EU carbon plan deemed ‘attack on UK sovereignty’ as green policy sidelined
The EU tax proposed by France would cover energy for heating and fuel, applying to households and to sectors of the economy not covered by the EU’s emissions trading scheme.
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.
Nuclear costs spiral as clean energy budgets face axe
Once again, evidence is mounting that the cost to Britain of nuclear power is spiralling.
Parallels between climate denial & 1920s anti-relativity movement
“Currently, every coachman and every waiter is debating whether relativity theory is correct” – said Einstein; there are striking parallels with climate denial.
“Deniers”, “sceptics,” or perhaps “climate creationists”?
This week’s New Scientist has a special section on denial, asking the question: From climate change to vaccines, evolution to flu, denialists are on the march.
Coalition agreement leaves many climate questions unanswered
The full agreement of the coalition government has been published this morning, but there’s little new detail on climate and energy policy.
New data dispels sceptics’ myths as PCC rules against UKIP climate denier
A major assertion made by those peddling disinformation about the science of climate change is that sea ice is growing, not shrinking.
Good news on Heathrow but Lib Dems to abstain on nuclear
The parties have seen eye-to-eye in this area on scrapping the Heathrow expansion plans, for example, and on new emissions standards for power plants.
Clegg the Kingmaker: What deal for the climate?
Friends of the Earth emailed all their supporters this morning describing the hung parliament situation as “a fantastic opportunity”.
Vote 2010: Climate change
While the Lib Dems clearly have the most progressive positions on climate and energy in general, none of the parties have detailed plans for what they would do.
Tories say drill, baby, drill
The Conservative Party are keen to open up offshore drilling. They want to open up an area of Ocean important for its whale and dolphin populations.