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I hope you don't mind the intrusion after so long. Maybe we could all do with a laughThese cartoons originally appeared in either Ethical Consumer magazine or the New Internationalist magazine.For more cartoony goodness please visit the NEW WEBSITE
Source: - added 129 hours ago - Forget aid: just stop robbing us!
British oil company Tullow & UK Embassy push disputed deal that could cut Congo's revenues by $10 billionConfidential oil contracts held by UK companies Tullow and Heritage in the Democratic Republic of Congo were leaked today, revealing the danger of economic rip-off and rights abuses in one of Africa's most unstable countries.The Production Sharing Agreements (PSAs) are accompanied by a lega...
Source: - added 2 months ago - Climate Justice Action: Join the planning, support the day.
Climate Justice ActionPlanning meeting: Bonn, Germany, 29-31 May 2010Climate Justice Action : Call for a day of action October 2010Human-induced and capitalist-driven climate change caused by CO2 and other green house gases is an imminent threat to the planet as we know it. It is happening now and it is happening fast. Centuries of exploitation and destruction have passed. It is the world's poor,
Source: - added 2 months ago - New Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change: Chris Huhne
Chris Huhne (1,2) is the new Department for Energy and Climate Change head.8th of May 2007 (url)Chris Huhne proposes several climate change policies:That this House calls on the Government to set targets for carbon emissions informed by science and not political convenience which will help to hold global warming to within two degrees of pre-industrial levels; recognises that the best current
Source: - added 2 months ago - UK Budget 2010 : Climate Change Aspects
This years budget is not likely to surprise to many people but there are a few interesting proposals and a couple of delayed measures that we are reminded are about to come into force.The new measures:Up to £60 million "for the development of port sites to support offshore wind manufacturers looking to build new facilities in the UK"This is superficially similar to a Lib Dem proposal for
Source: - added 4 months ago - Note on CCS Policy
There are limits to what you can say in 140 charachters so here is a quick note on my thougts about CCS. I`m not an expert but it is a topic that i have been looking at for some time.I started out enthusiastic about CCS and annoyed with environmentalists who where against the technology. My positions was due to my concern about the development of China and India and the potential for shifting
Source: - added 4 months ago - 'Green' reception to 2010 budget.
MORE ROADSRT @cpre £285m for motorways "Mr Toad rubbing his hands with glee" but "not the right priority" for carbon-cutting or rural communitiesMINI-INVESTMENT BANKRT @james_randerson : Richard Gledhill at PwC says green bank "very small beer compared to the scale of new investment required" #budgetUSING THE BANKS WE ALREADY OWNRT @globaljusticeuk : WDM says RBS should go green otherwise
Source: - added 4 months ago - 2nd UK Coal Mine Occupation in Two Weeks
A press release sent ouy by activists occupying Blair House Open Cast Coal Site says that the latest occupation started last night:"Last night twenty five activists occupied the site of the Blair House OpenCastCoal Site in solidarity with near-by communities and in directintervention ofthe environmental destruction that it will cause."The other recent site of occupation is the Defend Huntington
Source: - added 4 months ago - Stopping Coal Power in The UK : How's it going?
An update on coal power in the UK:Coal power without ccs would have been ruled out if Labour rebels, Lib Dems and Torries had sucesfully passed an emissions performance standard. The EPS fell six votes short.Hunterston energy plant is planed to have some CCS Ayrshire Power, owned by Peel Energy Ltd. Planning permission is likely to be submitted to the scottish govornment shortly. This 1600MW
Source: - added 4 months ago - UK Renewable Energy Support and Information
Ed Milliband has just announced the govornment's latest energy efficiency plan for homes, and it is reported to include long term energy efficiency loans that are fixed to the building rather than the person taking them out. This approach allows a 'pay as you save' approach wherby the income generated from the feed-in tarrif and from energy savings allows householders to see a net reduction in
Source: - added 4 months ago