Tag Archives: environment

In style and substance, the budget spells more doom and gloom for greens

By Guest | Published: March 22, 2013

If Ed Miliband want to differentiate Labour from the Tories, it could start by showcasing its environmentally friendly economic policies.

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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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Adonis: Dither, delay and failure are costing the economy

By Guest | Published: December 3, 2012

Lord Adonis, Labour’s infrastructure and growth spokesman in the House of Lords, writes about the government’s failure to get the green economy going.

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Jobs, fighting crime, a bigger voice, rights, the environment… We’re better off in the EU

By Shamik Das | Published: October 31, 2012

Amidst the debate on the EU budget, here are five key areas in which Britain benefits from membership of the EU.

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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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Lab 2012: Balls must challenge the anti-green chancellor

By Guest | Published: September 28, 2012

Ed Balls must do more to challenge the anti-green George Osborne, writes Liz Hutchins, Friends of the Earth’s political co-ordinator.

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Transport poverty is real, pervasive and must be tackled

By Guest | Published: September 12, 2012

Liz Thorne, policy adviser at Sustrans, examines whether a family car is a necessity or is transport poverty the real issue.

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‘Greenest government ever’ ditches “dirty fossil fuels” pledge

By Guest | Published: July 20, 2012

The coalition, the self-styled ‘greenest government ever’, is ditching its “dirty fossil fuels” pledge.

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Going green since the 70s? Introducing the Energy Consumption Guide

By Guest | Published: June 22, 2012

As the topic of energy consumption takes centre stage at the Rio+20 summit, a new interactive tool sheds new light on UK energy consumption since the 1970s.

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The government has no ambition on carbon reporting

By Guest | Published: June 21, 2012

From yesterday’s announcement on carbon reporting, it looks like the coalition are trying to divert attention from its own domestic record on the environment.

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