The Senate Foreign Relations Committee held a hearing on Tuesday regarding Climate change, and among the topics that popped up was the threat Climate change presented to national security. There is quite a bit of thought going into the potential, but let me ask a question... If Climate Change is so serious that we would apply a $600 billion cap and trade 'tax' on energy in the US, and we...
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InformationDissemination on 23rd Jul 2009 (via informationdissemination.net)
Ed Miliband, the new Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, has welcomed the creation of a new department to tackle the twin challenges of energy security and climate change.
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PublicTechnology on 6th Oct 2008 (via publictechnology.net)
Climate Change Condensed Monday 15th September 4:30 – 8:00pm This is the first course in Britain created specially for trade union members that covers ‘all you need to know about climate change’ in just three hour...
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Tigmoo on 5th Aug 2008 (via gptublog.blogspot.com)
In recognition of the important work on climate change conducted by the trade union movement, the UN body dealing with climate change (the UNFCCC) has granted the ITUC the select formal status of being an “official constituency” in the Climate Change process for the ITUC’s...
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Tigmoo on 8th Dec 2008 (via touchstoneblog.org.uk)
The climate change imperative has radically changed the energy regulation environment, shooting up the priority list alongside energy security and fuel poverty, EurActiv heard yesterday (19 October) at the fourth World Forum on Energy Regulation in Athens.
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EurActiv on 20th Oct 2009 (via euractiv.com)
This morning, Tim blogged about the enemies of the next Conservative government. One of his entries was: "The climate change industry or energy consumers. One of these groups will end up unhappy. The Tory leadership can keep the climate change...
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CentreRight on 11th Nov 2009 (via conservativehome.blogs.com)
This is a particularly interesting article from a Norwegian trade unionist offering a perspective for trade unionists in the fight against climate change (hat tip: Bruce) ... Could the trade union movement benefit from measures to tackle climate change? By Asbjørn Wahl, Norwegian Union of Municipal and General Employees Most problems in society are mainly social and political, even if at fi...
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stroppyblog on 29th Jan 2009 (via stroppyblog.blogspot.com)
Caroline Flint MP, Labour’s Shadow Energy and Climate Change Secretary, commenting on the appointment of Ed Davey as Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change following Chris Huhne’s resignation, said:
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LabourParty on 3rd Feb 2012 (via labour.org.uk)
Airlines must face a cap on the amount of carbon dioxide they can emit as part of a new international treaty on climate change, the UK government's committee on climate change says on Wednesday
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FT on 8th Sep 2009 (via traxfer.ft.com)
Caroline Flint, Labour's Shadow Energy and Climate Change Secretary, responding to the outcome of the Durban Climate Change Conference, said:
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LabourParty on 12th Dec 2011 (via labour.org.uk)
Intellect, the trade association for the UK technology sector, welcomes the creation of the new Energy and Climate Change Department.
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PublicTechnology on 10th Oct 2008 (via publictechnology.net)
