Posts in Green Politics

Tory MP Backs Anti-Wind Farm Rival as Part of Byelection ‘Strategy’

Tory Twat

A reporter working for Greenpeace has obtained covertly filmed footage of Chris Heaton-Harris, the Conservative Campaign Manager for the Corby by-election, in which the MP claims to have helped engineer the campaign of James Delingpole,…

Is Overpopulation Really Worth Focusing On?

overpopulation

For quite some time now I’ve wanted to write a post about population and the many concerns that people have about how a rising one will impact the environment but I’m also conscious of the…

Government To Fight Ridiculous EU Ruling On Energy Products

energy efficient products

The UK government is to take the fight to the European Commission over a ruling that says the reduced 5% of VAT for the supply and installation of energy saving materials is a breach of…

Obama Reiterates Green Commitment

President Barack Obama DNC speech

In his address to the Democratic National Convention last night, President Barack Obama once again confirmed his desire to lead America and the world into a more sustainable future. In a direct rebuttal to Mitt…

Countering The “We Will Adapt” Argument Against Action On Climate Change

adapt to survive

One of the things I hear quite a lot from people when talking about myself and my desire to live a more sustainable life is the fact that the human race is adaptable and that…

Rio+20: Politicians Between A Rock And A Hard Place

Rock & Hard Place

So Rio+20 came to a close last Friday with a document – The Future We Want – apparently showing us the way to a more sustainable future. The problem is that scientists, environmentalists and other…

Green Steve Interviews Green MEPs

keith-taylor-jean-lambert

During my short visit to the European Parliament a couple of weeks ago, I was given the opportunity to interview the two Green Party MEPs and ask them some searching questions about climate change, public…

Green Steve Visits the European Parliament

European Parliament Strasbourg

Last week I had the opportunity to visit the European Parliament in Strasbourg to look around, talk to some very interesting people and find out how some of the big decisions that affect our everyday…

A Look At The Durban Aftermath

End Of The Rainbow?

After running over the initial end date by a few days, you’d have thought that the delegates at the UN climate talks in Durban had reached some historical deal to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and…

Small Island States Demand More In Durban

Small Island States

With the COP17 climate talks continuing in Durban, I thought I’d give a really quick roundup of what happened in the first week and a bit. It was an eventful week and although the 2nd…