TalkClimateChange

Late last year, the European Union sensibly decided to impose strict targets on its car manufacturers to improve fuel efficiency standards. Fuel efficiency, which has barely improved in previous years, is seen as a key opportunity to bridge the growing energy gap in the near term future.
Under the scheme, manufacturers were, sensibly, given a […]

Delegates from the latest US sponsored climate talks in Hawaii have given mixed reports on its success, indicating that the initial stand-off between the US, India and China is still very much an issue.
An unnamed EU delegate gave a very positive statement leading to a number of encouraging headlines in conservative newspapers: “I came expecting […]

First tensions are emerging between EU lawmakers and businesses as plans are cemented to implement EU targets for climate change.
Joining the Red Team this week are French Prime Minister Nicolas Sarkozy and the European Trade Union Confederation, and joining the Green Team please welcome European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso.
Unions in Europe have expressed […]

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 […]