Climate Change
Green MEPs round on Cameron
Two senior Green MEPs have spoken out against David Cameron’s decision to move Conservative MEPs from the European People’s Party […]
Letwin proposes retrofit of all homes by 2017
Oliver Letwin this afternoon announced radical new plans to retrofit the entire British housing stock. But the proposals, which appeared to preempt a speech by Greg Clark tomorrow, provoked questions over the cost and feasibility of the proposals.
E.ON chief: No new nuclear before 2020
The chief executive of E.ON UK, Paul Golby, has told Reuters news agency that he does not believe any new nuclear station will come online before 2020 saying, "It's clearly not possible to accelerate the build time.”
US climate deal “unlikely this year”
Left Foot Forward is in Madrid today for the Global Progress conference, organised by the Center for American Progress and […]
‘Right on’ in Brighton: Protestors’ voices
Protesters in Brighton on Sunday called for the scrapping of tuition fees, an end to testing in primary schools, and […]
Airline industry’s “aspirational goals” are not enough
Yesterday’s announcement from the International Air Transport Association sees more vapour trail and mirrors being employed by the airline industry in an attempt to persuade the world that they care about climate change and want to cut emissions. This new approach will not mean substantial or real cuts in emissions.