Blogposts tagged 'Green Economy'

Chop or not? Cutting Trident is a winner with the public and the TUC

Posted by louise - 29 April 2010 at 1:24pm - 0 Comments

The TUC's Frances O'Grady on the gaping hole at the heart of Britain's finances

Tonight sees the final leaders’ debate of election 2010, and with the polls still close and Gordon Brown facing up to the public after his 'bigot' gaffe, it should be a lively one.

The subject of the debate is the real issue of the day – the economy and how we are going to deal with our massive national deficit.

Article tagged as: frances o'grady, green economy, trident, tuc

Breaking news: Greenpeace pulls off a bank job

Posted by tracy - 24 November 2008 at 11:00am - 78 Comments

Four campaigners scale the Bank of England
Four Greenpeace campaigners scale the Bank of England to highlight need for green investment. © John Cobb/Greenpeace

Update: All four campaigners have now been arrested. You can see more photos from the day on Flickr.

Times are tough. We not only face an immediate global financial crisis but a long-term climate crisis. The urgency of the first is no excuse for neglecting the second.

Four of our campaigners have scaled the Bank of England this morning ahead of the Chancellor’s pre-budget report to highlight that the solutions to our financial crisis are also the solutions we need to tackle climate change.

The answer is a clean energy economy.

Article tagged as: budget, economy, energy efficiency, green economy, green investment, renewable energy

Greatest investment is in the future of the planet

Posted by tracy - 24 November 2008 at 9:11am - 0 Comments

It’s pre-budget announcement day, and there is already a lot of talk about the details and how Labour’s plans to reinvigorate the economy are going to shake out. As I tumbled out of bed Radio 4 was discussing the impact this announcement will have on the next election - it could make or break the Labour party.

But while most are focusing on the short term measures to get us through the toughest months, we also need to look at investment that will ensure a better quality of life in the long run and a healthy planet. We’ve published ads in the Guardian, Times and Independent today focused on the longer term investment needed to refocus the economy, provide jobs and protect the most valuable asset we have – the planet.

Article tagged as: budget, climate change, credit crunch, economy, green economy, green jobs
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