Tag Archives: Climate Change

Labour and Lib Dems could benefit from Boris’s airports fetish

By Guest | Published: January 25, 2013

John Stewart, chair of AirportWatch, writes about the potential electoral consequences of Boris Johnson’s lust for more airports and runways in the South East.

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‘I see snow, therefore we’re heading for an ice age!’ – scientists debunk Boris’s climate whiff-whaff

By Guest | Published: January 21, 2013

Ros Donald and Christian Hunt of The Carbon Brief debunk Boris Johnson’s latest climate sceptic rantings.

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Delingpole debunked by Met Office

By Ben Mackay | Published: January 10, 2013

James Delingpole is in trouble after the Met Office has eviscerated a number of claims he made in a bizarre Daily Mail article. The Met Office writes: “This article contains a series of factual inaccuracies about the Met Office and its science, as outlined below.” One claim Delingpole made is that the Met Office was [...]

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Graphic: The increase in energy bills – and how the rise might be steeper without efficiency measures

By Left Foot Forward | Published: December 13, 2012

The majority (83%) of the increase in energy bills is from wholesale and supplier costs, with less than a fifth (19%) due to low-carbon policies.

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Energygate raises serious questions of the Tory Party’s commitment to the Climate Change Act

By Shamik Das | Published: November 14, 2012

  Today’s Guardian reveals the Tory MP running the Corby campaign backed climate denier James Delingpole’s aborted bid for the seat – and helped push the Tories further towards an anti-green, anti-wind farm position. Newly appointed energy minister John Hayes, who broke ranks a fortnight ago to launch an attack on wind farms – defying [...]

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Does Lansley think global warming is a “bourgeois, left-wing” conspiracy?

By Shamik Das | Published: October 26, 2012

Andrew Lansley yesterday failed to condemn a Tory council leader who said global warming “may not exist” and was dreamt up by “bourgeois left-wing academics”.

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Gummer attacks Daily Mail: “You will not learn the facts on gas” if you read it

By Shamik Das | Published: October 23, 2012

Speaking at today’s TUC’s climate change conference, John Gummer, the Tory head of the Climate Change Committee, launched a stinging attack on the Daily Mail.

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Fox News and the Mail: Does anyone trust them (on climate change)?

By Dan Holden | Published: October 21, 2012

Fox News and the Daily Mail demonstrate the state of shoddy climate change coverage throughout the UK and US media, writes Dan Holden.

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What puts up your energy bill?

By Guest | Published: October 12, 2012

Greenpeace UK’s Damian Kahya investigates the reasons behind households’ soaring energy bills.

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Now energy companies warn Osborne: Go green or we’ll leave Britain

By Shamik Das | Published: October 8, 2012

Seven major energy companies employing 17,500 workers in Britain are threatening to withdraw hundreds of millions of pounds of investment.

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