http://www.greenlibdems.org.uk/newsarchive.php Recent News Stories from Green Liberal Democrats en-GB Green Liberal Democrats http://www.greenlibdems.org.uk/ Prater Raines Ltd http://www.praterraines.co.uk/ (c) 2010 Green Liberal Democrats 2010-03-18T09:06+00:00 United Kingdom http://www.greenlibdems.org.uk/news/000440/green_lib_dems_conference_fringe_the_general_election__campaigning_on_the_environment.html The Green Liberal Democrats will be holding a fringe meeting at the Liberal Democrat Spring Conference in Birmingham entitled "The general election - campaigning on the environment ". 2010-02-25T14:41+00:00 http://www.greenlibdems.org.uk/news/000439/green_lib_dems_in_exhibition_at_liberal_democrat_conference_birmingham_spring_2010.html The Green Liberal Democrats will be at stand C8 in the exhibition at the Liberal Democrats Spring Conference in Birmingham. The exhibition is located in Hall 3 off the Upper Foyer on the first floor of The ICC Birmingham. 2010-02-25T14:38+00:00 http://www.greenlibdems.org.uk/news/000434/brown_boasts_on_wind_power_ring_hollow_says_hughes.html "Gordon Brown's announcement pales in comparison to Liberal Democrat plans that will invest £400m in our wind turbine manufacturing capacity," said the Liberal Democrat Shadow Energy and Climate Change Secretary. 2010-02-18T12:56+00:00 http://www.greenlibdems.org.uk/news/000435/liberal_democrats_launch_green_jobs_manifesto_pledge.html Nick Clegg launched this latest plank of the Liberal Democrats' economic stimulus and job creation package visiting a former shipyard in Newcastle. The proposals would enable firms to manufacture off-shore wind turbines in the UK, instead of seeing them built abroad due to out-of-date facilities. 2010-02-11T00:00+00:00 http://www.greenlibdems.org.uk/news/000436/government_emissions_up_625_in_2008_says_hughes.html Carbon emissions from the public sector increased 6.25% in 2008, Liberal Democrat analysis of new Government figures reveals. 2010-02-05T00:00+00:00 http://www.greenlibdems.org.uk/news/000437/permanent_council_to_sort_out_climate_talks_process_says_hughes.html "Political leaders failed because they did not decide far earlier in the day on how decisions at Copenhagen would be reached," said the Liberal Democrat Shadow Energy and Climate Change Secretary. 2010-01-05T00:00+00:00 http://www.greenlibdems.org.uk/news/000438/boris_must_take_air_pollution_responsibility_says_hughes.html "If London doesn't lead we can't expect the rest of the country to follow," said the Liberal Democrat Shadow Energy and Climate Change Secretary. 2009-12-11T00:00+00:00 http://www.greenlibdems.org.uk/news/000433/liberal_democrats_cities_top_sustainability_league_table.html Julia Goldsworthy and Simon Hughes today gave their congratulations to six Liberal Democrat lead cities for their outstanding performance in Forum for the Future's annual league table of sustainable cities. 2009-11-24T13:10+00:00 http://www.greenlibdems.org.uk/news/000431/message_from_simon_hughes.html Next month, members of the United Nations meet in Copenhagen for vital talks on securing a new worldwide response to climate change. 2009-11-11T12:35+00:00 http://www.greenlibdems.org.uk/news/000430/the_nuclear_debate.html It is already too late to begin building more nuclear power stations.Even if new sites could be identified, the planning laws short-circuited and construction authorised within months, it will take almost a decade before new power plants could begin producing electricity. By that time Britain will be critically short of energy.Older nuclear plants will have been decommissioned, the gas-fired generators will be dependent on costly imported fuel and the exaggerated hopes for renewable energy generation will be left, likethe few completed wind farms, blowing in the wind. Nuclear reactors,given the potential for catastrophe, need intensive inspection and testing at every stage of their construction. This is especially true for the new generation of reactors developed by the French, one of which is now being built in Finland. Second, the cost of new reactors remains prohibitive â€" not because of running costs, but because the decommissioning of expired plants has proved hugely expensive. 2009-11-10T14:01+00:00 http://www.greenlibdems.org.uk/news/000429/lib_dem_councils_doing_whats_right_for_their_local_community_and_the_planet_rather_than_following_central_government_diktat.html Over the last three years it has been my privilege as Camden Eco Champion to have a remit to scour this land for best practice on the environmental agenda. Two things have struck me forcibly: the best practice out there is mostly being done by Lib Dem councils and none of the leaders on this agenda are doing what central government is telling them to do. 2009-07-27T01:42+01:00 http://www.greenlibdems.org.uk/news/000428/a_princely_way_to_protect_rainforests.html The Prince of Wales' Rainforests Project (PRP) has developed a proposal for emergency funding to help protect rainforests and to use incentives to encourage rainforest nations to continue to develop without the need for deforestation. 2009-07-17T10:00+01:00 http://www.greenlibdems.org.uk/news/000427/can_transition_totnes_feed_itself_can_any_of_us_feed_ourselves.html The Transition Towns movement began as an attempt by communities to work out for themselves how to address the twin problems of climate change and the end of cheap oil. Transitioners believe that life will be better - more local, more in touch with nature, more vibrant, less stressed, less chemical - after oil, and that we will be better prepared to deal with the challenges if we start working together now. 2009-07-15T10:00+01:00 http://www.greenlibdems.org.uk/news/000426/support_the_great_british_refurb_campaign.html On Tuesday 14th July a super-insulated model house will be built outside Parliament by Kevin McCloud of "Grand Designs" and the Great British Refurb Campaign team to show what can be done and why MPs and the government need to back the campaign. A massive refurbishment program will make a major contribution to reducing carbon emissions from our homes and create thousands of "green collar" jobs in our communities. 2009-07-13T09:40+01:00 http://www.greenlibdems.org.uk/news/000425/green_lib_dem_conference_programme.html SATURDAY 2009-06-10T16:52+01:00