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Plans were approved this week to build what has been described as an “ultra mega power project” in the form of a $4.2 billion, 4,000 MW coal fired power station in Gujarat, India.
Environmentalists will be dismayed to hear of this decision, which will generate up to 23 million tons of Co2. However, many arguments against […]

As environmental policies come into sharp focus - with the continuation of negotiations initiated in Bali last year, US Presidential Elections, British Nuclear Power decisions, new European initiatives on renewable emission and carbon trading, and a host of other initiatives – we’ve uncovered some useful guidelines for validating environment policy decisions.
In a paper titled […]

As Gordon Brown’s tour or India and China continues, the  British government has levelled criticism at India’s lack of commitment to dealing with climate change.
British Environment Secretary Phil Woolas recently drew a comparison of the two emerging economies, describing the Chinese Central Government as “part of the solution and not part of the problem“ whilst […]

Continuing our commentary on the madness of biofuels we have been happy to note that a group of British Members of Parliament  have come to their senses and are petitioning the EU to rethink their biofuels policy.  The report follows a previous admission from the Environment minister of the European Commission that certain environmental and […]

We talk a lot about ‘predictions’ for global warming, and we tend to think of it in the future tense. But there is mounting evidence each day that climate change is not something that will happen in the future – we are feeling the first real impacts right now.
The Arctic and Antarctic ice sheets […]

British Prime Minister Gordon Brown is currently touring China, reportedly visiting ‘green’ sites including gas fired power stations – a step forwards from the dirtier coal powered varieties which are mostly powering Chinas’s industrial rise.
During his visit, Mr Brown may also learn some valuable lessons in renewable energy. Whilst the EU is likely to will […]

Norway has boldly announced plans to become a carbon neutral country by 2030, ahead of their original goal of 2050.

The plan will be achieved through domestic emissions cuts of approximately 66%, and through investment in overseas environmental projects which will offset Norway’s remaining emissions. Norway already has significant hydro electric power generation capacity by virtue […]

It often seems that environmentalism lacks a big picture view, and spends too much time looking at micro issues instead of addressing the big concerns. This thought is prompted by the latest piece of enviro-recycling silliness in the form of fresh concerns over the recycling of low energy light bulbs.
Low energy bulbs contain small amounts […]