Posts Tagged ‘Britain’

• The dirty side of the British Royal Wedding

  Did the Royal Wedding set a new record for greenhouse gas emissions produced by a one-day event? A while back, in an article about a bizarre scheme to let people in Britain offset their carbon emissions by paying for birth …

• Nuclear energy might see increased opposition after Japan crisis

  The ongoing nuclear crisis in Japan has sparked new life in the nuclear energy debate in many countries. And the fear for possible nuclear accidents in other countries forces politicians to reconsider and review their current energy policy stance. The …

• Watch: Indiscriminate logging in Latvia is fueled by Britain’s markets

  Al Jazeera English takes a closer look at the forests in Latvia which are being cut down at an unsustainable rate in one of their recent episodes of People & Power. “The Baltic nation of Latvia is blessed with some …

• Gordon Brown warns that climate deal is in grave danger, urges world leaders to attend climate conference

  Photo credit: World Economic Forum British Prime Minister Gordon Brown is now warning that the upcoming climate talks this December in Copenhagen, Denmark, are in “grave danger” of failing. The UN climate change conference, also known as Cop15, in Copenhagen …

• George Monbiot: The rich can relax. We just need the poor world to cut emissions. By 125%

  George Monbiot, Europe’s leading green commentator, gives his rather negative opinion about the British and G8 climate strategy which he says “just doesn’t add up”. Monbiot argues that the British climate plan, which the G8 pretty much adopted as its …

• James Lovelock: “I hope we are civilised when climate disaster strikes”

  The Inter Press Service has an interesting interview with James Lovelock, known for proposing the Gaia hypothesis, about everything from the IPCC to geo-engineering and climate tipping points. Lovelock has earlier said that he believes that climate change is now …

• Watch: Emma Thompson gets tough about Heathrow decision

  A third runway is proposed to be built at the Heathrow airport in the UK. Once constructed the third runway would make Heathrow to the single biggest source of greenhouse gas emissions in the UK. It’s expected that the airport …

• Greenpeace, celebrities and politicians buy Heathrow land to delay third runway

  In a genius attempt to stop the construction of a third runway at the Heathrow airport in the UK the TV impressionist Alastair McGowan has bought a piece of the Heathrow third runway site along with Emma Thompson, Zac Goldsmith …

• Activist singlehandedly sabotages British coal plant, reduces Britain’s carbon output by 2%

  Photo credit: izzie_whizzie Yesterday it was revealed that on November 28 one activist managed to breach the coal-powered Kingsnorth plant, one of the most heavily guarded power stations in Britain. The activist singlehandedly managed to get in, stop the power …

• The North Pole could be ice-free in just five years

  Last week the ice at the North Pole melted at an “unprecedented rate.” And that has some scientists worrying that the Arctic could become ice-free during the summers as early as 2013, the Guardian reports. The storms over the Alaska’s …