Using social innovation to combat climate change
NESTA have announced the winners of the Big Green Challenge, a £1 million prize for communities in response to climate change. We report on the new innovations.
Climate Change
Exposed: The Mail’s latest attempt to twist the facts to deny global warming
The Daily Mail have misused an eminent scientist’s work to try and imply he supports their pathetic theory that the cold snap means global warming is a myth.
Offshore wind power – an economic and jobs boom
Our response to climate sceptic Andrew Turnbull’s piece in the FT in which he rails against renewables and investment in new energy technologies.
Emissions targets aren’t tough enough, says Commons committee
A new report by the Environmental Audit Committee warns that domestic emission reductions will be futile without a global climate deal. It calls for 42% reductions.
Green groups welcome offshore wind announcement
The Government’s £75 billion offshore wind turbine programme has been welcomed today by green groups including the Green party. The Guardian reported this morning that, “Round three will be the biggest wind programme announced by the Crown Estate so fartest
Long range forecasting is accurate and CO2 does cause global warming
Scientists have been responding to claims that if they were unable to predict the bad weather how can they predict climate change over the next century?
After Copenhagen, we need to change the climate argument
In Copenhagen’s glitzy airport, there’s a brightly lit billboard bearing a picture of an ageing President Obama. ‘I’m sorry,’ says the legend. ‘We could have stopped climate change. We didn’t.’ The advert, paid for by the international ‘tcktcktck’ climate campaigntest
Will Iain Dale acknowledge his climate error?
An Iain Dale post seeks to show “no evidence of any warming trend” using data from the Met office. The problem is that the methodology has no statistical basis.
Look Left – The Week in Fast Forward
Round up of the week’s politics news from around Westminster and the wider world.
100 reasons why “vote blue, go green” won’t work
The European Foundation set out “100 reasons why climate change is natural and not manmade”. Left Foot Forward has 100 reasons why “vote blue, go green” won’t work.