Author Archives for Green Team - Mark
Let’s Sell a Bit of Hope
Recent research my British retailer Marks & Spencer on consumer attitudes to green shopping describe a particularly apathetic public with little interest in buying green.
Only a small percentage (11%) of consumers actively make green purchases, with 27% of consumers inclined towards green shopping habits – but only if it’s easy. A surprisingly high 24% claim […]
Fly Green with Virgin Biofuels
Billionaire, entrepreneur, serial adventurer and airline owner Richard Branson is the man behind an innovation which may take the sting out of one of climate change’s biggest sins.
Next month a Virgin Atlantic Boeing 747 will make the world’s first biofuel powered flight between London and Amsterdam. Testing a blend of 80% conventional aviation fuel and […]
Do Green Activists Do More Harm Than Good?
Sir David King, once advisor to Tony Blair, and the man credited with putting climate change firmly on to the British political agenda has claimed that the behaviour of green activists is harming the fight against climate change and delaying the implementation of workable solutions. King is a strong supporter technical solutions, including nuclear power, […]
Please Stop Complaining About Nuclear Power
If you live in the UK you will not have escaped the big furore over nuclear power this week following the release of the British Government’s energy policy which has decidedly committed the country to the nuclear path, signalling the first live shot in the climate change battle.
People want energy, people don’t want energy production. […]
50 People Who Could Save the Planet - but Won’t
The Guardian Newspaper has recently published their list of “50 People Who Could Save the Planet” having identified those that their panel believes have done the most to combat climate change.
The list makes some interesting reading, and includes such notables as actor Leonardo DiCaprio for his role in raising climate change awareness, and of course […]
Looking Through Narrow Windows
We have recently talked about climate extremists on both sides of the debate and their negative impact on progress.
We have also lamented the squabbles in the scientific community, the political bandwagon riding and those who go about cherry picking facts and propagating common climate myths. The result of all this is a confused public and […]
Do green campaigners need a new strategy?
An article in The Guardian newspaper today confirms our long held suspicion that despite being convinced of the risks of climate change (according to a recent poll, 9 out of 10 people believe it is a problem), the majority of people aren’t really prepared to make any kind of sacrifice to deal with the problem […]
Is sea level rise worse than terrorism?
Amid repeated claims of climate change alarmism from climate sceptics, a new study published in Nature Geoscience claims that sea level rise this century could be double that previously predicted by the IPCC.
This news comes amid a British Government report warning that the UK needs to treat risk of flooding with the same level of […]
Sceptics Display an Exquisite Sense of Timing!
Your Green team enjoyed this post from DeSmogBlog which is another example of the continuous ding-dong going on between the believers and non-believers.
Some 94 skeptics published a letter in the National Post declaring that:
“[D]espite computer projections of temperature rises, there has been no net global warming since 1998. That the current temperature plateau follows a […]
China Says West Should Deal With Global Warming
China has insisted that the U.S. and other wealthy nations should bear the burden of curbing global warming, saying the problem was created by their lavish way of life. It rejected mandatory emission cuts for its own developing industries.
Su Wei, a top climate expert for China’s government attending the U.N. Climate Change Conference, said the […]
United States refuses UN emissions agreement based on ‘uncertain’ science
Discussions at Bali got off to a shaky start today after the United States confirmed that it will refuse any mention of emission reduction targets within a draft UN agreement. The agreement is expected to be the focus of this week’s discussion as the Bali conference enters the real negotiation phase.
The draft agreement calls on nations to […]
Rainforests wanted dead, or alive – Finally a good use for carbon offsets?
The good news is that deforestation in the Amazon rainforest fell by 20% between August 2006 and July 2007.
But hold the champagne…
Recent satellite images suggest deforestation is starting to rise again. The fall in deforestation has primarily been due to a drop on market prices for products such as soya and meat, and not due […]
Bali Climate Summit Latest: Two years for a decision?
With no big headlines emerging from Bali yet - except for doom and gloom stories which are being released to keep the mood right - we’ve been reading the daily press briefings to see if we can find any hints. The briefing for 8th December tells us:
As negotiations on a future climate deal reached the […]
Leadership, Lies, Damned Lies, Statistics and Co2 Emissions Data
The Bali Climate Change summit meeting got off to a promising start this morning, with US President George Bush proudly claiming that US Co2 emissions have fallen by 1.5% in 2006 from levels in 2005.
A quick look at figures published earlier this year by the US Department of Energy shows a slightly different story. In […]
Bali – reasons to be disappointed
With some irony, between 15,000 and 20,000 politicians, officials, activists and journalists will have flown this weekend to Bali, putting serious strain on the islands resources to attend the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC).
All expectations are that nothing tangible will result beyond making some vague agreements over future plans. Many people will […]
