Category Archives: Carbon
Committee slams Treasury meddling
Monday’s report on the Pre-Legislative Scrutiny of the Draft Energy Bill didn’t pull it’s punches. There have been hundreds of lines written about the report over the last 24 hours, but here are key points, reactions and other coverage…
Sifting through the ashes of Rio+20
No that the dust and hyperbole has settled, it could be a good time to re-examine the outcomes of last month’s Rio environment conference.
Why electric cars are no cleaner than biofuels
Will 2012 finally be the year that electric cars take off in the UK? Maybe, maybe not. A better question might be, why do we need electric cars anyway? This story from The Economist provides a good history lesson on … Continue reading
The unintentional consequences of shale gas
Shale gas and fracking is a controversial subject. If you’re not sure how it works, have a look here. To some its a panacea for energy security issues, for others an environmental disaster. Now it appears, there may be a … Continue reading
Airlines prepare for war with EU ETS
In an update to my previous blog on including airline emissions in the ETS (see here), here are some of the more recent developments in the soap opera between the airline industry and the European Commission…
