Posts Tagged: energy bill

Jane Davidson was Minister for Environment and Sustainability in Wales from 2007 to 2011. She is also a President of Ramblers Cymru and Director of the INSPIRE sustainability institute. “Four years ago this week the UK Parliament passed the Climate Change Act and I felt immensely proud that the UK was leading the way in [...]

Many people remember David Cameron’s iconic trip to Svalbard in the Arctic in 2006. The image of Mr Cameron hugging a husky became the defining moment for the modern Conservative party and its new leader. At the time, I was lucky enough to lead WWF’s work in the Arctic, a beautiful and fragile place that [...]

Only 30 months have passed since David Cameron pledged to lead the ‘greenest government ever’. But developments over the past few weeks leave that promise – already looking battered – hanging by a thread. Back in 2006, WWF took David Cameron – then leader of the opposition – on a trip to the island of [...]

Have you seen this man? Back in 2006, David Cameron wanted to help save the planet. He even hugged a husky when WWF took him to the Arctic and showed him the damaging effects of climate change. Is this the same David Cameron who’s keeping silent while his ‘anti-green’ party colleagues send confusing messages on [...]

See why Colin Butfield, head of campaigns here at WWFUK, is calling on the prime minister to make his voice heard on climate and energy.

Four years ago, the UK passed a truly historic piece of legislation – the Climate Change Act. For the first time, a major economy set a legally binding long-term framework to tackle climate change, aiming at reducing emissions from the UK by at least 80% by 2050. The Act arose from a strong cross-party consensus [...]

I’m starting to wonder if we saw a glimpse into the future this week… On Monday nuclear power once again proved itself to be unreliable with news emerging of an unexplained shutdown on Sunday of one of the reactors at EDF’s Torness nuclear power station in East Lothian. Thankfully Scotland has grown its renewable energy [...]