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Government gets it wrong on UK’s real emissions levels
Posted by saunvedan on 1 August 2008.
You will often find climate campaigners at loggerheads with the government's claim of reducing emissions, and for good reason. Two reports from the Stockholm Environment Institute based at the University of York show that the government hasn't taken into account emissions from aviation, shipping and importing goods from overseas. If these three are included to calculate our emissions levels which they should be, then our carbon emissions are increasing as opposed to the government's claim that they are decreasing.
Read more »Mundo Cars drive down mondo fuel use
Posted by jamie on 25 July 2008.
While our own drive to drastically improve car efficiency changes gears, there are of course plenty of other people trying to get the message across. One such group, Mundo Cars, isn't the new line of Slovakian automobiles it might appear to be, but a collaborative effort by several organisations working on transport issues.
Read more »Paper planes in Heathrow protest
Day out at the Department of Transport
Posted by saunvedan on 3 July 2008.
This week's been busy for me, what with two demonstrations on two different campaigns. After the protest outside the Japanese Embassy, it was the Department of Transport's turn to welcome us. The government wasn't listening when we said NO to Heathrow's third runway last month. So this morning, we flashmobbed the Department of Transport and launched paper planes saying ‘NO AIRPORT EXPANSION' at transport secretary Ruth Kelly's office.
Read more »North Pole could be ice-free this summer, scientists say
Canvass your MP about cutting emissions
Posted by saunvedan on 18 June 2008.
A brand new campaign has been launched in which you can Canvass your MP to bring in tougher targets on cutting CO2 emissions. This website was created within a week thanks to climate campaigners working round the clock to make it available to you to take action. The climate change bill proposed by the government promises emissions cuts of just 60 per cent. However, a much higher figure of at least 80 per cent is required for realistically tackling climate change.
Read more »Paper plane flashmob on 3rd July
Posted by saunvedan on 12 June 2008.
If you thought that the Terminal 5 flashmob and the Big NO! was
all that would be done to oppose the third runway then you were wrong. On 3
July, get ready to flashmob once more and launch paper planes at the Department
for Transport, and tell transport secretary Ruth Kelly why
plans for the third runway must be scrapped.
Download a paper plane here and don't forget to write a message to Transport Secretary Ruth Kelly on it. The plan is to turn up outside Department for Transport (corner of Marsham St and Horseferry Road) at 11am sharp. If you've still got your red t-shirts from T5; even better but a paper plane is an absolute must. At 11.03 (precisely) those wearing ‘Stop Airport Expansion' t-shirts will reveal them, and then we will all launch our paper planes in the direction of the Department.
Read more »Act on climate change, top scientists warn US
This Bill's Got No Balls
Posted by bex on 17 April 2008.
That's the eye watering message from our friends over at I Count. They're talking of course about the Climate Change Bill - and are asking you to put the virtual squeeze on your MP, to make sure the bill gets the balls it needs to stop climate change:
Read more »A bad day for the climate as biofuel legislation kicks in
Posted by jamie on 15 April 2008.
So, today the Renewable Transport Fuel Obligation (RTFO) comes into effect and we'll all be using more biofuels as a result. Regular readers will know that this exciting piece of legislation will see 2.5 per cent of our petrol and diesel coming from food crops, and that we have been asking everyone to send emails to transport secretary Ruth Kelly asking her to postpone the RTFO. Now we need to see that she abandons so if you haven't expressed your concern about this already, you can still do so.
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