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28-Oct-08

China pays high environmental and social price for reliance on coal

"China's main source of power is so destructive that its social and environmental impact costs £160bn annually, warns a new report from green campaigners."

Category: Climate Change

28-Oct-08

MP's anger as state bears cost of any Sellafield disaster

"Taxpayers have been left with unlimited liability amounting to billions of pounds should there be a repeat of a nuclear accident at Sellafield under a deal signed with a US-led consortium which takes over the decommissioning of...

Category: Energy sources

28-Oct-08

Mayan warnings for modern times

"Population explosion, ecological disaster and weak leadership ... that's what probably killed off the Maya at the height of their powers. Are the modern-day parallels too close for us to ignore? Rory Carroll reports"

Category: Climate Change

28-Oct-08

People power can beat climate change

"If it becomes law, the UK's climate change legislation will be the toughest of its kind in the world, says Lord Puttnam. However, in this week's Green Room, he says the government is still failing to make the most of an untapped...

Category: Climate Change

28-Oct-08

Climate bill 'to include planes'

"Aviation and shipping look set to be included in a government bill targeting cuts in greenhouse gases, to head off a rebellion by backbench MPs."


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