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Posts Tagged ‘Caroline’
Climate Change, May 9th, 2011,
As the climate changes and parts of the Earth get hotter, drier summers, while others flood, what really worries me is how this heat will affect my wireless internet connection. Death, destruction, crop failures, horrible diseases and sinking islands will not matter if I can’t get a good wi-fi signal. This is the spin given in a piece for the Telegraph regarding a recent speech by UK Environment Secretary Caroline Spelman: She warned of intense rainfall, droughts and heatwaves in the next 50 to 100 years because of man-made global warming. The signal from wi-fi cannot travel as far when…
Tags: Caroline, Climate change, Europe, global warming, IPCC, report, Spelman, UK, wi-fi
Climate Change, Politics, Sep 15th, 2010,
The UK’s top business lobby group CBI released a major report on Monday regarding climate change. The report stressed that both the British government and climate scientists need to improve their communication skills if they want businesses to adapt to a changing climate and that businesses themselves should include ‘climate risks’ as part of their corporate reports. From a report in the Guardian: In particular, the report recommends that the existing UK Climate Projections should be repackaged so that they can be easily understood by non-climate specialists and that the government’s upcoming Climate Change Risk Assessment should feature specific recommendations…
Tags: Caroline, changing, climate, Climate change, environment, inevitable, secretary, Spelman, UK
Climate Change, Politics, Videos & Documentaries, Jun 14th, 2010,
The UK newspaper the Observer annually hands out “ethical awards” to honor individuals and organizations who have distinguished themselves in the fields of politics, business, conservation, activism, fashion and innovation by being principled and forward thinking. The votes of over 8,000 Observer readers and a panel of judges, including actor Colin Firth – who also co-hosted the event – decided on the winners. Caroline Lucas, head of the Green Party and the UK’s first Green Member of Parliament, won the Ethical Politician Award, beating out current Prime Minister David Cameron and former Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, Ed…
Tags: 2010, Awards, Caroline, ceremony, Climate change, Colin Firth, ethical, Green, Lucas, Observer, UK, video, winners
Politics, May 18th, 2010,
Earlier this month Caroline Lucas made history by becoming the Green Party’s first Member of Parliament (MP) in the UK House of Commons. Lucas represents the constituency of Brighton Pavilion, on the south coast of England. She is also the head of the Green Party of England and Wales and was a Member of the European Parliament, representing South East England, from 1999-2010. Saturday’s Guardian features an interview and profile of the groundbreaking British politician, her activist background, UK Green Party policies and her impressions of the House of Commons vs. the European Parliament. The Green party is a party…
Tags: Caroline, England, Green, Green Party, Guardian, House of Commons, Lucas, new deal, parliament, UK
Politics, May 12th, 2010,
In an historical UK election that has left many frustrated and probably no one satisfied, there was a silver – or if you’ll forgive me – Green lining to the Conservative cloud that swept the nation. No, it wasn’t named Clegg either, though one can only help that the Liberal Democrat Deputy Prime Minister will have a positive influence on the Cameron-led Conservative government. Caroline Lucas, head of the UK Green Party, made history by being the Party’s first Member of Parliament. Lucas is now the MP for Brighton Pavilion, a seaside constituency on England’s south coast. Caroline Lucas describes…
Tags: Brighton, Caroline, Green, Green Party, Greens, Lucas, MP, party, Pavilion, UK
