Has the ‘greenest government ever’ given up on carbon budgets?
In the wake of the draft Energy Bill, it is time to make sure the government sticks by its commitments and reduces emissions in line with the carbon budgets.
Climate Change
Telegraph distorts the truth on energy bills
The Daily Telegraph has joined the ranks of the Daily Mail and Daily Express in exaggerating the costs of environmental regulations, reports Will Straw.
Wrong again: The Daily Mail claim wind farms change the weather
Reuben Balfour-Brown, a researcher at the Institute for Public Policy Research, fact checks the latest Daily Mail dodgy science on wind farms changing the weather.
Select committee calls on coalition to tackle Britain’s outsourced emissions
The UK government cannot ignore the huge issue of outsourced emissions any longer, writes Guy Shrubsole.
Tories mount a campaign against their own energy policy
Quite how David Cameron thinks this can be the greenest government ever if he isn’t serious about household energy use is anyone’s guess, writes Charlie Samuda.
The new dash for gas is utter folly
“We can’t take our foot off the gas for some time yet,” new energy secretary Ed Davey said at the weekend; Guy Shrubsole explains why this strategy is wrong.
Boris’s air quality failures are no longer funny – we need action not bluster
Labour’s Murad Qureshi AM writes about London Mayor Boris Johnson’s abject failure to tackle air pollution in the capital.
The cost of Boris’s failure to deliver on his climate change promises
The Green Party’s Darren Johnson AM explains the cost of London Mayor Boris Johnson’s failure to deliver on his climate change promises.
Even if people prefer a 3rd runway to Boris Island, doesn’t mean they like either
Airport Watch presents the actual evidence around the expansion of airport capacity. It doesn’t bode well for airports.
Conservative NIMBYism is scaring away the investment in renewables
Kevin Meagher reveals the damage being caused to UK industry by the Conservative NIMBYs who fight investment at every opportunity