Hundreds of people turned up at Parliament last night (10 Feb 2009) to hear about the new Sustainable Communities Act which recently became law due to a huge campaign effort by the Local Works coalition (www.localworks.org) of which the Liberal Democrats are a leading member.
Norman Baker MP, Liberal Democrat Shadow Environment Secretary, is today publishing a report calling for changes to the laws governing the sale and use of 4x4 vehicles.
Liberal Democrat MP, David Heath was drawn second in the ballot for a Private Member's Bill in December and has decided to adopt the Fuel Poverty Bill that aims to insulate the homes of the least well off and limit the exposure of vulnerable households to high energy bills.
"The Age of Stupid" stars Pete Postlethwaite as a man living alone in the devastated future world of 2055, looking at old footage from 2008 and asking: "Why didn't we stop climate change when we had the chance?" Catch the trailer here: www.ageofstupid.net/video .
The government is gearing up to grant planning applications for a new generation of coal-fired power stations like Kingsnorth in Kent, site of last summer's Climate Camp. The Lib Dem national position is that new coal-fired generating capacity - which has the capacity to completely derail any attempts to reduce our greenhouse gases - should not be commissioned without carbon capture and storage technology being fitted.
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.
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