The world (and planet) is waiting for the US
Concerns about China and India’s commitment to climate change are misplaced. We should focus on the US.
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.
Spain generates half electricity from renewables
Last week Spain generated nearly half of its electricity from renewable sources – the UK currently generates just 5.5%
Tory MEP confuses science with faith
A Conservative Party MEP today launched a stinging personal attack, with potentially discriminatory connotations, on the Nobel laureate, Dr. Rajendra K. Pachauri – one of the world’s foremost climate experts. Writing on ConservativeHome, Roger Helmer said that Pachauri’s concerns abouttest
Six in ten independents support Obama’s climate plan
CNN yesterday released a poll showing six in ten American independent voters support Obama’s plans for a so-called ‘Cap and Trade’ scheme for carbon emissions.
Influential think tank appoints climate sceptic
The Institute for Economic Affairs have appointed Mark Littlewood as their new Director General – a man with a history of climate change denial.
12 policies to save the climate and our planet
With parliament coming back, a general election looming and the Copenhagen climate summit just weeks away, this is the time for rhetoric to stop and action to start. That’s why we’ve written this manifesto. The policies show that we cantest
Refuting the TaxPayers’ Alliance on ‘cap and trade’ (Part 2)
The TPA have responded to my blog this morning “TaxPayers’ Alliance US scare tactics uncovered” with an attempt to justify their claims on jobs and energy bills, and needless to say they are still misleading people. First, on Elliott’s claimtest
TaxPayers’ Alliance’s US scare tactics uncovered
Matthew Elliott, chief executive of the right wing pressure group TaxPayers’ Alliance and a former adviser to Conservative Party parliamentarians, has been in the US in recent weeks helping his Republican friends to try and defeat Obama’s plans for atest
E.ON chief: No new nuclear before 2020
The chief executive of E.ON UK, Paul Golby, has told Reuters news agency that he does not believe any new nuclear station will come online before 2020 saying, “It’s clearly not possible to accelerate the build time.”
Today give platform to climate denier
With the US and EU reportedly at odds over securing a climate deal at Copenhagen, and doctors warning of a “global health catastrophe” if we don’t get one, you might think we need less confusion about climate change in the media, not more. Why then does the Today programme continue to give air-time to people who have no credentials to talk about climate change?