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Green living, Pollution, May 26th, 2011,
In not-so-olden times London used to be known as “the Big Smoke” due to all the coal fires that befouled its air and choked its inhabitants. Coal produced the famous London fog, which in reality wasn’t fog at all. A “Pea souper” was a particularly ghastly kind of yellowish smog that belched from the city’s chimneys. Less metaphorical was the Great Smog of 1952, when a combination of cold weather, winds and pollutants created the worst air pollution in the history of the UK, causing as many as 12,000 deaths. The Great Smog was soon followed by the Clean…
Tags: big smoke, charging points, coal, electric cars, Green Party, london, London Fog, scheme, UK
Politics, Pollution, May 24th, 2011,
Four major power companies warned that the post-Fukujima backlash against nuclear power in Germany country could result in future winter blackouts. These blackouts would ostensibly occur if Germany decides to decommission all its nuclear power stations. The companies claim that solar and wind power could not meet demand in the case of insufficiently windy or sunny weather. Chancellor Angela Merkel recently signaled she would support closing all of Germany’s 17 nuclear power stations by 2022. Seven nuclear power stations have been off-grid ever since Merkel announced in the immediate aftermath of the Fukushima disaster a “three-month moratorium” on her controversial…
Tags: blackouts, earthquake, Fukushima, Germany, Green Party, japan, Merkel, nuclear, plants, power, reactors, tsunami
Politics, Pollution, Videos & Documentaries, Mar 28th, 2011,
In an election many consider to be a referendum on the German government’s nuclear energy policy, Chancellor Angela Merkel’s Christian Democratic Union experienced a significant loss over the weekend. The CDU was defeated in the traditionally conservative state of Baden-Württemberg by the Green-Social Democratic Party (SPD) coalition, making way for a likely Green state premier. This would be the first time in Germany for a state to have a premier from the Green Party. From Deutsche Welle: The Social Democrats (SPD) polled 23.1 percent, and gives a “green-red” coalition of the Greens and the SPD a majority. As predicted, the…
Tags: Baden-Württemberg, CDU, Germany, Green Party, Merkel, nuclear, SPD
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
