environment
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.
Per-flight tax pledge just another per-day coalition failure
There has been yet another coalition u-turn - this time over the per-flight tax pledge, reports the Fabian Society's Natan Doron.
There are concerns with High Speed Rail but it’s still worth doing
For all the legitimate concerns with High Speed Rail, it's still worth pressing ahead with, writes Richard George, roads and climate campaigner at the Campaign for Better Transport.
The government’s green-wash on sustainable development
Shadow environment secretary Mary Creagh outlines the government's failures in their bid to become the "greenest government ever" - especially on sustainable development.
Osborne’s ‘fair fuel stabiliser’ doesn’t make sense
It’s a telling sign of our dependence on foreign oil that all eyes turn to the price of a barrel of crude as events in the Middle East, which ought to give us cause for hope, are causing despair in the UK with petrol hitting the £1.40 a litre level.
New franchise deals must safeguard passengers
There’s scant evidence to suggest longer franchise periodsthat on its own this will result in improved performance or a better deal for rail passengers.