Climate change UK news Jan-Mar 2007


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March 2007

 * UK carbon emissions highest since Labour came to power, Friends of the Earth, March 29 / Miliband: emissions figures support need for increased action on climate change


 * Power of wood - biomass plan to tackle climate change, Defra, March 28 / Biofuel
 * 15 - South West climate plan welcomed. FoE


 * "New Bill and strategy lay foundations for tackling climate change" - Miliband. Defra, March 13 / Publication of the Government's draft Climate Change Bill welcomed by Friends of the Earth. / Woodland Trust welcomes Bill, but calls for annual targets and action on adaptation / Consultations


 * UK plans to cut CO2 doomed to fail - scientists. The Guardian, March 5
 * Research into cutting the carbon impacts of waste published. Defra, March 5 / Reduce, reuse, repair & recycle UK


 * European Lamp Companies Federation working to "eliminate" energy wasting bulbs from the UK market. Greenpeace UK, March 2

February 2007

 * Mayor unveils London Climate Change Action Plan. Mayor's news / Cleaning up the Big Smoke: Livingstone plans to cut carbon emissions by 60%. The Guardian, David Adam and Hugh Muir, February 27


 * London council creates £3million Climate Change Fund, February 26


 * Government's nuclear plans declared unlawful by High Court. Greenpeace, February 15


 * "An Inconvenient Truth" to be distributed to all 3,385 secondary schools in England. Defra, February 2 / Education

January 2007

 * UK on course to reduce its greenhouse gas emissions to almost double its Kyoto target, but the 2010 domestic goal, to cut CO2 emissions by 20 per cent on 1990 levels, looks increasingly difficult to achieve. Defra, January 31. - "New figures show huge rise in aviation emissions." FoE


 * Richmond Councillors vote for CO2 parking charges. Richmond upon Thames council. Richmond parking charge scheme welcomed. FoE, January 30 / London


 * Mayor of London sets out budget measures to tackle climate change. GLA, January 23
 * Development of a voluntary standard for offsetting carbon emissions, released for public consultation today, January 16


 * Government Minister attacks aviation industry over climate change. Friends of the Earth, January 5


 * Transport 2000 says local bank closures point to need for carbon audits. Transport 2000, January 4 / Local needs met locally, UK

Earlier months or years

 * Climate change UK news 2006
 * Climate change UK/News 2005