Reflections on climate politics across the English-speaking world
Lord Giddens’s think tank, Policy Network, has just published two new papers examining changes in climate politics in the US and Australia.
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.
Democrat leadership throws climate progress into doubt
This weekend, the Obama administration threw American, and therefore international, climate progress into doubt when it put the climate and energy bill on ice.
Labour’s green appeal to first time voters
Gordon Brown and Ed Miliband this morning launched Labour’s ‘green manifesto’. The Climate Secretary made an appeal direct to first time voters.
Fact check: How much will Trident replacement cost?
The total cost of replacing Trident could reach more than the £100 billion figure quoted by Nick Clegg.
‘Climategate’ Inquiry: CRU research done “fairly and properly”
The official inquiry into the scientific research conducted by the UEA CRU has cleared the scientists at the centre of the so-called ‘climategate’ controversy.
Must-read: Nobel laureate on climate economics
Paul Krugman has written a lengthy essay which explores climate economics. He suggests that political will, rather than costs, is the key to managing the problem.
The great green transition has begun
A flurry of major investment decisions has signaled that the great green transition has begun and finally Britain is beginning to make the switch to low-carbon.
Lord Monckton to headline Tea Party protests
UKIP peer Lord Monckton will address the US Tea Party movement. He has made large sums of money spreading anti-science disinformation.
New nuclear: delays, delays and more delays
DECC have announced that ‘Horizon Nuclear Power’ have said they plan to have their first nuclear plant generating by 2020. But there are a number of problems.
High Court: UK aviation policy “untenable”
The High Court today ruled that the government’s position on airport expansion is “untenable in law and common sense” – prompting a re-think of their analysis.