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As the wildfires burn politicians fan the flames of climate delay
2023-07-05 in Inside track - Green Alliance's blog on environmental policy and politicsWhat’s going on? As climate breakdown grows more serious, British politics and political commentary are becoming more trivial. The UK has had by far its hottest June on record. Spring’s wild fires …
Tagged under: Wildfires
The need for climate action is far too serious for it to be dragged into gutter politics
2023-06-06 in Inside track - Green Alliance's blog on environmental policy and politicsThe 2019 general election saw a contest between the main two parties as to which was the greener. The manifesto on which the Conservatives won was, I noted at the time, “probably the greenest manif…
Is it too late to save the UK’s automotive industry?
2023-02-02 in Inside track - Green Alliance's blog on environmental policy and politicsFollowing repeated announcements of delays and last minute deals to save itself, the Britishvolt gigafactory finally went into administration in January. Since, it has been reported that 2022 saw U…
The Judicial Review and Courts Bill threatens to deter challenges to unlawful environmental decisions
2021-10-14 in Inside track - Green Alliance's blog on environmental policy and politicsThis post is by Carol Day, legal consultant to the RSPB and public interest law firm Leigh Day and Will Rundle, head of legal at Friends of the Earth. On Monday, the Judicial Review and Courts Bill…
The budget shouldn’t miss the chance to put the UK on track for net zero
2021-03-02 in Inside track - Green Alliance's blog on environmental policy and politicsThis post is by the Rt Hon Philip Dunne MP, chairman of the Environmental Audit Committee. This week, all eyes will be on the chancellor’s budget, where he will decide which fiscal and monetary lev…
Tagged under: Net Zero
Will joining the CPTPP tarnish the UK’s green credentials?
2021-02-22 in Inside track - Green Alliance's blog on environmental policy and politicsThis post is by Aradhna Tandon, policy assistant in the Greener UK unit at Green Alliance International Trade Secretary Liz Truss announced recently that the UK had submitted its request to join th…
Where failure is not an option: four tests for the Glasgow climate summit
2021-02-10 in Inside track - Green Alliance's blog on environmental policy and politicsThis is an important year for the climate, culminating in the UN COP26 climate summit in Glasgow. The task for this conference is to close the emissions gap to arrest global warming; build the worl…
Tagged under: COP26
Cumbria deserves better than this proposed coal mine
2020-01-15 in Inside track - Green Alliance's blog on environmental policy and politicsThis post is by Professor Rebecca Willis and Professor Mike Berners-Lee of Lancaster University, co-authors of The case against new coal mines in the UK. Cumbria’s West Coast, the very north wester…
Tagged under: Coal
Six insights on accelerating innovation to reach net zero
2019-11-06 in Inside track - Green Alliance's blog on environmental policy and politicsThis post is by Nick Molho, executive director at Aldersgate Group Taking on the challenge of achieving net zero emissions by 2050 – as recently set out by the UK government – requires deep cuts in…
Tagged under: Net Zero | Innovation
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