Shale gas is not the answer to our energy problems – and here’s why
Shale gas is not the answer to our energy problems – and it could be a fracking disaster, writes Guy Shrubsole.
Climate Change
Government inaction on green economy is holding us back
Investment in our green economy would get Britain growing and cut the deficit, but government inaction is holding us back, writes shadow minister Luciana Berger.
Tory Right’s “deregulation zealots” threatening UK’s green growth
The people dubbed “deregulation zealots” and “right wing ideologues” by energy secretary Chris Huhne have seemingly won another battle inside government.
East Africa famine: We need funds now, and to deal with underlying problems
We desperately need funds now to deal with the East Africa famine, but also long term fund commitments from developed countries, write Christian Aid.
Tackling climate change: What went wrong, and how do we fix it
Barry Gardiner MP, the Leader of the Opposition’s Special Envoy for Climate Change and the Environment, on the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change.
Coalition subsidy for nuclear could spark major political fallout
Leader of the Green Party, Caroline Lucas MP, writes about the Liberal Democrat u-turn on nuclear energy, and the need for a low-carbon future.
Climate sceptic Tory MEPs will send us sleepwalking towards disaster
David Cameron’s pledge to spur the EU into taking tougher climate action was dealt a massive blow today when Tory MEPs helped kill off emissions cut proposals.
Huhne and Greening are not serving the environment, but undermining it
With the Carbon Price Support, energy secretary Chris Huhne and treasury minister Justine Greening are not serving the environment, but undermining it.
Two weeks left to get the Tories to deliver on Cameron’s green promises
Christian Aid is gearing up to lobby Tory MEPs to vote to toughen up EU carbon emmissions targets – in accordance with their leader’s promises.
Will Tory MEPs make a mockery of the coalition agreement?
Tory MEPs look set to vote against the 30 per cent emissions reduction target in the European Parliament today – breaking a pledge in the coalition agreement.