Lessons we can learn from the emergence of the Gilets Jaunes (Yellow Vest) movement.
… Yellow Vests and climate policy tests Elise Lobbedez Nicholas Beuret | 22nd November 2023 | Comment Activism Policy Editor’s Picks Yellow Vests Protesters … movement to an environmentally friendly policy, with its members opposing an …
Environmental groups and local authorities are dismayed by Government plans to drop a key local policy to promote renewable energy, following pressure from developers.
… Government pulls plug on local renewables policy 24th August 2007 News Merton Rule … Energy Renewables Renewable Energy Government Policy UK Energy Politics And Economics News … by Government plans to drop a key local policy to promote renewable energy, following …
The past several years have witnessed a rush to the courthouse by lawyers around the world seeking to tackle climate change.
… US climate change policy Joseph Mendelson | 4th December 2007 … an emerging and seismic shift in US climate policy began quietly in the waning days of the … EPA cited an array of disjointed legal and policy reasons including the need to maintain …
Making fossil fuel firms pay to clean up carbon could help curb climate change.
… 'We need a polluter pays policy' Emily Beament | 16th January 2023 | … government subsidies,” he said. He said the policy was a “backstop” to other policies to …
British Government urged to support circular economy as world hits Earth Overshoot Day.
… a lack of understanding and imagination among policy makers as well as ingrained consumer … ensuring it is integral to industrial policy. The Committee on Climate Change has also called policy on resource efficiency “insufficient” …
Breathe by Sadiq Khan offers a glimpse into the London Mayor's 'internal struggle between action on climate and corporate interests'.
… . Again, corporate pressure versus climate policy. Again, not a word in Breathe . In fact … London Authority (GLA) Circular Economy Policy. City Hall claimed falsely it had “no … Corporate pressure versus climate policy. Campaigners pushed for a public …
Our climate strategy must combat the 'technofixes-plus-markets' fraud.
… technological fixes, and delay. Market-type policy instruments are meant eventually to … deliver or stimulate future techno-solutions, policy elites advocate market-type … never materialised. Buy now! Incentives This policy framework is worse than simply …
International aviation is the UK’s fastest-growing source of carbon emissions, and yet the government isn't even accounting for them. Peter Lockley explains why we urgently need to call a halt to airport expansion
… Tyndall Centre Climate Change Bill Government Policy Airport Expansion Carbon Emissions … Change Bill, the Government's flagship policy that proposes to set a legally-binding … The Government is now proposing to give this policy more weight. Dismayed at the objections …
The UK's controversial pesticide policies have resulted in 36 toxic chemicals banned in the EU being allowed by the government post-Brexit.
… compared to EU nations. Protect Nick Mole, policy officer at PAN UK, said: “The UK is … pesticides . Previously, the UK had a policy of granting a maximum 15-year license …
Last December's Barker Review replaces democracy with economic growth. Ex <i>Ecologis</i>t editor Simon Fairlie claims our land is being sold to the highest bidder
… Walmart and Tesco superstores pursuing a policy of swamping out smaller competition. … will be ruled out of order by a government policy statement made years before, which they … string of proposals for streamlining planning policy and planning process. Barker recommends …
How do we stop the West Cumbria coal mine? Finance, law and workers’ organising on jobs.
… and forever! Lloyds of London has a stated policy of not insuring new coal for power stations, but the policy is not binding on its individual … influencing the calculations of vote-seeking policymakers. The jobswashing strategy works …
Stop spending public funds on carbon capture failure – researchers.
… research team of scientists, economists and policy analysts, headed by June Sekera of the … gas emissions. Insulation US government policy of supporting mechanical carbon removal … UK, the Tory government is dragging public policy down the same path, of support for …
Limits set by the EU on the maximum amount of particulate matter allowed in our air could be inadequate, a report by the European Respiratory Society (ERS) makes clear.
… EU policy puts us all at risk from particulates …
Reports from Downing Street officials that US President George Bush was to use next week’s State of the Union address to announce a successor to the Kyoto protocols have been denied by Tony Snow, a Senior White House spokesman.
… Senior Bush Official Denies Change in Climate Policy 16th January 2007 News Climate Change …
Fossil fuel companies at Cop28 set to produce 25 billion barrels of oil.
Billions of barrels of oil Danny Halpin | 15th December 2023 | News COP28 Oil Industry Economics Just Stop Oil Whitehall Fossil fuel companies at Cop28 set to produce 25 billion barrels of oil. …
The Committee on Climate Change is supposed to hold the UK Government's feet to the fire. Here is how it is failing.
… body in the UK concerned with climate change policy. It is primarily responsible for … by 2028, this is the only area of policy apart from food where the CCC’s … Net Zero Strategy for its lack of policy and detailed planning on just about …
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.
… of climate change and on its proposals and policy for adapting to climate change. Good … striking aspect of the debate is the growing policy similarity between all parties: all …
Could Tory MPs lose votes among their base support because of the party's perverse energy policies? The answer is blowing in the wind.
… concern that the government’s proposed policy changes will not remove the effective … for onshore wind, and to ensure all planning policy is aligned with the goal of tackling …
The insurance industry is set to abandon two million British homeowners to the perils of climate change. Jon Hughes and Rebecca Bole report
… trends and radically review our public policy.’ The figures underlying his statement … Poor defences Defra has the ability to set policy, which can be adopted or ignored by the … adding, ‘But I seriously question whether all policymakers, businesses and homeowners are …
Confused when shopping? Wondering if, when you go into the nation’s favourite supermarket, you’re getting the maximum green bang for your buck? Andrew Simms’ latest book, Tescopoly, is a forensic investigation of all things Tesco – including the chain’s green and ethical credentials. Forget the hype, he says, Tesco’s most recent charm offensive, the Good Neighbour policy, launched in May 2006, isn’t good enough. Could Britain’s largest retailer do it better? Take a look at Tesco’s Plan A – then read Plan B
… recent charm offensive, the Good Neighbour policy, launched in May 2006, isn’t good … and Robinson, £7.99). Andrew Simms is policy director of the New Economics …
Campaigners demand a reduction of carbon emissions and end to new fossil fuels in the wake of terrifying Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) report.
… zero policies. Mike Childs, head of science, policy and research at Friends of the Earth, …
The Roundhouse, an eco-home in the Pembrokeshire Coast National Park, faces demolition after an ecological survey concluded that it threatened biodiversity.
… county council’s radical new planning policy. Introduced last year, this policy grants planning permission to …
A new report by the Policy Exchange think-tank has advocated scrapping the green-belt and simplifying the planning system.
… Politics And Economics A new report by the Policy Exchange think-tank has advocated … the planning system. A new report by the Policy Exchange think-tank has advocated …