Blogposts tagged 'Climate Change Act'

We’ve got carbon emissions targets we can still be proud of

Posted by tracy.frauzel - 17 May 2011 at 4:38pm - 23 Comments

David Cameron stepped into a cabinet row this week and accepted the recommendations from the government’s independent climate advisors for ambitious targets that would lead to a 50% cut in carbon emissions by 2025.

Article tagged as: carbon emissions, chris hunhe, climate change act, david cameron, green investment bank

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Tell Cameron to save our green laws!

Posted by Gemma Freeman - 27 April 2011 at 10:31am - 5 Comments

Last week the Guardian revealed that the UK government could scrap 278 environment laws – created to stop climate change and protect our environment.

Article tagged as: Clean Air Act, climate change, climate change act, david cameron, redtape, The Red Tape Challenge, uk government, Wildlife and Countryside Act

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Miliband's energy blueprint: more hot air or full steam ahead?

Posted by jamie - 15 July 2009 at 5:20pm - 6 Comments

While today is unlikely to go down in the annals of history as Green Wednesday, it's still a significant day for those of us concerned about climate change as climate and energy secretary Ed Miliband unveils his big energy strategy.

The strategy - the Low Carbon Transition Plan, no less - comes in the form of not one but a whole ream of papers (including an energy white paper) covering renewable energy, transport, industry and carbon budgets. Together, they form a blueprint explaining how the government hopes to achieve the emissions reductions it's legally obliged to deliver, thanks to the EU renewable energy targets and the UK's own Climate Change Act.

Was it a red letter day for green energy? Let's see.