Climate Change
Treasury opposition to Tobin Tax is “bad faith”
Campaigners have reacted with anger to reports over the weekend that the Treasury is blocking German and French plans for a tax on currency transactions - a "Tobin Tax" - which would be used to help the world's poorest nations. Estimates suggest that $17 to $33 billion could be raised by the tax depending on which countries took part.
Get Gordon to Go
Ed Miliband has launched a campaign to get his boss, Gordon Brown, to join him at the Copenhagen talks. Meanwhile, the international online civic organisation, Avaaz, have sent an email to their 300,000 British members urging them to, "flood a UK online poll [and] ... send Gordon to Copenhagen."
Consumers still need winning over on climate change
The IPPR's latest report reveals that Government, business and communities need to do more to encourage people to adopt a more low-carbon lifestyle.
Trident costs five times Government estimate
A new report by Greenpeace suggests that the cost of replacing Trident has been grossly misrepresented by the Government. While the Government has claimed that Trident will cost £13 to £20 billion, the analysis places the true cost in a range estimated from £77 to £97 billion.
Job–lite recovery means Britain needs new industries
Despite yesterday’s "bleak employment outlook" the major political parties and British media continue to promote solutions which will do little to alleviate long term unemployment. The Government should prioritise long-term employment through investing in new industries combating environmental problems and increasing community development.
Today give platform to climate denier
With the US and EU reportedly at odds over securing a climate deal at Copenhagen, and doctors warning of a "global health catastrophe" if we don’t get one, you might think we need less confusion about climate change in the media, not more. Why then does the Today programme continue to give air-time to people who have no credentials to talk about climate change?