Does Ruth Kelly drive a Toyota Prius?*
March 19, 2008 at 3:23 am | In Climate change, Communications, Environment, Industry, Infrastructure, Transport | 3 CommentsDoes the Secretary of State for Transport have any idea Continue reading Does Ruth Kelly drive a Toyota Prius?*…
CO2 Councils opposing 2nd runway join with 2M Group to fight unsustainable airport expansion
March 17, 2008 at 3:39 am | In 2M Group, Aviation, Braintree, CO2, Camden, Chelsea, Climate change, College Green, Councils, Councils opposing 2nd runway, County Councils, District Councils, Ealing, East Herts., Emissions, Environment, Essex, Events, Fulham, Hammersmith, Harrow, Heathrow, Heathrow expansion, Hertfordshire, Hillingdon, Hounslow, Houses of Parliament, Islington, Kensington, Lambeth, Launch, Lewisham, Local authorities, London Boroughs, Maidenhead, Merton, Richmond, Royal Boroughs, Slough, South Bucks, Southwark, Stansted, Stansted expansion, Suffolk, Sustainability, Two million voices, Uttlesford, Wandsworth, Windsor, against Heathrow expansion | No Comments
BAA eco-profiteering? Heathrow kiss ‘n’ fly for 20 quid (GBP)
March 17, 2008 at 2:52 am | In Adding capacity, Air Quality, BAA, Cars, Charges, Eco-profiteering, Environment, Heathrow, Heathrow airport, Heathrow expansion, Kiss 'n' Fly, NO2, Nitrogen dioxide, Pollution, R3, Roads, T6, Transport | No CommentsDon’t worry. The local transport infrastructure around LHR and the global economy will likely grind to a halt before we reach this stage: Continue reading BAA eco-profiteering? Heathrow kiss ‘n’ fly for 20 quid (GBP)…
Budget box, boys and girls on bags, and behaviour changes
March 15, 2008 at 4:32 pm | In Bags, Behaviour change, Boys, Budget, Children, Environment, Girls, Photos from Yahoo!, Plastic bags, Recycling, Reusable, School, Single-use | No Comments
This week, we Brits suffered the (inter)national embarrassment of a petty, weak-kneed budget brought to us by The Chancellor of the Exchequer. It did nothing significant to address the key challenges facing the world or our nation, imho. Boring business as usual—tinkering around the edges of a clogged system with a feather duster, for fear of upsetting something or someone—is like dusting the deckchairs on the Titanic.
Seeing Alistair Darling holding the ancient battered briefcase (Gladstone’s old Budget box) aloft outside No. 11 Downing Street, one of our kids asked:
“If he is Darling, who is BlackAdder?”
(Mr. Bean has already been identified.)
This is the same child whose friends started a petition to ban Continue reading Budget box, boys and girls on bags, and behaviour changes…
A Hard Rain’s A-Gonna Fall and a Highway of Diamonds by Bob Dylan
March 10, 2008 at 9:51 am | In Bob Dylan, Climate change, Diamonds, Economics, Environment, Highways, Lyrics, Music, Rain, Storms, Sustainability | 2 CommentsHere you go, matt. I alluded to the dangers of defining sustainability either in exclusive economic or limited environmental terms yesterday. Just now, I stumbled upon a recent speech by Andrew McNamara, Minister for Sustainability, Climate Change and Innovation that expands on the ’s’ word. Perhaps our selective use of the word ’sustainability’ tells a lot more about us and the future we may either dread or embrace:
by Hon. Andrew McNamara (Queensland MP)
…Tonight I want to talk about capital S Sustainability.
Continue reading A Hard Rain’s A-Gonna Fall and a Highway of Diamonds by Bob Dylan…
What price little white carbon shadows of Heathrow expansion?
February 27, 2008 at 9:36 am | In Adding capacity, Alice in Wonderland, Carbon emissions, Carbon pricing, Climate change, Defra, DfT, Economics, Environment, GHG emissions, Government guidance, Greenhouse gases, Heathrow, Heathrow airport, Heathrow expansion, Policies, Shadow prices, Social costs, Trading | No CommentsThanks to Tim for sending this pièce de résistance on carbon pricing. The thoughtful article, Path of least resistance, was written by Paul Ekins and published two weeks ago in The Guardian. I deliberately held on to it until sundown. So “little white shadows sparkle and glisten, part of a system”* at the end of consultation on Department for Transport (DfT) proposals for ‘Adding capacity at Heathrow airport‘ …
It might help you to know that in January 2008, Defra published revised guidance to government on carbon pricing. The Department for Environment Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) tells us that the social cost of carbon has been superseded by the shadow price of carbon. This terminology cleverly enables the transformation of government considerations about carbon emissions. Instead of framing emissions as having human impact (social cost), we may now recognise carbon emissions as a mysterious market opportunity (shadow price). From Defra: Continue reading What price little white carbon shadows of Heathrow expansion?…
Adding capacity at Heathrow airport Response Form and supplementary comments
February 26, 2008 at 2:53 am | In Adding capacity, Air Quality, Climate change, Department for Transport, DfT, Environment, GHG emissions, Heathrow, Heathrow airport, London, No Extra Emissions, No Sixth Terminal, No third runway, Noise, Stop Heathrow Expansion, Windsor | No Comments
Yes, I completed my Response Form by hand, and sent it to the Department for Transport with four extra sheets of supplementary comments. See below. Continue reading Adding capacity at Heathrow airport Response Form and supplementary comments…
When I grow up … I want to tell my children I did help Stop Heathrow Expansion
February 25, 2008 at 7:18 am | In Air Quality, Aviation, CO2 emissions, Climate change, Environment, Flights, Future, Future Heathrow, GHG emissions, Heathrow, Heathrow airport, Heathrow expansion, Noise, Pollution, Stop Heathrow Expansion, Video, YouTube | No CommentsIoD bmi study High Fliers; majority support Heathrow expansion
February 25, 2008 at 4:54 am | In Adding capacity, Aviation, Environment, Heathrow, Heathrow airport, Heathrow expansion, Institute of Directors, IoD | No CommentsInstitute of Directors Press Office just released news of a pertinent report titled ‘High Fliers: business leaders’ view on air travel‘. Naturally, it supports Department for Transport proposals on ‘Adding capacity at Heathrow airport‘ without questioning the consequential damage of such expansion, because that’s just a small matter of sorting out the price to pay: Continue reading IoD bmi study High Fliers; majority support Heathrow expansion…
David Attenborough signing Life in Cold Blood
February 21, 2008 at 5:32 pm | In Attenborough, Authors, BBC, Broadcasters, Environment, Life in Cold Blood, Natural history, Nature, Recommended books, World-class, YouTube | 2 Comments
We were so fortunate to meet David Attenborough in Windsor this evening! He was signing copies of his latest book, Life in Cold Blood, and also Life on Air. Continue reading David Attenborough signing Life in Cold Blood…
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