Climate Change
As fuel duty cut is wiped out, calls grow to wean nation off oil
George Osborne's much heralded penny cut in fuel has already been wiped out by rising oil prices - less than two weeks on from the announcement, reports Shamik Das.
Successor body to Sustainable Development Commission is badly needed
The Sustainable Development Commission - the government’s official watchdog on sustainability matters - formally closed its doors yesterday, after being axed because of spending cuts.
Coalition aviation policy is still green… for now
In advance of the government launching its sustainable aviation framework consultation on Thursday, Natan Doron takes a closer look at the coalition's aviation policy.
Budget 2011: Osborne the Clarksonesque showman
Mr Osborne has missed a golden opportunity to invest the £2 billion from the oil companies in providing alternatives to car travel; people are now being encouraged to drive in a 1970s dream that could soon evaporate with a change in the price of oil, writes Eleanor Besley.
Budget 2011: Three key climate change tests
Shadow Minister for Climate Change Luciana Berger outlines three key climate change tests for the government to prove its green credentials in the Budget tomorrow.
Coalition in danger of being ‘oiliest government ever’
The Cameron administration has had firm aspirations to be the 'greenest government ever', but the reality is turning out to be quite different. Alongside having a transport secretary who advocates gas-guzzling changes to public policy and continuing to encourage road-building in a time of austerity, they have announced that the person almost certain to head up the coalition's environemt and energy policy is a former BP policy advisor.