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.
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:
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...
A successful wind farm close to the Lake District national park is one of the sites recently approved by the UK government for a new generation of nuclear power plants.
Commenting on the European Court of Justice ruling that allows EU Governments to temporarily ban genetically-modified foods if they suspect the foods are a threat to human health or the environment, Andrew George MP, Liberal Democrat Shadow Rural Affairs Secretary, said:
The new Climate Change Committee headed up by Adair Turner has just published its first stab at advising the UK government on how to reach it target of an 80% reduction in carbon emissions by 2050. One of the most striking things in the advice is the recommendation that we need to eat less carbon-intensive meat like beef. Hurrah!
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