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A Jolly Good Time
British prime minister chats climate with Bush |
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17 Apr 2008 |
News |
| Posted at 3:25 PM on 17 Apr 2008 British Prime Minister Gordon Brown was in Washington, D.C., Thursday to sit down for a chit-chat with President Bush. Brown told press that he and Bush "agreed we must work internationally to secure progress at the G8 and toward a post-Kyoto deal on climate change. ... I look forward to continuing to work with President Bush and his administration in taking it forward." (Taking what forw ... |
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| Topics: biofuels, climate, George Bush, Gordon Brown, international politics, news, politics, presidential race 08, United Kingdom (all these topics) |
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Good on Gordon
British Prime Minister Gordon Brown makes ambitious climate speech |
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21 Nov 2007 |
News |
| Posted at 1:18 PM on 21 Nov 2007 In his first major speech on the environment, British Prime Minister Gordon Brown has suggested that Britain could aim to cut its greenhouse-gas emissions 80 percent by 2050. To accomplish said goal, Brown promised that all new dwellings in Britain will be zero-carbon by 2016, and that free insulation, low-energy light bulbs, and efficient appliances will be distributed widely to h ... |
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| Topics: Bali 07, climate, climate change mitigation, Gordon Brown, heroes, news, politics, United Kingdom (all these topics) |
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Brown Towns
British prime minister aims to build even more eco-towns |
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25 Sep 2007 |
News |
| Posted at 4:08 PM on 25 Sep 2007 British Prime Minister Gordon Brown has pledged to build 10 "eco-towns," doubling his original vision of five. We like a man with ambition! source: BBC News see also, in Gristmill: A glimpse of environmental policies to come from Gordon Brown From the Archives Mo' Mobile. New National Park Service rules allow 540 snowmobiles a day into Yellowstone. Paying t ... |
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| Topics: Gordon Brown, news, placemaking, United Kingdom, urban planning (all these topics) |
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Brit's Eye View: New prime minister steps up to the plate
A glimpse of environmental policies to come from Gordon Brown |
Peter Madden |
03 Jul 2007 |
Gristmill |
| Peter Madden, chief executive of Forum for the Future, writes a monthly column for Gristmill on sustainability in the U.K. and Europe. Britain has a new prime minister. After leading the country for 10 years, Tony Blair has stepped down. Gordon Brown, Blair's number two for the past decade, takes up the reins. Brown is viewed as solid and dependable, if a little dour. He is slightly to the left of Blair on most issues, though he has also pushed through a lot of bu ... |
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| Topics: climate, energy, Gordon Brown, international politics, politics, United Kingdom (all these topics) |
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Reclaimed Brown Fields
Leading British candidate announces plan to create eco-towns |
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14 May 2007 |
Daily Grist |
| Reclaimed Brown Fields Leading British candidate announces plan to create eco-towns Gordon Brown, the man widely expected to take Tony Blair's place as prime minister of Britain this summer, has made headlines with a splashy green announcement. Brown, currently the U.K. finance minister, said he intends to create five eco-towns that would meet a demand for affordable housing. The carbon-neutral co ... |
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| Topics: England, Gordon Brown, news, placemaking, urban planning (all these topics) |
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Blair and Brown and climate change
British enviros worry Gordon Brown won't be green |
Lisa Hymas |
11 Sep 2006 |
Gristmill |
| With British PM Tony Blair on his way out sometime in the next year -- though he won't be pinned down on a date -- Chancellor of the Exchequer (aka Finance Minister) Gordon Brown is poised to assume leadership of the Labour Party and hence the British government. What will this mean for the environment? The British press is starting to assess. Sarah Mukherjee of BBC writes that greens haven't been impressed with Blair's follow-through on efforts to fight climate change, ... |
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| Topics: Gordon Brown, politics, United Kingdom (all these topics) |
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