Exposed: Boris Johnson’s efforts to evade air pollution rules
Darren Johnson AM exposes Boris Johnson’s efforts to evade the European rules limiting air pollution in major cities.
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Government continues not being greenest ever
Following on from Hammond’s environmentally destructive attempt at populism on Friday, the Conservatives have this weekend struck two more blows against their own claim to be the greenest government ever. Firstly, Friends of the Earth released a report which concludedtest
Hammond hammers another nail in the coffin of the “greenest government ever”
Alex Hern looks at the problems with transport secretary Philip Hammond’s populist move to raise the speed limit to 80mph.
Pickles’s bribe to councils is a white elephant
Rupert Read discusses the flaws, in both aim and execution, of Eric Pickles’s plan to return to weekly bin collections.
‘Greenest government ever’ turning out to be less radical than CBI on mandatory carbon reporting
There are worrying signs that the Government is backsliding on its commitment to introduce mandatory reporting of carbon emissions by the public sector and large companies based in the UK by 2012. This has been identified by environmentalists as a key component of any plan to on reduce greenhouse gas emissions in line with Government targets, by 50% by 2025 and by 80% by 2050, relative to 1990 levels.
Budget 2011: Three key climate change tests
Shadow Minister for Climate Change Luciana Berger outlines three key climate change tests for the government to prove its green credentials in the Budget tomorrow.