Blogposts tagged 'Coalition'

Tory conference: can Osborne be brought to his senses?

Posted by ruthdavis - 3 October 2011 at 5:07pm - 3 Comments

There was no 'green government' in Osborne's speech today. None at all.

George Osborne's speech to the Conservative Party Conference today hit a lot of bases.

It was childishly boastful, claiming victory for his department earlier in the year in a row over higher UK climate targets, when in fact he and his officials were very publicly overruled by David Cameron.

Article tagged as: climate, climate change, coalition, conservatives, emissions, osborne

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Measures to clean up power sector won't be in coalition's energy law

Posted by jossg - 17 August 2010 at 1:38pm - 0 Comments

This blog first appeared on Left Foot Forward, and this decision could have far-reaching implications for where we get our energy from. If that gets your goat, 38 Degrees have made it very easy to write to your MP about emissions performance standards.

Yesterday The Guardian splashed with the news that the coalition's promise to introduce an emissions performance standard (EPS) to stop the most polluting power stations has been ‘put on hold' and wouldn't be in the coalition's first energy law, which is expected to come before Parliament later this year.

Article tagged as: climate change, coal, coalition, emissions, energy