Green Politics
She dared to call Vladimir Putin a crook
Submitted by staff on Fri, 04/27/2012 - 12:19
ShareThisYoung Russian environmentalist Evgenia Chirikova has turned her one-woman protest into a controversial nationwide campaign. Geoffrey Lean reports.
Donald Trump accuses Salmond of 'betrayal' over wind farm plans
Submitted by staff on Wed, 04/25/2012 - 23:00
ShareThisDonald Trump yesterday accused Alex Salmond of "betraying" him with reassurances during dinner in New York that a wind farm would not be built near his £750 million golf resort in Scotland.
Top Tories try to torpedo Green Deal
Submitted by staff on Sat, 04/14/2012 - 12:30
ShareThisLeading Tories believe £14bn Green Deal must be ditched because it risks leaving "squeezed middle" voters out of pocket.
Forcing home owners to fit energy-saving insulation is wrong, says Tim Yeo
Submitted by staff on Tue, 04/10/2012 - 00:34
ShareThisThe Tory chairman of the Commons Energy and Climate Change Committee questioned today whether Government proposals to compel people to fit energy-saving insulation in homes will be effective.
End of cheap burgers and pies as meat removal process banned by Europe
Submitted by staff on Thu, 04/05/2012 - 00:00
ShareThisThe price of beef burgers and pies is due to rise after a technique used in the UK to remove scraps of meat from animal bones was banned by the European Commission.
UK energy plans in 'tatters' after Npower and E. ON nuclear plant withdrawal
Submitted by staff on Thu, 03/29/2012 - 03:30
ShareThisGovernment's energy policy dealt "devastating blow" as companies end venture to build nuclear power plants in Britain.
George Osborne's green shoots appear to have wilted
Submitted by staff on Fri, 03/23/2012 - 13:57
ShareThisWhat has happened to the Chancellor's promise to help the environment, asks Geoffrey Lean.
Campaigners target David Cameron in bid protect countryside from planning reforms
Submitted by staff on Sat, 03/17/2012 - 15:00
ShareThisLeading figures from business and the arts have joined forces in a last-ditch effort to persuade David Cameron to protect Britain's natural heritage properly in new planning rules to be issued this month.
Nigel Lawson: 'I enter my ninth decade as a happy man'
Submitted by staff on Sat, 03/10/2012 - 00:30
ShareThisWith political battles yet to wage, Nigel Lawson shows no sign of slowing down.
Sketch: the impenetrable language of wind farm fans
Submitted by staff on Thu, 03/08/2012 - 10:42
ShareThisMichael Deacon watches Chris Huhne's replacement, Ed Davey, take his first questions as Energy Secretary in the Commons.
