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Letters: When the rot set in at the Forestry CommissionGuardian Unlimited | 22 Feb 2011I've worked in the commercial forestry sector for more than 30 years, and I welcome John Vidal's contribution to the current debate (England's forests are not out of the woods yet, 19 February). A more vibrant Forestry Commission (FC) is essential to the UK's forest industry; and yes, its commercial woodlands can and should finance amenity woodlands for public benefit. But how?
England | Forests and Woodlands | Governance | Policy The Treasury growls as Nick Clegg pushes the green agendaGuardian Unlimited | 17 Feb 2011The Liberal Democrats want the green bank to be a proper bank. But Whitehall's powerbase is determined to frustrate them. The Treasury is the most powerful department in Whitehall, but it is busy making itself unpopular even by its own abrasive standards. Jeremy Heywood, the most judicious of civil servants, was recently heard to say that the government's attempt to create a new green bank had become a battle of "everybody against the Treasury".
England | Economics and the Environment | Governance | Policy How bike hire users can cut emissionsGuardian Unlimited | 16 Feb 2011Serco's fleet of vehicles used to tow trailers of bikes have been involved in road accidents and create emissionsJust when Transport for London (TfL) thought the bike hire scheme provided an answer to London's carbon emissions problem, they found a snag - bikes cannot be provided without producing emissions. TfL uses Serco contractors to move hire bicycles around London, so there are enough in each dock to meet demand, while ensuring there is space for users to drop theirs off.
England | Global Warming | Governance | Greenhouse Gas Emissions | Pollution | Pollution Impacts The dirty history of corporate spyingGuardian Unlimited | 15 Feb 2011Hiring private detectives to conduct surveillance and infiltration operations against environmental groups is, sadly, nothing new. Private spying by large corporations into the affairs of environmental groups, as revealed by the Guardian, is nothing new in the US. Last November, as Mother Jones reported, Greenpeace went into federal district court in Washington, seeking an injunction against Dow Chemical Company and Sasol North America for meddling in its internal affairs.
England | Access to Information | Environmental Awareness | Education | and Public Participation World Bank warns of soaring food price dangersGuardian Unlimited | 15 Feb 2011A spike in global food prices has pushed millions more into poverty since last summer, said World Bank president Robert Zoellick. The World Bank has given a stark warning of the impact of the rising cost of food, saying an estimated 44 million people had been pushed into poverty since last summer by soaring commodity prices. Robert Zoellick, the Bank's president, said food prices had risen by almost 30% in the past year and were within striking distance of the record levels reached during 2008.
Economics and the Environment | Food Security | Governance 'Bonfire of the quangos' threatens climate change committeeGuardian Unlimited | 13 Feb 2011Public bodies bill flawed, say Greenpeace and WWF. The independent status of Britain's key climate change watchdog is under threat, environmental groups have warned, because it has been included on a list of quangos whose structure could be altered at the discretion of ministers. The committee on climate change (CCC) was established by the Climate Change Act 2008, the first piece of legislation of its kind in the world.
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