Who should decide under the new planning rules?
Sarah Sackman reports on the National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF), published yesterday.
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Budget 2012: The fossil fuel friendly Mr Osborne
Clare McNeil, senior research fellow at the Institute for Public Policy Research (IPPR), looks at the energy policy and environmental impact of the budget.
Boris’s 9-point plan is a bridge to nowhere
Andrew Dismore, Labour’s GLA candidate for Camden and Barnet, takes apart London Mayor Boris Johnson’s 9-point “Plan for London”.
Occupy have provoked the intelligent debate so lacking in mainstream politics
For four months, the protestors at St Paul’s have provoked the sort of intelligent debate so lacking in mainstream politics today, write Friends of the Earth.
Leaked documents expose multi-million dollar climate disinformation campaign
Joss Garman exposes the million dollar links between climate sceptic scientists and the oil companies
Shale gas fantasists and wind sceptics need to get real
Guy Shrubsole shows the Spectator how to do real environmental journalism. Hint: It’s not the way they do it.
FoE: Huhne’s successor “must stand firm against Osborne’s anti-green agenda”
Chris Huhne resigned today as energy and climate change secretary to fight charges he transferred speeding points to his then wife Vicky Price in 2003.
The environment trumps the debate between a tunnel or a bridge
Darren Johnson details the problems with Boris Johnson’s new plan to build a £700 million tunnel
Opposition parties attack Salmond’s commitment to green agenda
Ed Jacobs looks at accusations Alex Salmond’s SNP government is backing down from efforts to be environmentally friendly.
Sustainable development in 2012: Learning the lessons of 1987
As we enter 2012, what can we learn from looking back to 1987? Jules Peck looks at the state of play post-Durban and the state of green politics in the UK.