Sustainable development? So far, it’s mostly been slash-and-burn
The bonfire of the quangos is in full swing, and the Government has started to throw green wood onto the rising flames.
Green Politics
You’ve done great! ps. You’re fired
Good timing and luck are everything in politics. Unfortunately for the regional development agencies, they have not been overendowed with either. They long ago shattered a lorry load of mirrors.
Revealed: The shocking conditions of Kenyan & Indian tea plantation workers
Research published by War on Want today reveals that tea workers in northern India earn just £15.45 (1,220 rupees) a month, compared to a living wage of at least 3,500 rupees (£44.34) a month.
D Miliband: Labour must buck the trend to prevent the return of mass unemployment
Labour leadership candidate David Miliband writes for Left Foot Forward on the GDP figures and the state of the economy.
No we can’t: Obama and Senate Democrats give up on climate bill
Accepting the Democrat nomination on June 3rd, 2008, Barack Obama predicted future generations would look back and see that “this was the moment when the rise of the oceans began to slow and our planet began to heal”. But today we know that will not be the case.
Darling: GDP rise due to Labour’s approach to “supporting the recovery”
The shadow Chancellor says the rise in GDP “show the results of the Labour Government’s approach to supporting the recovery” – and that the Coalition “will have to accept responsibility for the risks they are taking with the economy”.
Wilkinson clashes swords with his detractors in spirited debate on inequality
As Left Foot Forward reported on Monday, several recent publications have challenged the central conclusion of the book that more unequal societies do worse than more equal societies, on a variety of social outcomes.
Scottish recovery stalls as Minister admits Wales will be worst hit by cuts
Official figures have revealed that the Scottish economy achieved no growth in the first three months of this year, having increased by 0.3% during the final 3 months of last year.
The false economy of the Coalition’s short sighted cuts
We heard the shriek of ‘Noooooooooo!’ in the North East. The Government’s ideological decision to renege on support for Forgemasters in Sheffield triggered anger but also bewilderment among people I know in Yorkshire.
Exposed: Exxon funding climate denial. Yes, again
The front page of The Times this morning is just the latest sign that the tide is once again turning against the climate denial community. The newspaper reports that ExxonMobil gave £1 million to fund “organisations that campaign against controls on greenhouse gas emissions”.