The Guardian revealed some of the main policies promoted in the Liberal Democrat party’s 50-page statement titled “Taking The Lead”, which aims to make Britain completely carbon-free by 2050.
The statement includes; the total replacement of petrol driven cars by 2040, an end to civil nuclear power stations, an EU-wide taxation on the aviation industry and [...]

Clive Crook has an interesting article in today’s FT about the absence of non-scientific expertise, and the dismissal of dissenting views, by the panjandrums of the UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC):
“For the rest of us, however, this is a pity - because to put it bluntly the IPCC deserves the [US] administration’s disdain. [...]

The Sunday Times sees hope for the planet, and many optimists around the world are having it their way this week.
We can see the start of true global cooperation on the environmental issue with the much waited support from the White House, thanks to the G8 summit this week.
Prospects for the Cap-and-Trade after the Kyoto [...]

From today’s G8 meetings in Germany, it seems the Bush administration is finally likely to conform to Europe’s aims on setting targets of 50% reduction in carbon emissions by 2050 - although with Bush’s hesitation to agree on exact figures, they at least agree to create a significant reduction.
Furthermore the US is for the first [...]

The Australian Prime Minister, John Howard, has finally announced his Government’s intention to establish a cap-and-trade system for carbon emissions, but it will be implemented — not just yet. The stated reason for the delay in implementation is to allow time to study the economic impacts of emissions caps on Australian companies. Funny [...]