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I Love Arctic meets Arctic Council
The air was abuzz this morning in Kiruna. As delegates and
press were mingling in the breakfast hall, Foreign Ministers were entering
their policed motorcades and a group of Greenpeace volunteers was making final
preparations to greet the decision makers with banners and signs along the
road. But in the midst of all this, we were honoured with a quiet yet very
special moment.
Posted by Markus Power - 17 May, 2013 - 17:59
The transport minister and the 20,000 people who demanded better
When the alarm rang at 4.45am this morning, I was already
awake. Nobody overslept or moaned about feeling tired. And after a quick
pre-action breakfast we piled into the minibus, loaded with climbing equipment,
a huge banner and our petition printed with the names of 20,000 UK campaign
supporters. We were on route to Lewes, the constituency of UK Transport
Minister, Norman Baker, who this Wednesday will represent the UK in a
make-or-break moment for the future of pollution from cars.
Posted by sara_a - 13 May, 2013 - 18:41
It’s crunch time (again) for Europe’s fish ministers
If you listen to Ronan Keating much (I don’t) – you’d be
familiar with the concept that Life is a Rollercoaster.
But for some of us, it’s a bit more accurate to liken the process of reforming Europe’s
failed fish laws to that particular fun-fair ride : full of twists and
turns, highs and lows, moments of hopeful elation, followed by moments of
abject panic and fear. And sometimes making us reach for a sick bag.
Posted by Willie - 13 May, 2013 - 12:56
Climate and Euroscepticism: leftwing, rightwing and wrongwing
Lean,
mean budgeting machine Lord Nigel Lawson is back in the news, still resolutely
sceptical but, for a change, not about climate science. He’s returned to his
old stamping ground, the European Union, and is now being resolutely sceptical
about that. These
two positions, climate scepticism and euroscepticism, are complementary.
Posted by Graham Thompson - 10 May, 2013 - 17:35
Championing small-scale fishermen in court battle for fairer quotas
Imagine if someone
claimed ownership of a percentage of the sparrows in the sky or a share of the
deer in our forests? Would this seem absurd to you? I agree.
Unbelievably, this
is now set to be the heart of an unprecedented
court battle – except that it’s over who ultimately controls the UK’s fishing
quota, and therefore who 'owns' the fish in our seas.
Posted by Arianadensham - 1 May, 2013 - 11:28
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