The the UK Department of Business, Environment and Regulatory Affairs (BERR) announces a competition for companies to build a full scale carbon capture and storage (CCS) facility in the UK. The project is to be funded by UK taxpayers under as long as there is a demonstration that long term capture of carbon dioxide is [...]

The British Government does not have its own, independent assessment of the global supply of oil, according to an article by environmental campaigner, George Monbiot, in today’s UK Guardian. If correct, this is surely gross dereliction of a Government’s duty — to ensure adequate supplies of affordable energy, to anticipate possible future shortages or [...]

The proposed cuts in UK emissions of 60% by 2050 may be reconsidered to an increased 80%. Environment Secretary Hilary Benn will ask a new Climate Change Committee to report within 2 years whether this should happen, according to Reuters. With new evidence and increased fears of global warming, this may well be the case.
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According to the BBC, officials have announced that the UK will struggle to meet the EU targets that then-Prime Minister Tony Blair signed to in March on renewable energy - if it reaches them at all. The BBC reports on how the Guardian has internal briefings from officials to ministers, that suggest that the UK [...]

BBC TV’s Newsnight has just interviewed outgoing British Prime Minister Tony Blair on the subject of climate change, and Britain’s mitigation and management policies. The UK Government this week announced new policies on energy, recycling and local planning.
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