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Not so much 'green' as 'cabbage looking'
Molly Scott Cato
22nd March, 2007
Gordon Brown's Budget was disappointing. But not just because of its economic niceties. It fails to address key issues which have become taboo amongst economists - money, debt and economic growth. Molly Scott Cato, a green economist and Senior Lecturer in Social Economy at the Cardiff School of Management, addresses all three... more...
How 'green' was Gordon?
Miriam Kennet
22nd March, 2007
Environmentalists held their breath in expectation of Gordon Brown's 'green' budget. Was it worth the wait? Miriam Kennet, a director of the Green Economics Institute, looks at where the Chancellor went awry... more...
Gordon's 'green budget' to lightly slap 4x4s
news
19th March, 2007
Wednesday’s Budget is expected to increase taxes on the most polluting cars, but only by £200, some £1,400 short of recommendations made by Friends of the Earth. more...
Climate Change Botch?
Isabel Hilton
15th March, 2007
The publication of the government's draft Climate Change Bill this week signalled the latest round of the escalating competition between David Cameron and Tony Blair to take the title of climate change champion of the world. Following hard on the EU measures, the government's bill set out more radical targets than before and promises to deliver them – a promise that will be reinforced by a new committee of independent auditors. more...
Conservatives vie with Brown over green taxes
News
12th March, 2007
The Conservative party has unveiled new taxes on aviation in a bid to control increasing carbon dioxide emissions from the sector. more...Tom Hodgkinson, editor of The Idler magazine, on 'The Importance of Being Merry'
21st December, 2006
The Idler magazine promotes, among other things, a good work-life balance. And its editor, Tom Hodgkinson, had things other than work on his mind when he gave this talk in a shop full of Ukeleles. Find out about the origin of mince pies, the puritans who banned Christmas, and Gordon Brown's bottom... more...
Re-writing the pre-budget report
Paul Kingsnorth
7th December, 2006
The Chancellor's pre-budget report on Wednesday 6th December was a green-washed shambles. Paul Kingsnorth gives Gordon a helping hand with the re-write more...
A brown tree snake
Anthony Wall
1st February, 2006
At dead of night, unseen, a slithering stowaway disembarks from a newly docked ship… down a rope, across the quay and into concealing undergrowth. Is that what happened? Or did the snake hitch a ride on a military aircraft from Indonesia, maybe, to take up residence here on the American island of Guam in the Pacific? more...
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