 April, 2014

Chuka Ummuna’s statement last night puts pressure on the coalition to stop taxpayers’ money being used to fund fossil-fuel energy, writes Joss Garman.

Ed Davey’s power station numbers don’t add up

Joss Garman
12 September, 2012

The risk remains that the UK’s efforts on climate change could still be sabotaged by too much fossil fuel burning, and not enough renewable energy.

Author of new climate sceptic report was set to receive $1000 a month from oil lobby group

Joss Garman
2 May, 2012

Joss Garman reports on climate sceptic report author Indur Goklany, who is linked to a number of oil industry funded US lobby groups.

Leaked documents expose multi-million dollar climate disinformation campaign

Joss Garman
15 February, 2012

Joss Garman exposes the million dollar links between climate sceptic scientists and the oil companies

Cameron ditches “Vote blue go green” and tells BP: ‘Drill, baby, drill!’

Joss Garman
13 October, 2011

David Cameron drilled a further nail in the coffin of the ‘greenest government ever’ myth, with his support for BP’s North Sea oil drilling plans, reports Joss Garman.

Tory Right’s “deregulation zealots” threatening UK’s green growth

Joss Garman
27 July, 2011

The people dubbed “deregulation zealots” and “right wing ideologues” by energy secretary Chris Huhne have seemingly won another battle inside government.

Cameron deserves praise for overruling Osborne on climate change targets

Joss Garman
16 May, 2011

Joss Garman reports on David Cameron’s intervention in the row between the Treasury and DECC on the UK’s climate change carbon emissions targets.

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