Action on climate emergency
News is breaking that in a major policy shift prime minister Rishi Sunak is considering diluting some of the government’s key green commitments. Sources suggest that it could include delaying a ban on the sales of new petrol and diesel cars and phasing out gas boilers. The BBC reports (https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-66857551) that the prime minister is …
Relaxing environment rules criticised as news announced at the end of August suggests that the government intends to relax environment rules that force housebuilders to mitigate the impact new developments have on river health have been criticised by Greenpeace. Commenting Doug Parr, their policy director said: “Who would look at our sickly, sewage-infested rivers and conclude …
Barry White Fossil-fuel subsidies surged to a record $7 trillion ($7000000000000) last year asgovernments supported consumers and businesses during the global spike in energy pricescaused by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and the economic recovery from the pandemicaccording to a report by the International Monetary Fund (IMF). This represents a massive $13m or £10.3m a minute …
Barry White News has broken that Vauxhall and Fiat manufacturer Stellantis has urged the government to renegotiate rules in the Brexit trade deal that it says could now force it … Continue reading “Brexit deal must be renegotiated or UK motor operations could close”
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Dr. Suzy Nelson, University of Westminster. To meet the UK Government’s targets to reduce the emission of greenhouse gases from our homes and to address the cost of living crisis … Continue reading “Planning system changes needed to promote home energy efficiency”
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Michael Holder Business Green 11 May 2023 Laws, regulations, treaties and decisions related to habitats, air quality, climate change, renewable energy, farming and fishing proposed for scrapheap under government … Continue reading “Retained EU Law Bill: Government places hundreds of UK green laws on the chopping board”
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Progress on energy efficiency is too slow. We know the benefits by making homes more energy-efficient, warmer homes and lower energy bills to name but two. Yet the pace of upgrades has stalled in recent years, leaving almost two-thirds of UK homes in need of better insulation. That’s why the report by the UK Business …
Barry White Water companies released raw sewage into rivers and seas in England for more than 1.75 million hours last year. There was an average of 825 sewage spillages into … Continue reading “Water companies’ foul record revealed”
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Barry White The UK is not ready for the unavoidable impacts of global warming, the government’s advisers on climate change say in a new report https://www.theccc.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/WEB-Progress-in-adapting-to-climate-change-2023-Report-to-Parliament.pdf . The Committee on … Continue reading “Government shows lack of urgency on climate crisis”
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Today’s report from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) warns that time is running out on the climate crisis as rising greenhouse gas emissions push the world to the brink of irrevocable damage that only swift and drastic action can avert. It represents a final warning on the climate crisis. The IPCC found more than …