After years as a BBC war correspondent and an environmental campaigner I really thought there was little more that could shock me when it comes to man's ability to destroy, but what I heard at last week's meeting of the Camden Council's all-party Sustainability Task Force appalled me.
A successful wind farm close to the Lake District national park is one of the sites recently approved by the UK government for a new generation of nuclear power plants.
Commenting on the European Court of Justice ruling that allows EU Governments to temporarily ban genetically-modified foods if they suspect the foods are a threat to human health or the environment, Andrew George MP, Liberal Democrat Shadow Rural Affairs Secretary, said:
A 'green budget' was anticipated this week, but Sustrans, the sustainable transport charity, says Budget 2009 was a series of missed opportunities.
According to Friends of the Earth Alistair Darling has squandered a huge opportunity to create a low-carbon economy and create thousands of green jobs by investing in renewable energy and cutting energy waste on the scale required.
If climate change is great challenge of our time, as ministers regularly tell us, then why is the new money announced for renewables and energy efficiency only marginally more than the Chancellor found earlier this year for RBS bonuses? And while Mr Darling admittedly has urgent economic issues on his mind, surely he can see that concerted investment in renewable technologies, energy efficiency and green manufacturing are the best way to meet our joint climate and economic crises head-on.
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