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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Do cyclists pose a threat to people with disabilities?
Guardian Unlimited | 05 Apr 2011
A Surrey town has banned cycling in the pedestrianised centre after lobbying from groups representing people with disabilities. Cycling England has come to an end and the backpedalling on some of its successful schemes has already started. Woking, a commuter town in Surrey, last week decided to ban cycling in the centre of town for much of the day. Until now Woking has done a good job as a cycling town.

Letters: No definitive answers in the nuclear debate
Guardian Unlimited | 05 Apr 2011
George Monbiot is, at best, confused about debates over nuclear power (The unpalatable truth is that the anti-nuclear lobby has misled us all, 5 April). The real issue is not which individual "foremost campaigner" wins some polemical skirmish. Those with greatest interest in portraying the issues...

England | Environmental Awareness | Education | and Public Participation | Nuclear Power

Nick Clegg says we won't subsidise new nuclear plant after Japan disaster
Daily Mail | 30 Mar 2011
During a visit to Mexcio, he said there would be 'no rowing back' from the principle that new power stations would have to be built without subsidies - even if they become uneconomical.

Transport to remain big polluter under new EU plan
Yahoo! News | 28 Mar 2011
Europe's transport chief called for a shift away from fossil fuels on Monday to cut greenhouse gas emissions and protect the economy from oil price spikes but critics said his strategy lacked meaningful action.

Budget 2011: Zero carbon homes plan 'watered down'
Guardian Unlimited | 23 Mar 2011
Osborne accused of bowing to pressure from housebuilders' lobby after relaxing targets ahead of 2016 deadline. The government has been accused of caving in to pressure from the housebuilding lobby by relaxing the criteria aimed at making all new homes "zero carbon" by 2016. Tucked away in an appendix to the budget was an announcement that carbon emissions produced by cooking and electrical appliances such as televisions were to be excluded from the definition.

Trust calls for clear thinking in forestry debate
Epolitix.com | 02 Mar 2011
Following Joan Ruddock's Westminster Hall debate on the future of the Forestry Commission, the Woodland Trust welcomes support from parliamentarians on increasing native woodland cover.

England | Environmental Awareness | Education | and Public Participation

Queen's Speech: Communities and local government
Epolitix.com | 02 Mar 2011
Legislation due to be introduced includes a Public Bodies (Reform) Bill, a Decentralisation and Localism Bill and a Local Government Bill.

United Kingdom | Environmental Awareness | Education

Climate Week is trying to galvanise the green movement - but it is splitting it
Guardian Unlimited | 02 Mar 2011
The backing of Cameron, Clegg and Kofi Annan isn't enough, say Climate Week's critics, it is blinkered - and RBS-sponsored Climate Week is coming. If that means nothing to you, how do you fancy a "supercharged national occasion that offers an annual renewal of our ambition and confidence to combat climate change"? Still not clear? Well, the plan, Climate Week founder Kevin Steele tells me, is "all about pointing people to real low-carbon actions that are already happening.

United Kingdom | Climate Change | Governance | Policy | Public Policy

High-speed rail and the environment: 'the north has protesting voices, too'
Guardian Unlimited | 28 Feb 2011
HS2's second phase threatens Cannock Chase AONB and narrow green belt between Nottingham and Derby. The blunt arrows of the HS2's northern sections to Leeds and Manchester sound relatively uncontroversial at first hearing, but waymarks such as Barnsley, Stoke and Nottingham are surrounded by...

Lack of an eDemocracy strategy is 'hurting Parliament'
Yahoo! News | 22 Feb 2011
Over the last couple of months two things have made it apparent that Parliament is being hurt by the lack of a UK strategy for eDemocracy.

United Kingdom | Environmental Awareness | Education | and Public Participation

Europe formalizes fuel-efficiency target for vans
Reuters | 15 Feb 2011
Europe formalized new fuel-efficiency targets for vans on Tuesday, which aim to cut fuel bills for small businesses and curb emissions of gases blamed for climate change.

Nick Clegg spending cuts: Liberal Democrat grassroots rebellion
Daily Mail | 10 Feb 2011
An open letter signed by 88 local Lib Dem heads, including 17 town hall leaders, warned that the cuts would damage the economy and hit the most vulnerable.

United Kingdom | Economy | Governance | Public Policy

Firms threaten legal action over feed-in tariffs
Guardian Unlimited | 07 Feb 2011
Solar energy firms are threatening to take legal action against the government after ministers said they could stop large-scale commercial "solar farms" from hoovering up a green electricity subsidy. After a Guardian report on Sunday, the government announced it will launch a "fast-track" review of the feed-in tariff scheme, which was launched only last April. The scheme subsidises households that install solar panels or other small- and medium-scale renewable energy projects.

United Kingdom | Governance | Initiatives | Public Policy | Renewable Energy

Spinning in No 10? It's just not cricket ... | Simon Hoggart
Guardian Unlimited | 05 Feb 2011
Remembering the days when Clement Attlee was more interested in bowling than briefing? Isn't it a reflection of modern times that the prime minister's appointment of a spin doctor has attracted as much attention as any new cabinet minister might? Rightly so - Craig Oliver will probably be more...

England | Environmental Awareness | Education | and Public Participation | Forests and Woodlands

Letters: Co-ops, cuts and the coalition
Guardian Unlimited | 04 Feb 2011
I must take Tristram Hunt to task on his erroneous view of Charlie Elphicke's "people's port" proposal, which the Dover MP wrongly and variously describes as a co-operative and a mutual society (Little platoons find their level, 2 February). Hunt says Elphicke has "a great plan to turn Dover...

England | Public Policy | Public Transport | Transport

Insurance law 'will save motorists money'
Yahoo! News | 27 Jan 2011
Transport minister Norman Baker has told the Commons that a new offence of keeping a vehicle with no insurance will come into force in the spring.

United Kingdom | Policy | Public Policy | Transport

Busy day for committee fans
Epolitix.com | 24 Jan 2011
There will be lots to see on the committee corridor on Tuesday morning as no less than 11 Commons select committees holding hearings. They are standards and privileges; Treasury; energy and climate change; transport; public accounts; public administration; BIS; justice; culture media and sport; environment, food and rural affairs; and home affairs.

United Kingdom | Environmental Awareness | Education | and Public Participation

Attention! Military land mountain bikers!
Guardian Unlimited | 24 Jan 2011
Continued reluctance to discuss the issue of biking on military land could leave responsible cyclists excluded from the debate. South-east England may not be blessed with the type of angular geography enjoyed by mountain bikers in Wales, Scotland and northern England, but with acres of army land as...

England | Land Tenure Issues | Public Policy | Public Transport | Transport

Potholes warning over funding cuts
Yahoo! News | 22 Jan 2011
Councils in England will struggle to repair potholes caused by extreme winter weather because of a £165 million shortfall in funding the Local Government Association (LGA) has warned.

England | Extreme Weather | Governance | Public Policy | Public Transport

Making public transport accessible for all
Epolitix.com | 20 Jan 2011
A new E.U regulation provides a "huge opportunity" to advance the rights of disabled passengers, says Lord Low. Transport is one of the biggest, if not the biggest issue of concern to disabled people. Accessible transport can make the difference between being able to travel to a job interview, or exclusion from the labour market. It can make the difference between being able to access essential services in the community, or facing isolation.

United Kingdom | Public Policy | Public Transport | Transport

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