It is being billed as the concert that will awaken the world to the dangers of climate change. It took Bob Geldof’s persuasive powers to rally support in aid of Africa. Now, over twenty years after the first Live Aid...
The UK Environment Secretary David Miliband has said that dealing with climate change does not only help the environment but bring a "peace dividend" because the world's "oil dependence creates real danger". Mr Miliband said it was "right" for a...
The British government is due to announce its draft climate change bill today, aimed at cutting CO2 emissions by 60% by the year 2050. The law gives the UK the world's first legal framework for transition to a low-carbon economy....
The UK Government’s commitment to tackling climate change is once again under scrutiny after it has emerged that the long-awaited climate change Bill has been downgraded. The measure will be published next month as a draft Bill for consultation rather...
Every UK citizen could be issued with a carbon "credit card" under a carbon rationing scheme that could come into operation within five years, according to a government feasibility study. Cards would be used every time someone bought petrol, paid...
Gas-guzzling “Chelsea Tractors" or SUVs have suffered a sudden decline in sales after a succession of threatened tax rises, The Times reports today. Existing owners of 4x4s are facing substantial losses because the second-hand value of the vehicles has also...
The European Commission is arguing that Europe should set a new, unilateral, target for cutting CO2 emissions, agree legally binding plans to boost renewable energy and bring cars into its carbon trading scheme. The secret blueprint, drawn up by the...
There are always two ways to tell a story. Read the BBC this morning and you would believe that the Climate talks in Nairobi reached agreement. The headline on the BBC’s website is that “Nairobi climate talks end in deal”....
In London they are known as “Chelsea tractors” or 4X4s and in America as SUVs. Whatever you want to call them, the mayor of London has them in his sights. He has already called people who drive them “idiots”. Yesterday...
The Blair government is heading for political trouble after refusing to accept annual carbon dioxide reduction targets. Instead the government is set to introduce five-yearly targets in the Climate Change Bill to be announced in the Queen's Speech today. Ministers...
