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So Fresh and So Clean
More than $6 billion pledged to boost clean-tech in developing countries |
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26 Sep 2008 |
News |
| Posted at 4:01 PM on 26 Sep 2008 Industrialized countries have promised to put more than $6.1 billion in the World Bank's Climate Investment Funds, which aim to boost clean technologies and reduce greenhouse-gas emissions in developing countries. On Friday, the United States pledged $2 billion over three years; Britain will chip in $1.47 billion and Japan $1.2 billion, with contributions from Australi ... |
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| Topics: ... France, Germany, investing, Japan, Netherlands, news, Norway, Sweden, Switzerland, tech, United Kingdom, United States, World Bank (all these topics) |
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A rallying cry
U.K. eco-watchdog: No more coal without CCS |
David Roberts |
26 Sep 2008 |
Gristmill |
| The U.K.'s environmental watchdog agency, aptly called the Environment Agency, has called for the government to prevent the construction of any further coal plants without carbon capture and sequestration. This has always struck me as the issue that every green group and smart politician should rally around. Nobody, literally nobody, openly defends building dirty coal plants. Even the biggest coal fans in Congress tout their support for "clean coal." So w ... |
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| Topics: carbon sequestration, coal, energy, environmental movement, politics, United Kingdom (all these topics) |
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The more the climate changes, the more they stay the same
U.K. Ministry of Defence: Global warming goes on, deniers are deluded |
Joseph Romm |
25 Sep 2008 |
Gristmill |
| The U.K.'s Met Office issued a blunt statement on Tuesday, 'Global warming goes on,' that begins: Anyone who thinks global warming has stopped has their head in the sand. The evidence is clear -- the long-term trend in global temperatures is rising, and humans are largely responsible for this rise. Global warming does not mean that each year will be warmer than the last, natural phenomena will mean that some years will be much warmer and others cooler. You only need to ... |
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| Topics: United Kingdom, severe weather, climate science, greenhouse-gas emissions, climate change impacts, climate (all these topics) |
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Brit's Eye View: You say you want some devolution ...
Scotland, Northern Ireland, and Wales are pursuing dramatically different environmental strategies |
Ben Tuxworth |
17 Sep 2008 |
Gristmill |
| Ben Tuxworth, communications director at Forum for the Future, writes a monthly column for Gristmill on sustainability in the U.K. and Europe. ----- Over the past decade, the current British government has taken a crack at devolution, giving Scotland, Northern Ireland, and Wales a level of operational government unseen for a century or more. The fledgling administrations of these three 'devolved nations' have embarked on very different policy trajectories on ... |
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| Topics: climate, Wales, United Kingdom, oil, Scotland, energy (all these topics) |
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Trumping old King Coal
Kingsnorth six aqcuitted in U.K. for coal-plant protest and vandalism |
Guest author |
11 Sep 2008 |
Gristmill |
| This is a guest post by Dr. James Hansen, director of the NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies. ----- Good news from the U.K.: The Kingsnorth Six were acquitted by a Crown Court jury. They were members of a group of 23 Greenpeace volunteers who had attempted to shut down the Kingsnorth coal-fired power plant, specifically the six were the ones painting the smokestack with 'Gordon Bin It' when interrupted by the police. Their defense was 'lawful excuse': ... |
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| Topics: coal, energy, environmental movement, politics, United Kingdom (all these topics) |
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Brit's Eye View: Summer skirmishes
A roundup of energy and climate news from the U.K. |
Ben Tuxworth |
18 Aug 2008 |
Gristmill |
| Ben Tuxworth, communications director at Forum for the Future, writes a monthly column for Gristmill on sustainability in the U.K. and Europe. ----- Like pretty much every other English person I know, I'm currently on holiday in France. The Vendee region makes for a pleasant alternative to Britain at this time of year, and just down the road is La Rochelle, which was part of England until, oh, about 500 years ago. The two nations are deep in a classic love-ha ... |
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| Topics: climate, energy, France, nuclear power, United Kingdom (all these topics) |
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A prince's dream: Far-fetched fairytale or a real future of food?
Prince Charles sparked controversy when he expressed doubt in GM crops |
Meredith Niles |
15 Aug 2008 |
Gristmill |
| The British royal family is no stranger to controversy and media attention, but Prince Charles caused a new kind of worldwide media flurry on Tuesday when he sat down for an exclusive interview with the Telegraph (U.K.). This time around, though, it seems unlikely the media story will be covered by the British tabloids since the Prince of Wales didn't discuss his sons, his love life, or even his future reign as king. Instead, the Prince talked about genetically modifi ... |
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| Topics: agriculture, celebrity, food, GMOs, industrial ag, United Kingdom (all these topics) |
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The Hurley bird gets the farm
Liz Hurley to star in reality show about her organic farm |
Sarah van Schagen |
29 Jul 2008 |
Gristmill |
| Actress-turned-organic-advocate Liz Hurley will soon star in a reality show about life on her organic farm in the U.K. and the launch of her organic brand: Hurley Meat. Says Hurley, 'People always imagine me with perfect hair, but that's not who I am.' Hm ... are you sure that's how they imagine you? |
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| Topics: celebrity, green living, organic food, TV, United Kingdom (all these topics) |
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Stuck on you
Activist attempts to glue himself to Gordon Brown |
Joseph Romm |
23 Jul 2008 |
Gristmill |
| Yes, even stranger than the skater crashing though the ice (though not as funny, notwithstanding the well-known dry British wit): During these turbulent economic times, Gordon Brown is keen for the country to stick by him. However, this probably wasn't quite what he had in mind. Dan Glass, of the climate change pressure group Plane Stupid today tried to superglue himself to the Prime Minister at a Downing Street reception. Yes, that is the name of the gr ... |
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| Topics: air travel, climate, funnies, grassroots activism, politics, United Kingdom (all these topics) |
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Cheerio climate!
Poll indicates Brits harbor doubts on climate change |
Joseph Romm |
23 Jul 2008 |
Gristmill |
| U.S. conservatives aren't the only ones who are easily duped. When 1,039 Brits were asked 'To what extent do you agree or disagree that ... Many scientific experts still question if humans are contributing to climate change,' a remarkable 60 percent agreed whereas only 22 percent disagreed. Congrats to the British deniers out there -- yes, even you TVMOB, who apparently qualifies as a scientific expert in the U.K. because he wears a Nobel prize pin made of gold r ... |
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| Topics: climate, climate change skepticism, United Kingdom (all these topics) |
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The English Channel
Skeptical climate-change documentary found unfair, but not misleading |
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22 Jul 2008 |
News |
| Posted at 10:38 AM on 22 Jul 2008 A British documentary that declared climate change to be a willful and conspiratorial hoax broke impartiality rules and misrepresented the views of some participants, British broadcasting regulator Ofcom said Monday. The not-so-subtly named The Great Global Warming Swindle, which aired on Britain's Channel 4 in March 2007, said at one point in its narration, "Everywher ... |
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| Topics: climate, climate change skepticism, news, TV, United Kingdom (all these topics) |
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Ferrocementally speaking, green building just got easier
RoofKrete makes thin flexible ferrocement that is also vapor barrier |
Gar Lipow |
16 Jul 2008 |
Gristmill |
| I recently stumbled across a green builders' discussion of a product called RoofKrete, which claims to be a form of semi-flexible ferrocement that can be sturdy and self-supporting in shells as thin as a quarter inch. An additive to the cement makes it a vapor barrier as well, rated to last over 100 years and expected to last much longer than that. The obvious use for RoofKrete, and the major market at which it is currently aimed, is repairing failed flat roofs and c ... |
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| Topics: United Kingdom, green building, placemaking (all these topics) |
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Check out the carbon
Will eco-labeling contribute to consumer shopping confusion? |
Ben Tuxworth |
09 Jul 2008 |
Gristmill |
| Ben Tuxworth, communications director at Forum for the Future, writes a monthly column for Gristmill on sustainability in the U.K. and Europe. ----- British supermarket shoppers face increasingly bewildering claims about the ethical qualities of products. In one of retail giant Tesco's stores, shoppers can opt for goods branded with the Soil Association's organic standard, the Fairtrade Foundation's logo, the British Farm standard, or chain-of-custody marks from the ... |
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| Topics: consumerism, ecological footprint, food, green living, shopping, United Kingdom (all these topics) |
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Renewable Vigor
Britain lays out plans for renewable-energy 'revolution' |
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26 Jun 2008 |
News |
| Posted at 4:45 PM on 26 Jun 2008 British Prime Minister Gordon Brown set out goals Thursday to increase renewable-energy use in Britain tenfold by 2020. Brown's vision for a "green revolution" is heavily reliant on wind power, with plans for 7,000 new turbines -- 4,000 onshore and 3,000 offshore. The North Sea could turn "into the equivalent for wind power of what the Gulf of Arabia is for the oil industry,& ... |
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| Topics: energy, news, renewable energy, United Kingdom, wind power (all these topics) |
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You So Hot, Baby! But You Could Be Even Hotter
U.K. looking to seduce communities into hosting nuke-waste facility |
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13 Jun 2008 |
News |
| Posted at 8:23 AM on 13 Jun 2008 The British government has begun searching in earnest for a community willing to host a new underground nuclear waste burial site. The winning community would not only be, de facto, the hottest place in Britain, but it could also be the lucky recipient of ... infrastructure funds! Britain's environment secretary, Hilary Benn, launched into seduction ... |
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| Topics: news, nuclear power, politics, United Kingdom (all these topics) |
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Brit's Eye View: Sustaining sustainability
Can sustainability survive the recession? |
Ben Tuxworth |
05 Jun 2008 |
Gristmill |
| Ben Tuxworth, communications director at Forum for the Future, writes a monthly column for Gristmill on sustainability in the U.K. and Europe. ----- What will the recession mean for sustainability? With the U.S. subprime tsunami still breaking on Britain's shores, house prices in freefall, and several major financial institutions in trouble, it's becoming a hot topic in the U.K. now, with pundits wading in on both sides. Media framing has a tendency ... |
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| Topics: United Kingdom, economy (all these topics) |
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Blair weighs in
U.K.'s former prime minister says symbolic vote on Boxer-Lieberman-Warner matters to the world |
Joseph Romm |
29 May 2008 |
Gristmill |
| In March, British prime minister Tony Blair launched the Breaking the Climate Deadlock initiative to promote a new global agreement on climate change. Today he has an op-ed the in the Washington Post, 'Leading On Climate Change: How Action in Congress Can Move the World,' in which he argues,The climate change bill that senators are to begin debating next week is a hugely important signal of intent on behalf of U.S. legislators. Yes, negotiations could still alter t ... |
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| Topics: climate, greenhouse-gas emissions, legislation, politics, United Kingdom (all these topics) |
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Ration-All Thought
Personal carbon trading considered in U.K. |
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27 May 2008 |
News |
| Posted at 7:17 AM on 27 May 2008 Britain should go ahead with a carbon-credit trading system for individuals, a committee of Members of Parliament has recommended. The system could be modeled on cap-and-trade programs for industry, setting a cap on the amount of carbon each person is allowed to emit and requiring those who would exceed their allotment to purchase credits from those who emit less. Activities such as using gasoline, c ... |
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| Topics: climate, climate change mitigation, news, politics, United Kingdom (all these topics) |
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U.K. OK
David Miliband talks about democracy and the climate crisis |
Kate Sheppard |
21 May 2008 |
Gristmill |
| I caught an interesting event this morning with U.K. Foreign Minister David Miliband, who is in town to give a speech at the Center for Strategic and International Studies on the 'democratization agenda.' The New American Foundation hosted the morning event with assorted policy wonks, journalists, and political types, and emcee Steve Clemons summarized it best as an attempt to answer the question of whether 'the commitment of the West to liberal values, justice, health ... |
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| Topics: climate, climate equity, Muckraker, news, politics, United Kingdom (all these topics) |
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Brit's Eye View: Blond ambition
What will London's new mayor, Boris Johnson, do for the environment? |
Ben Tuxworth |
07 May 2008 |
Gristmill |
| Ben Tuxworth, communications director at Forum for the Future, writes a monthly column for Gristmill on sustainability in the U.K. and Europe. Boris Johnson. Boris Johnson is mayor of London. It's pretty surprising to many of us here, including a fair number of political commentators and, I'd be willing to bet, even a number of the people who voted for him. It's hard to imagine an American equivalent. George Bush as president has some of the connotat ... |
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| Topics: elections, politics, United Kingdom (all these topics) |
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Tory swelling
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David Roberts |
01 May 2008 |
Gristmill |
| The Tories are kicking Labour's ass in the U.K. elections. More about the Tories' surprising degree of green here. |
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| Topics: United Kingdom, politics, elections (all these topics) |
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Sun is in the sky, oh why, oh why, would she wanna be anywhere else?
Lily Allen backs U.K. solar incentive campaign |
Sarah van Schagen |
30 Apr 2008 |
Gristmill |
| Brit popster Lily Allen has sung about 'riding through the city on [her] bike all day' at the Premises solar-powered recording studio. Now, she's added her backing to a campaign to reward homes that generate their own green energy. The amendment to an energy bill in Parliament this week introduces a 'feed-in tariff,' which would 'guarantee a minimum price for all renewable energy generated by homes and businesses through a system of long-term contracts with energy ... |
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| Topics: celebrity, energy, energy at home, green living, music, politics, renewable energy, United Kingdom (all these topics) |
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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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Brit's Eye View: Not now, Darling
U.K.'s Labor Party embraces nuclear but is slow to move on the big climate challenge |
Ben Tuxworth |
09 Apr 2008 |
Gristmill |
| Ben Tuxworth, communications director at Forum for the Future, writes a monthly column for Gristmill on sustainability in the U.K. and Europe. The British press swooned over the visit of Nicolas Sarkozy and Carla Bruni to the U.K. late last month. We're suckers for the idea of French romance, particularly mixed with wealth, sophistication, and the sort of impetuosity we "rosbifs" can seldom muster. Apparently, Bruni saw Sarkozy on TV and said to a fri ... |
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| Topics: climate, energy, European Union, nuclear power, politics, United Kingdom (all these topics) |
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On the Ball: Good sports
The athletics news you can't live without |
Sarah K. Burkhalter |
16 Mar 2008 |
Gristmill |
| Here's a fun game for the whole family: You name a sport; I'll tell you how it's jumping on the green bandwagon. Ready? OK! Baseball: Milwaukee Brewers first basement Prince Fielder has become a vegetarian after his wife gave him a copy of the book Skinny Bitch. He's probably not in their target demographic, but whatevs. Photo: Kingdafy Major League Baseball has teamed up with the Natural Resources Defense Council for a Team Greening Program, de ... |
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| Topics: bikes, carbon neutral, cars, China, climate, energy, green building, Olympics, Prius, sports, United Kingdom, wildlife (all these topics) |
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