Tom Nelson (Free subscription) | 20/11/2009
Communicating Climate Change in the Media The way in which the media communicates climate change to the public has come under scrutiny in the past, with controversies over the media providing an equal platform for both climate scientists and climate sceptics. A free event next week at the Science Museum’s Dana Centre will explore this and other issues in asking, ‘How do the UK media report...
The Guardian (Free subscription) | 20/11/2009
Today we present a special edition of our daily news podcast focusing on next month's crucial United Nations summit on climate change. Many fear that if world leaders fail to reach a deal in Copenhagen, there will be years more wrangling without agreement. Activist and commentator George Monbiot is pessimistic about Copenhagen's chances of success, even though time is running out both in terms of...
The Economist (Free subscription) | 19/11/2009
A shadow culture secretary begins to makes his mark THE Department for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) has rarely been the frivolous sideshow suggested by its Whitehall nickname, “the ministry of fun”. It was a training ground for some of Labour’s brightest prospects, including James Purnell and Andy Burnham. It has a big role in staging the London Olympics in 2012, perhaps the biggest...
Randy McDonald's Livejournal (Free subscription) | 18/11/2009
Torontoist's Jamie Bradburn writes about the Maple Leaf Gardens ' opening in 1931. Even though the building's been closed for years and might well be demolished, thanks to the Toronto Maple Leafs' shift to a newer and more modern forum, it's still a big thing. From the dawn of the National Hockey League in 1917, its Toronto franchises had called the Arena Gardens on Mutual Street home. By the late...
The Guardian (Free subscription) | 18/11/2009
Bill creates fairer energy market for consumers, says Ed Miliband The latest energy bill is designed to help the UK move towards a low-carbon economy. It includes a £9.5bn levy on electricity suppliers to fund four demonstration carbon capture and storage (CCS) coal power plants. The "CCS Incentive", as the levy is known, was announced last week by energy secretary Ed Miliband as he...
The Guardian (Free subscription) | 18/11/2009
Join Greg Clark, shadow energy and climate change secretary, on Thursday 18 November at 1pm for a live Q&A on the Copenhagen treaty's chances of success and the UK's plans for a low carbon economy You've heard what the government, the Liberal Democrats and the Greens have to say about the Copenhagen climate summit . This week it's your chance to quiz shadow energy and climate change secretary...
The Guardian (Free subscription) | 17/11/2009
Legislation aimed at moving Britain towards low-carbon economy and increase investment in flood defence Money for "clean coal", improved flood defences and tougher protection of the Antarctica wilderness are expected to be the key environmental components of the government's legislative agendain tomorrow's Queen's speech. The latest energy bill is designed to help the UK move towards a low-carbon...
Torontoist (Free subscription) | 14/11/2009
Every Saturday at noon, Historicist looks back at the events, places, and characters—good and bad—that have shaped Toronto into the city we know today. Photo by Cold Cut from the Torontoist Flickr Pool . The success of Battle of the Blades has brought Maple Leaf Gardens back into the national spotlight. The show’s mix of glamour and excitement fits some of the visions Conn Smythe...
Iain Dale's Diary (Free subscription) | 14/11/2009
An interesting evening talking to Tonbridge & Malling Conservatives at King's Hill. I was a last minute replacement for Greg Clark, who is on a trip to Bangladesh, but seeing as I only live twenty minutes away, it was an easy gig. Very annoying though, that I had to turn down Newsnight, who phoned this afternoon wanting me to go on tonight. I must admit I don't think I was on fire tonight. The...
Robert Kyriakides's Weblog (Free subscription) | 12/11/2009
Last week in Parliament the Secretary of State for Energy & Climate Change was asked how the £5.8 billion that the Government would spend on renewable energy over the three years ended April 2011 was broken down. It was a good question, asked by Greg Clark for two reasons; the first reason is that it would be [...]
David Cornock's other blog (Free subscription) | 11/11/2009
Meet Greg. He's the man who could decide the fate of thousands of jobs on Anglesey and Wales's energy supply. Greg (Clark) is the shadow Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change. Within months, if the polls are right, he will be in charge of Britain's energy policy (well, most of Britain, and most energy policy anyway). For all the talk of fast-tracking nuclear power planning decisions, by...
ffranc sais (Free subscription) | 09/11/2009
As regular readers may be aware, I do not share my party's black-and-white (I think the in-word is "Manichaean") view of nuclear power generation. For me, it has long been an economic decision, taking into account the costs of waste disposal. At present, it is still cheaper to build fossil-fuel-powered power stations, but with the long-term trend of increases in oil, gas and coal, and the...
ConservativeHome (Free subscription) | 09/11/2009
9.45am Tim Montgomerie on CentreRight: The EUSSR and other inappropriate comparisons ToryDiary: Greg Clark supports new nuclear power stations to combat the "national emergency" on energy Also on ToryDiary: Labour's private polling says it could lose 220 of its MPs...
ConservativeHome's ToryDiary (Free subscription) | 09/11/2009
As being reported by Sky News and others this morning, the Government is today going to give the green light to a set of new nuclear power stations, with planning laws to be changed in order to allow the Infrastructure Planning Commission to speed up the projects. The Energy and Climate Change Secretary, Ed Miliband, is making a statement to the Commons on the issue this afternoon, yet - as ever -...
The Guardian (Free subscription) | 09/11/2009
Government will identify sites around Britain suitable for building nuclear plants as part of new energy policy Ed Miliband, the energy and climate change secretary, insisted today that nuclear power has a "relatively good" safety record in this country as he prepared to unveil plans to fast-track a new generation of nuclear power stations. The government will later identify further sites...
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