Fox News and the Mail: Does anyone trust them (on climate change)?
Fox News and the Daily Mail demonstrate the state of shoddy climate change coverage throughout the UK and US media, writes Dan Holden.
Climate Change
What puts up your energy bill?
Greenpeace UK’s Damian Kahya investigates the reasons behind households’ soaring energy bills.
Now energy companies warn Osborne: Go green or we’ll leave Britain
Seven major energy companies employing 17,500 workers in Britain are threatening to withdraw hundreds of millions of pounds of investment.
Ed Davey’s power station numbers don’t add up
The risk remains that the UK’s efforts on climate change could still be sabotaged by too much fossil fuel burning, and not enough renewable energy.
Have the Lib Dems already caved on a 2030 decarbonisation target?
Following Ed Davey’s op ed today in Politics Home, Will Straw looks at whether the Liberal Democrats have already caved on a 2030 decarbonisation target.
Extreme weather, extreme prices: Time for governments to ‘stress-test’ global food system
Tracy Carty, Climate Change Policy Advisor at Oxfam, writes about Oxfam’s “Extreme Weather, Extreme Prices: The costs of feeding a warming world” report.
Right-wing think tanks at odds with British business on green growth
Four right-wing groups set out policies to ‘build the momentum for growth’ in today’s Telegraph. But these carbon-intensive projects are at odds with British business.
Going green since the 70s? Introducing the Energy Consumption Guide
As the topic of energy consumption takes centre stage at the Rio+20 summit, a new interactive tool sheds new light on UK energy consumption since the 1970s.
The government has no ambition on carbon reporting
From yesterday’s announcement on carbon reporting, it looks like the coalition are trying to divert attention from its own domestic record on the environment.
Only one cheer for the draft Energy Bill
The Energy Bill was a golden chance to meet Britain’s energy needs; however, the coalition’s approach only deserves one cheer, not three.