The Guardian (Free subscription) | yesterday
Writer John Harris and Guardian photographer Martin Argles shadowed the energy and climate change secretary, Ed Miliband, for 40 hours during his trip to an intergovernmental meeting in Copenhagen ahead of the main conference there in December
The Guardian (Free subscription) | 5 hours ago
Departmental wrangling over "feed-in tariffs" scuppers Ed Miliband's aim to have policy in place by Copenhagen summit Ed Miliband's hope of having a key government policy on renewable energy in place before the Copenhagen summit have been dashed by internal wrangling over the final levels at which so-called "feed-in tariffs" (FITs) will be set. Officials at Miliband's department...
The Guardian (Free subscription) | 22 hours ago
Ministers refuse to release details of five incidents last year The government is refusing to provide details on five separate security breaches at Britain's nuclear power stations last year. The breaches have prompted accusations that ministers are suppressing damaging information at a time when they are attempting to sell the idea of more nuclear power stations. Earlier this month, 10 new sites...
Well, That's What I Think... (Free subscription) | yesterday
Well, the last time I was sat at the computer typing out another blog post, there was heavy rain battering the street outside, one week on, it's still here! Joy! I shouldnt complain, most of Cumbria is under some kind of puddle. Of course, Cockermouth has seen the worst of it. It again raises the point of flood defences and also with the Copenhagen Summit on Climate Change in 16 days aswell, I don't...
Tom Nelson (Free subscription) | yesterday
Climate [hoax] crunch | From the Guardian | The Guardian Unless they end in promises, and a treaty within months, Ed Miliband believes the Copenhagen talks will be a disaster. But can the British energy secretary, in Denmark for a frantic round of pre-summit diplomacy, win the argument? ... Among them is Britain's own Ed Miliband, who will turn 40 six days after the summit closes, and has the road-worn...
Tom Nelson (Free subscription) | yesterday
Hackers 'expose global warming con': Claims that leaked emails reveal research centre massaged temperature data | Mail Online The CRU, which plays a leading role in compiling UN reports and tracks long-term changes in temperature, has repeatedly refused to provide detailed information about the data underlying the temperature records. It is thought that this could have triggered the theft. ... Spokesman...
Mail & Guardian (Free subscription) | yesterday
Unless they end in promises, and a treaty within months, British energy secretary Ed Miliband believes the Copenhagen talks will be a disaster.
The Guardian (Free subscription) | yesterday
Unless they end in promises, and a treaty within months, Ed Miliband believes the Copenhagen talks will be a disaster. But can the British energy secretary, in Denmark for a frantic round of pre-summit diplomacy, win the argument? It's breakfast time in the biggest of Copenhagen's Scandic hotels. Over the obligatory croissants and coffee – and, for those who want it, an off-beam version of the...
Marmalade Sandwich (Free subscription) | 21/11/2009
I have no expertise in energy. But I have been reading one or two things about it recently which interest me. Take this quote from Professor Ian Fells , from an article in the Express : “For a long time I have thought that the wind power bubble would burst. I think that’s starting to happen. Ed Miliband tells people that to oppose wind farms is morally indefensible, but as more people start...
Romney Marsh Times (Free subscription) | 20/11/2009
Blog post by Donald Worsley, Labour Prospective Parliamentary Candidate for Folkestone and Hythe. Ed Miliband’s decision to rule out a new Nuclear Power Plant for Dungeness is to be deeply regretted and one with which I fundamentally disagree. A new Plant at Dungeness would have secured more than 4000 jobs for Lydd and surrounding villages. Now their future as viable communities must be very...
Carson's Post (Free subscription) | 19/11/2009
“Can we get numbers on the table (at Copenhagen), numbers for how much the emissions are going to fall from all the key developed countries, and can we get clear actions to contribute to cut global emissions from developing nations'” asks UK Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, Ed Miliband. “That may not happen, [...]
The Guardian (Free subscription) | 19/11/2009
A global emergency funding scheme to drastically reduce the destruction of tropical rainforests over the next five years was announced by the Prince of Wales today, with the US pledging $275m (£165m) towards rainforest protection. The plan relies on developed countries paying rainforest nations such as Brazil and Indonesia to reduce rates of deforestation and thereby cut carbon emissions. Currently,...
The Guardian (Free subscription) | 19/11/2009
Act on Copenhagen is a web tool aimed at allowing students to add to a manifesto that will be handed to Ed Miliband next month The UN climate talks in Copenhagen have certainly caught the public imagination. On the environment desk here at the Guardian it has been a struggle to keep up with the different demands , manifestos, pamphlets and protests from charities, businesses, environmentalists and...
From Under the Stone (Free subscription) | 19/11/2009
Largely ignored by most of the media, Folkestone and Hythe's Labour Prospective Parliamentary Candidate Donald Worsley has given his reaction to the government announcement that the Dungeness site will not be considered for a new power station. In a press release sent to From Under the Stone today but dated November 9, Mr Worsley calls the decision a 'hammer blow' for the Marsh and states 'Ed Miliband’s...
The Guardian (Free subscription) | 18/11/2009
With Copenhagen just days away the ragtag bill in the Queen's speech failed to send the message the green sector needs The political chatter ahead of the Queen's speech was all about Labour using its final throw of the legislative dice to draw clear battle lines with the Tories . If that is the case elsewhere in the bills announced today, there is precious little electioneering in the government's...
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