The 'Autumn Statement' delivered with such aplomb by the Chancellor is yet another attack on the UK's sustainable future, write David Lowry & Oliver Tickell - cutting energy efficiency funds just as tens of thousands are set to die of cold this winter, betting £250m on pointless nuclear research, and raiding the renewables budget to fund subsidies to nuclear power and fossil fuels.
Osborne's systematic devastation of the UK's sustainable future David Lowry Oliver Tickell | 26th November 2015 News Politics Energy Climate Change Fossil Fuels Renewables Finance UK osborne-cut.jpg …
Last week the consortium holding a £22bn contract to clean up the Sellafield nuclear site was sacked, writes David Lowry. But this is just the end of a long and scandalous tale of corporate profit at taxpayers' expense, and the active collusion of ministers and senior officials in fighting off Parliamentary scrutiny.
Sellafield - how the nuclear industry fleeced taxpayers David Lowry | 19th January 2015 News Nuclear Waste Politics UK Corporations sellafieldpond-a-cut.jpg Last week the consortium holding a £22bn …
Last week Parliament had its first ever chance to debate a shadowy treaty dating back to 1958, under which the UK exported to the USA enough plutonium for over 1,000 nuclear warheads, writes David Lowry. But the core question remains unanswered - how can the treaty be reconciled with our sovereign obligations to prevent nuclear weapons proliferation?
The world's first 'Nuclear Proliferation Treaty' David Lowry | 13th November 2014 News Nuclear WMD War Politics UK USA polaris-sub-ad-cut.jpg Can I have one too? Polaris Nuclear Sub from Honor House …