Blogposts tagged 'Tony Blair'

G8: the story so far

Posted by bex - 7 June 2007 at 11:58am - 0 Comments

Stop global warming

UPDATE - 12.40pm: There have been boat chases and arrests near the G8, as Greenpeace inflatables entered the exclusion zone.

After a week of farcical manoeuvrings and diversions in the run up to the G8, today’s the day of reckoning; this afternoon, Angela Merkel, George Bush, Tony Blair et al will sit down in Heiligendamm to talk about climate change. The interplay of power between them will help determine if, how and when climate change is seriously tackled by the world’s most polluting countries.

Article tagged as: angela merkel, climate change, g8, george bush, international policy, tony blair

George Bush: Mugging the G8

Posted by John Sauven - 1 June 2007 at 12:32pm - 0 Comments

Bush lampoons Kyoto

Written by John Sauven for Comment is Free.

So this is it. After years of denial, evasion and hostility George Bush has finally been forced to play defence on climate change. It’s good news, right? Tony Blair called the President’s speech yesterday "a big step forward". Well I call it a disaster. Yesterday afternoon George Bush committed a squalid street mugging on the G8 process and the Kyoto Protocol, and Tony Blair just stood behind him grinning.

Article tagged as: climate change, g8, george bush, kyoto protocol, rhetoric versus reality, tony blair, UN

Tony wants to go out with a bang

Posted by tracy - 13 March 2007 at 9:23am - 0 Comments

Part of the Trident: we don't buy it tour blog

Tony and the Greenpeace climbers

Or a bomb anyway. The government is voting tomorrow on Blair's plan to replace the Trident nuclear weapons system. With a rebellion brewing in the Labour benches, Blair will be counting on the Tories to secure the vote and build his weapons of mass destruction.

Article tagged as: disarmament, london, nuclear weapons, peace, tony blair, trident, trident tour, WMDs

Success as government's nuclear plans ruled unlawful

Posted by jamie - 15 February 2007 at 9:00am - 11 Comments

The government's decision to back nuclear power was ruled as unlawful by the High Court

In a major blow to the government's plans to reinvigorate nuclear power in the UK, the High Court has ruled their decision to back a programme of new nuclear power stations was unlawful.

Article tagged as: climate change, decentralised energy, energy review, government, judicial review, nuclear power, successes, tony blair

Government's key energy review on trial

Posted by bex - 8 February 2007 at 11:34am - 0 Comments

Green groups gather outside the High Court as the government's energy review goes on trial

The government's decision to back a new fleet of nuclear power stations in the UK was "legally flawed", the High Court has heard.

In the Royal Courts of Justice in London, Greenpeace will argue that the government's recent energy review was not the "fullest public consultation" it had committed itself to before making a decision to back new nuclear power stations. The commitment had been made in the earlier energy white paper in 2003.

Article tagged as: climate change, energy review, government, judicial review, legal, nuclear power, tony blair

Blair: fossil fool

Posted by bex - 6 February 2007 at 3:59pm - 0 Comments

Greenpeace volunteers tip four tonnes of coal on government's doorstep

The world's top climate scientists have this morning released their latest report on the science of global warming. Their verdict: the world is on the verge of climate catastrophe.

Article tagged as: climate change, coal, decentralised energy, direct actions, fossil fuels, IPCC, tony blair

Blair's legacy: 10 years of hot air

Publication date:  2 February, 2007

The climatologists who make up the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) have just confirmed that the science of climate change is more certain than ever - including the devastating impacts that are a consequence of a warming world. The need to act urgently and effectively has never been more acute. Yet despite fine words about the problem, the UK government's response is to usher in a new generation of climate damaging coal fired power stations, and attempt to spin their failure on climate change as a success.

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Article tagged as: climate change, coal, fossil fuels, government, reports, tony blair

Tony wants to go out with a bomb

Posted by tracy - 4 December 2006 at 9:00am - 0 Comments

Modelling the bomb - a supercomputer like the one planned for AWE Aldermaston simulates a nuclear explosion

Modelling the bomb - a supercomputer like the one planned for AWE Aldermaston simulates a nuclear explosion

Tony Blair revealed that he intends to build new nuclear weapons to replace the current Trident nuclear weapons system. He plans to spend £20bn on a new generation of submarines for Trident missiles while joining the US programme to extend the life of the current Trident missile system.

Article tagged as: aldermaston, nuclear weapons, tony blair, trident, WMDs

Citizens inspection of nuclear bomb making factory at Aldermaston

Posted by bex - 27 November 2006 at 6:47pm - 0 Comments

Anita Roddick at Aldermaston

© Greenpeace

Hundreds of citizen weapons inspectors have just spent this morning patrolling through the muddy fields of England. They came from all over the UK, converging on the Atomic Weapons Establishment (AWE) facility at Aldermaston. They arrived from all directions, by bus, train, bicycle and on foot.

Article tagged as: aldermaston, britain, england, hans blix, nuclear non-proliferation treaty, nuclear weapons, orion laser, tony blair, UK, war on terror, weapons inspectors, WMDs

Sign the petition against Trident on Tony Blair's website

Posted by jamie - 17 November 2006 at 9:00am - 0 Comments

Who'd have thunk it? The latest wheeze to help the PM get closer to his people is to have online petitions on the Number 10 website. Anyone can create a petition and encourage people to sign, and with the people from the excellent theyworkforyou.com and writetothem.com behind it, it could actually be worthwhile.

Article tagged as: disarmament, number 10, petition, tony blair, trident
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