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The Observer (Free subscription) | 12 hours ago
Namibian environmentalists warn expansion of uranium mining could devastate spectacular natural landscape The hidden cost of Britain's new generation of nuclear power could be the destruction of the Kalahari desert in Namibia and millions of tonnes of extra greenhouse gas emissions a year, the Observer has discovered.= The desert, with its towering sand dunes and spectacular lunar-like landscapes,...
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Times Online (Free subscription) | yesterday
GORDON BROWN is facing a revolt from Labour women over plans to axe a childcare tax break that benefits the middle classes.
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Times Online (Free subscription) | yesterday
NUCLEAR power stations could be built on new greenfield plots as well as those sites shortlisted by ministers, Ed Miliband, the energy secretary, will announce tomorrow.
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Daily Khabor @ Khabor.Com (Free subscription) | yesterday
Bangladesh must be saved, UK Parliament told "> Bangladesh must be saved, UK Parliament told Bangladesh must be saved, UK Parliament told "> Bangladesh must be saved, UK Parliament told "> By Syed Nahas Pasha London, Nov 7 (bdnews24.com)—A senior British politician Frank Dobson MP told UK's Parliament this week that worldwide action is needed to rein in climate change...
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The Telegraph (Free subscription) | yesterday
Hidden spending has pushed the real cost of the London 2012 Olympic games to at least £12 billion £2.7 billion more than the promised limit.
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Seattle Times (Free subscription) | yesterday
EcoConsumer Tom Watson answers frequently asked questions about water-efficient toilets.
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Realstreet (Free subscription) | yesterday
I follow Ed Miliband on Twitter. He is the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change. He Twittered, pls #dontgiveup on a deal in Copenhagen.100pct determined to get ambitious,fair, effective deal…. see edspledge.com for more So I did. I tweeted back to him, Are you absolutely sure that your facts about ‘climate change’ are correct before promising away billions [...]
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Cut Global Warming (Free subscription) | 06/11/2009
Earlier this week more than 20 Greenpeace volunteers climbed the Sagrada Familia in Barcelona to tell governments meeting here ahead of the UN climate summit in Copenhagen to "save the climate". Yesterday Ed Miliband added his voice to the chorus coming from many EU and US officials saying that he’s concluded that there won’t be a [...]
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Hindu (Free subscription) | 06/11/2009
Paris: Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi has come up with another trick to confound his critics — a book written by a sympathetic journalist in which the Italian Premier discusses his various alleged sexual transgressions and ...
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The Guardian (Free subscription) | 06/11/2009
Ahead of Copenhagen summit, former US vice-president says 'non-violent lawbreaking' is legitimate in persuading governments to cut emissions Al Gore has sought to inject fresh momentum into the Copenhagen build-up, saying he is certain Barack Obama will attend and predicting a rise in civil disobedience against fossil-fuel polluters unless drastic action is taken over global warming. Amid increasing...
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The Telegraph (Free subscription) | 06/11/2009
Britain will face a serious energy crisis unless plans to build new nuclear power plants are speeded through without having obstacles placed in their way the Government will warn next week.
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BBC NEWS | Richard Black's blog (Free subscription) | 06/11/2009
At the UN climate negotiations in Barcelona. It's a story that's been coming for the last few months; now that it's being written , the first cards of the blame game are being played. Remember the UN climate conference in Bali two years ago , and the road that stretched from there to Copenhagen? The last-night exhaustion and the tears, the drama of the US being asked to step aside if it wouldn't lead?...
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The Independent (Free subscription) | 06/11/2009
It is the world's most demanding shopping list, containing requests for 1,100 shuttlecocks and 5,000 tons of sand, as well as three metal detectors. It is not an eccentric billionaire's attempt to lay on the world's biggest beach party – it is the list of things Britain needs to buy for the 2012 Olympic Games in London.
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News Scotsman (Free subscription) | 06/11/2009
WEALTHY nations need to "put their money where their mouth is" and promise finance for a global climate change deal, Ed Miliband said yesterday.
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SocraticGadfly (Free subscription) | 05/11/2009
British Climate Secretary Ed Miliband says expect only a political deal , not an actual treaty. No real surprise there. And, contra warnings from UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, Denmark's Prime Minister Lars Loekke Rasmussen and US chief climate negotiator Todd Stern that only a "politically binding" agreement can now be achieved, I wouldn't even hold my breath on that, especially given...
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bsalmons | 21/07/2009
Tom Watson nearly pulled it off at the British Open. If he won, would the masses have cared even though Tiger Woods wasn’t involved? It would have been one of the five greatest stories in the history of sports. And in terms of sheer unpredictable, mind-boggling accomplishments, it might have been No. 1. Who gave Watson a chance to even contend, much less putt for the title on the 72nd hole? Chaminade