Tutti i temi: Gran Bretagna

28.02.2006 Investment in renewable alternatives and energy efficiency and conservation measures will deliver greater emissions reductions than nuclear power, more cheaply, and without safety risks, Britain's Green Party said on Tuesday as it launched its Alternative Energy Report.

28.02.2006 Tony Blair appears, yet again, to be sidelining the Kyoto process for dealing with climate change, Friends of the Earth said after the Prime Minister met campaigners on Tuesday morning and was told that UK policies fall far short of the action needed to avert disaster.

28.02.2006 Birmingham's Café One, the UK's only Fairtrade music venue, kicks off National Fairtrade Fortnight on 3 March with an evening of musical and cultural collaboration featuring Soweto Kinch and MC Mad Flow.

28.02.2006 Home Office figures that show 3,300 families have benefited from the "Family amnesty Exercise" in the last quarter of 2005, bringing the total to 20,170, were described as "brilliant news" by the National Coalition of Anti-Deportation Campaigns.

28.02.2006 Human rights, South Asian women, Australia, black women, Romanies, lesbians and gays. The common factor? OneWorld UK's Events page explains.

28.02.2006 Stop Climate Chaos campaign group will urge the UK Government to take urgent and effective action on climate change when they meet with the Prime Minister, Tony Blair, and an exceptional line-up of other cabinet ministers including the Chancellor, Gordon Brown today.

28.02.2006 UK Energy Minister Malcolm Wick's call for higher rates of tax for urban 4x4s is half-hearted and much tougher measures are needed, the Green Party said yesterday.

27.02.2006 Prime Minister Tony Blair has been urged to step up diplomatic pressure on Japan to halt its drive to overturn the ban on commercial whaling.

25.02.2006 from Mur Crusto eco-farm blog:

Why the 'biggest obstacle to the wholesale adoption of renewable energy in the future' isn't that big after all.

24.02.2006 UK Law Lords yesterday completed a hearing in a case involving over 20 people charged with activities arising from non-violent civil disobedience at military sites designed to stop the rush to war in Iraq.

24.02.2006 SAN FRANCISCO, Feb 24 (OneWorld) - Three Nobel laureates are throwing their weight behind an international coalition in demanding the withdrawal of U.S. troops from Iraq and calling on the public to protest the occupation by taking part in nonviolent lawbreaking at U.S. military bases.

24.02.2006 Britain's net industry has named the UK presidency of the EU as its villain of the year.The Internet Service Providers' Association (Ispa) singled out the UK for its role in pushing for Europe-wide data retention laws.

23.02.2006 from The Friendly House blog:
"Discover how you can create a sustainable and eco-friendly home" at this exhibition in Birmingham.

23.02.2006 London's anti-terrorism policies are sending a "green light" to other governments to abuse human rights and are increasing the risk of torture, a new Amnesty report - Human rights: a broken promise - warns today.

23.02.2006 Most British people would accept new taxes on goods and services that damage the environment, according to a Guardian/ICM poll which reveals a widespread willingness to make personal sacrifices to tackle the threat of climate change.

23.02.2006 A new fund will support women's health organizations around that world that have been cut off from U.S. aid because their stance on abortion is not in line with the Bush Administration's. The U.K. has already pledged $5 million.

21.02.2006 from WWF-UK:
At last, an 'eco-mortgage': the first evidence of a real market-based incentive to develop sustainable homes.

21.02.2006 The UK Government is putting out two White Papers on international development for consultation until 7 April.

21.02.2006 Britain could lose its ability to impose environmental taxes, restrictions and safeguards on airlines under a draft treaty between the EU and US which curtails the power of national governments.

20.02.2006 The UK's largest mortgage provider has launched a new deal that will reward owners and builders of sustainable homes.