Green Politics
£6bn cuts – long-term pain for short-term gain?
Schools funding, Sure Start children’s centres and 16-19 education were spared the axe this morning as George Osborne and David Laws announced £6bn of cuts.
The environmental and economic benefits of renewable energy
A slew of recent reports, profiled at a conference organised on Friday by the UK Energy Research Centre, have challenged the myths on renewable energy.
“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.
Not much new on unemployment or job creation from coalition
On tackling unemployment, today’s coalition agreement bears a striking resemblance to the Conservative Party manifesto – and has scarcely more detail.
Osborne’s Office of Budget Responsibility reeks of old politics
The establishment of the Office for Budget Responsibility was Mr Osborne’s attempt to join the ‘change’ brigade, but is just a triumph of spin over substance.
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.