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ecotricity goes into the manifesto business
ecotricity has launched its 2030 vision/manifesto for the Green Britain it thinks we should be living in. Using research and modelling from Cambridge Econometrics, a consultancy, ecotricity sets out what Britain would be like in 2030 if we adopt ambitious targets for emissions reduction, renewables...
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A poor election campaign for environmental consciousness
In Wednesday's Guardian, Tom Burke commented on the contrast between the large membership of environment-focused organisations in the UK (4.5 million members, 13% of the population: 10 times as many supporters as all the political parties combined) and the near silence...
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More manifesto reading
Thanks to the SDRN for pointing out that Carbon Brief has produced an interactive online tracker that captures information from UK party manifestos on energy and climate change. This allows us to see comparisons of energy and climate change policy, including key...
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Election Manifestos – Take 9; UKIP
This is my last word on election manifestos. It has been a dispiriting experience, all told. I'm going to give the last word to TEESNet and its summarising of a party I have, so far, omitted ... UKIP Reduce the volume of paperwork...
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Nearly the Oldest Botanic Garden
Taking time off from the election, we went to Leiden, to visit "the oldest botanic garden in western Europe" – if you conveniently ignore a couple in Italy. I fancy we saw it at its very best; there was certainly...
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Election Manicfestos – Take 8; the OMRLP
For balance, it seems right to include the manicfesto (sic) of the Official Monster Raving Loony Party in this scrutiny. The OMRLP has been around longer than UKIP, and like UKIP, has never managed to win a seat at a...
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Election Manifestos – Take 7; Liberal Democrats
The Liberal Democrats manifesto is here. It was no surprise (to me) that I liked what this said, particularly the separate sections on: Environment and nature – protecting our natural environment Climate change – growing the green economy Here's a...
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And did all those feet in not so ancient time?
If you ever really doubted that humans and all other animals were created (by the Almighty) at the same time, then try this lively romp through literature to see how it meets your standards of scholarship. It's another good news story...
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Election Manifestos – Take 5; the SNP
Why does the SNP support a policy of reducing English university fees to £6k? Solidarity, perhaps? High principle, maybe? Well, there's generous of you, if you think that. More like it's the certainty of more cash flowing up the Barnet formula pipeline...
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Election Manifestos – Take 4; Plaid Cymru
I eventually stumbled across PC's election manifesto on their muddled website, but couldn't find a version to download, and so had to make do with the easy read text. It says this: We want better education Better teacher training. No schoolchild to be left behind – more...
