‘Coal Not Dole’ Remains Rallying Cry for Shadow Climate Secretary Caroline Flint
Labour’s climate policies depend on carbon capture and storage to provide energy and jobs, despite serious concerns about the practice.Coal burning will power Britain under a Labour government through...
View ArticlePoliticians Must Act on Climate Change Now, UK Public Agrees
The majority of British people want world leaders to agree a global climate deal and they want this agreement to happen now, finds a government-backed opinion poll.The pressure on governments to...
View ArticleAid Charity Attacks Tories After Minister Banned from Climate Talks
The international poverty relief charity Christian Aid has attacked the Tory-led government for “banning” climate change minister Amber Rudd from attending the crucial Lima talks on climate...
View ArticleCameron Agrees 'Rare Deal' on Climate Change with Opposition Ahead of Election
Environmental leaders have welcomed a rare cross-party deal to tackle climate change struck between Britain’s leading political parties ahead of the general election.Prime Minister David Cameron,...
View ArticleLabour Leader Ed Miliband's Plan for the Paris Climate Deal
This is a cross-post from Carbon BriefProspective UK prime minister Ed Miliband has set out his vision for a global climate deal, in an article for the Observer newspaper.The Labour leader's article...
View ArticleElection 2015: What the Manifestos Say on Climate and Energy
This has been cross-posted from Carbon BriefThe UK's closest election in a generation is now three weeks away. Carbon Brief will be tracking the climate and energy content of the parties' manifestos...
View ArticleWhat Do The Labour Leadership Candidates Think About Fracking?
The Labour Party's stance on fracking has never been black and white, which makes the next party leader's view on the topic fairly important. In February, the Labour Party abstained from a vote on an...
View ArticleObama Bid To Secure Climate Legacy at Paris COP21
BYKYLAMANDELANDBRENDANMONTAGUEINPARISBarack Obama knows COP21 is his legacy moment. His presidency has been book-ended by the two most critical international climate summits – the disastrous Copenhagen...
View ArticleEd Miliband: Tory Government ‘Deeply Disappointing’ on Climate Change
The UK’s cross-party consensus on climate change has unravelled since the Tories gained a majority government in last year’s general election, Ed Miliband told an audience at a GuardianLive event...
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