Dark Materials: the consequences of clinging to coal
Mines and Communities launches a global Special Report Is our planet going up in smoke? NEWS RELEASE From: Mines and Communities, London 1 September 2010 Prospects are now dwindling that a binding Climate Change treaty will be agreed in Mexico later this year. But the science is no longer in any serious doubt. Fossil fuels, [...]
RBS, the tarsands and the climate camp
How RBS funds ‘dirty oil’ Last weekend, Royal Bank of Scotland faced its biggest protests in a long history of protests. Environmental groups and hundreds of climate protesters camped on the lawn at RBS’s Gogarburn headquarters, on the outskirts of Edinburgh. At the centre of the protest was a growing anger at the bank’s role [...]
Climate Change – Here We Come
The first six months of 2010 were the warmest on record, according to the National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration. See http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/sotc/?report=global&year=2010&month=6.
Nuclear Power? 8 Questions Need to Be Answered
Rising greenhouse gases. Climate change. Rising energy costs. Declining fossil fuel reserves. Now the BP disaster. With the arguments against fossil fuels continuing to pile up it’s no wonder people have latched onto nuclear power as an attractive solution. Here are eight questions that we should answer before, not after, we head down the nuclear [...]
What is carbon trading for?
What is carbon trading for? Last year, thousands of people protested at the European Climate Exchange in London against carbon trading. The protest was part of the Camp for Climate Action that has also targeted coal mining, coal-fired power plants and the expansion of Heathrow airport. In a statement, Camp for Climate Action explained what [...]
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