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Greenpeace on the budget - "not green"

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.

2 May 2009

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Friends of the Earth on the budget - "not green"

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.

1 May 2009

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Ten reasons to continue to say no to nuclear power

There are rumours, as yet unsubstantiated, that the Lib Dem leadership is considering reversing the party's long-term opposition to nuclear power. Here are ten reasons why nuclear power is a mistake:

19 Mar 2009

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Will adapting to climate change be harder than preventing it?

George Monbiot's latest column in The Guardian, on how it will be a lot hard to adapt to climate change than to prevent it, should be compulsory reading for all Green Liberal Democrats...

20 Mar 2009

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"Put People First" - a march for jobs, justice and the climate

This Saturday (28 Mar) London plays host to the "Put People First" march for jobs, justice and the climate.

26 Mar 2009

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Why clean coal is the ultimate greenwash

Following on from yesterday's story about carbon capture and storage not working until 2030 it's worth reading Fred Pearce's latest Greenwash piece in the Guardian on why 'clean coal' is the ultimate climate change oxymoron.

1 Mar 2009

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