Environmental News from United Kingdom

EarthWire UK provides a daily overview of the environment in the UK as reported in the media. The web site is updated every day by a team of editors that reviews media sources for environmental news stories.

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Climate Change Convention and Kyoto Protocol (Page 7)

EU environment ministers push for eco-efficiency
EurActiv | 17 Jul 2006
During an informal council in Turku (Finland) from 14-16 July, EU environment ministers discussed a proposal of the Finnish EU Presidency to work for a "new generation of environmental policy" (see also EurActiv 5 July 2006 ).

G8 commits to 'open and transparent' energy markets
EurActiv | 17 Jul 2006
Leaders of the United States, Russia, Japan, Germany, France, England, Italy and Canada have adopted a joint statement on global energy security on 16 July at the end of a two-day meeting in St Petersburg.

Greece to Raise Carbon Allowances for 2008-12
Planet Ark | 17 Jul 2006
Greece plans to raise slightly its annual quota for heat-trapping carbon dioxide emissions in its 2008-2012 plan for the second phase of the European Union's carbon trading scheme, an environmental official said on Friday.

Miliband unveils carbon swipe-card plan
Guardian Unlimited | 17 Jul 2006
The environment minister, David Miliband, today unveiled a radical plan to cut greenhouse gas emissions by charging individuals for the amount of carbon they use.

Global warming: world dancing on a volcano, says Chirac
Yahoo! News | 16 Jul 2006
French President Jacques Chirac issued a stark warning to his G8 partners, saying "humanity is dancing on a volcano" and urging them to live up to commitments to combat global warming.

Turbine defeat
Daily Record | 15 Jul 2006
A local authority have lost a legal challenge after refusing permission for a 21-turbine wind farm. Moray Council rejected applications to erect the turbines in Banffshire.

MPs seek consensus on global warming
Epolitix.com | 13 Jul 2006
A cross-party group of MPs has warned that Britain is not moving fast enough to tackle climate change.

'Climate change should be taken out of politics to allow radical remedies'
The Independent | 13 Jul 2006
Climate change is now such a critical problem for Britain and the world that it should be taken out of politics to make radical remedies possible, an inquiry convened by an independent group of MPs will say today.

WWF-UK: Focus on clean not nuclear energy
WWF-UK | 13 Jul 2006
The government must make renewable energy and energy efficiency the focus of its future energy policy and not be distracted by a drive for new nuclear power stations.

Global warming 'will cancel out Western aid and devastate Africa'
Belfast Telegraph | 13 Jul 2006
Climate change could have a devastating impact on Africa, wiping out all the benefits from the measures to help the continent agreed by the worlds richest nations last year.

Blair wants G8 to be G13 to tackle climate change
SCIDEV.NET | 13 Jul 2006
This weekend UK prime minister Tony Blair will call for the G8 group of industrialised nations to admit five developing nations to the group in order to tackle climate change and other global issues.

Canada's 'Winterpeg' Facing a Dry Summer
Planet Ark | 13 Jul 2006
This western Canadian city, nicknamed Winterpeg for its bitterly cold winters, is baking under the summer sun and facing its driest June and July on record, Environment Canada said Wednesday, and regional crops are showing signs of stress.

Spain Says Kyoto Will Cost it Up to 3 Billion Euros
Planet Ark | 13 Jul 2006
Spain said on Wednesday that it will cost up to 3 billion euros (US$3.82 billion) to help it turn around an overshoot on its Kyoto Protocol greenhouse gas emissions targets, which it must meet by 2008-12.

UK Boosts Nuclear Lobby in Global Warming Battle
Planet Ark | 13 Jul 2006
Britain has given the world nuclear power industry a boost, saying it is key in the fight against global warming and the need to secure energy supplies.

Spain Looks Overseas to Meet Costly Kyoto Goals
Planet Ark | 13 Jul 2006
Spain wants to help shield its industry from the cost of getting back on track with its Kyoto climate change goals and plans to allow firms to buy nearly a fifth of their pollution cuts from developing countries.

MPs seek consensus on global warming
Yahoo! News | 13 Jul 2006
A cross-party group of MPs has warned that Britain is not moving fast enough to tackle climate change.

London's mayor given more powers
BBC | 13 Jul 2006
Mayor of London Ken Livingstone is given more powers by the government.

Canada Climate Exchange Awaits Govt Kyoto Decision
Planet Ark | 13 Jul 2006
The first greenhouse gas emissions market is set to launch in Canada, but exchange officials said it won't clear any deals until it finds out whether Ottawa's new Conservative government will drop out of the Kyoto Protocol on global warming.

Review view not what was expected from nuclear trenches
The Herald | 13 Jul 2006
The UK government's latest energy review has sparked predictable trench warfare between the pro and anti-nuclear lobbies. Industry Secretary Alistair Darling was still on his feet in the Commons on Tuesday when emails from opposing lobby groups started flooding the ether.

Los Angeles cars going green
Yahoo! News | 13 Jul 2006
With gasoline prices soaring, anxieties about global warming, and concern over the war in Iraq, a small but growing group in Los Angeles is replacing petroleum with alternative fuels.

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