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Missing in Action: The Environment in Mexico
No matter how many times you run through the Mexican presidential candidate Andr�s Manuel L�pez Obrador's "50 Commitments" � a brief document that serves as his campaign platform � you won't find the following words: "e...
Energy–saving homes key to sustainability
Housing energy consumption accounts for nearly 40 per cent of the total energy use in this country. Energy-saving housing, which consumes about half the heating and electricity as ordinary housing, makes up only 5 per ce...
Energy efficiency "only way" to curb spiralling Fuel Bills
News of an expected increase in prices by British Gas of up to 25% has today been condemned as outrageous by the Green Party. Keith Taylor, Green Party Principal Speaker, commented: "This will be the largest price rise ...
Blair Wont Tax Aviation Despite Commitment to Climate Change
Tony Blair is opposed to clawing back any of the aviation industry's annual �9bn subsidy or introducing new taxes to limit airlines' impact on the environment, he told a parliamentary committee today.
Winds of climate change are about to make their impact felt in many a boardroom
The old economics is dead. Its death knell was sounded last week, not by a practitioner of the dismal science but by Tony Blair's chief scientific adviser. Sir David King said concentrations of greenhouse gases were alre...
European Parliament officially joins EMAS to improve its environmental track record
Like thousands of companies and organisations in the EU that want to improve their environmental track record to match EU rules, the European Parliament joined the EU Environmental Management and Audit System (EMAS) on 2...
The polluter pays: how environmental disaster is straining China's social fabric
A week after scrambling to handle a discharge of tonnes of poisonous metals into a local river on which millions rely for drinking water, Jiang Yimin, the chief of the environment protection bureau in Hunan, south-centra...
Europeans prefer energy policy on EU level
The majority of European citizens would prefer EU level decision making on energy policy, over national energy policies. Forty seven per cent of Europeans see European leadership as the most appropriate compared to natio...
Climate poses increased threat, admits Blair
Tony Blair has admitted that the risks of climate change may be more serious than previously thought. The Prime Minister's concern is revealed today in a book that contains compelling evidence from some of the world's le...
EU climate change target "unfeasible"
The EU is unlikely to meet its target to maintain global warming below 2�C, according to the final conclusions of an international scientific conference.