Here is an article posted by Truthout about a lobbyist group funded by Big Energy to water down environmental laws. Unfortunately, this is happening in the UK with lobbyists funded by Big Energy trying to get the UK Government to water down environmental laws, Health & Safety regulations and reduction in funding to renewables.
Reboot for a new economy | the new economics foundation
Another article from the New Economics Forum on what the Government should do to reboot the economy, instead of their present policies which are failing so miserably.
Don’t Frack Ohio! » Fr. Neil Pezzulo – Fracking: Contrary to the Common Good And Simply Bad Public Policy
A blog from the States about ‘fracking’.
What’s the truth about fracking? | Environment | The Guardian
More links to studies about the environmental dangers of ‘fracking’, but they are way down in the article:
What’s the truth about fracking? | Environment | The Guardian.
Missed renewable energy targets will cost UK dear, warns study | Environment | The Observer
Another news article about the failure of our politicians. They refuse to support renewables and insist on maintaining their addiction to fossil fuels and nuclear. All non-sustainable and economically prohibitive. It is time the British public woke up to the fact they need to show the main stream parties the door.
Missed renewable energy targets will cost UK dear, warns study | Environment | The Observer.
Richard Benyon, the minister destroying what he is paid to protect | George Monbiot | Environment | guardian.co.uk
This article portrays the true qualities of the politicians who run this country. They do not understand that their unsustainable consumption of Nature’s resources will ultimately bring about the human race’s demise.
Coalition makes U-turn on nuclear energy subsidies | Environment | guardian.co.uk
People wrongly believe that their energy bills are high due to subsidies to renewables. Nothing could be further from the truth from Corporation Tax exemption for North Sea oil and gas rigs to hidden subsidies to nuclear. It is not renewables that are causing a rise in energy bills has they receive a very small fraction of Government funding:
http://www.mng.org.uk/gh/nn.htm
So, it has now been revealed that this Government will continue with their subsidies.
Coalition makes U-turn on nuclear energy subsidies | Environment | guardian.co.uk.
Viridis Lumen: Fracking Awful
This is not just an issue in the US, Australia has similar environmental problems with coal-seam methane extraction by ‘fracking’: http://www.abc.net.au/4corners/content/2011/s3141787.htm
The perfect drug? Monsanto hooks Nepal on GMO corn — RT
Once again we see the evil hand of Monsanto, with all it’s money convince a Government that there product will save the day. What will happen is the people and environment will be poisoned. Then the output from this product will decline, leaving the Nepalese worse off from before. They need to investigate organic farming methods, with the choice of crops they are trying to grow.
FOE’s advert in The Independant.
This is an advert in The Independent, The Daily Telegraph refused to publish, refuting the Daily Telegraphs claim that moving to a clean economy is bad for business. Obviously, the Telegraph’s journalists have done absolutely no research for their article.
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