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Brexit – will the EU be greener without its ‘Dirty Man of Europe’?

By David Polya Filed Under: All posts, Brexit Posted: July 11, 2016

The UK has a reputation for blocking or watering down many EU environmental regulations but after Brexit will future EU environmental laws become greener? David Polya outlines some of the possible consequences for environmental policy in the UK following the leave vote. EU membership – the pros There’s no doubt that full membership of the […]

Tagged With: Brexit, environment, environmental policy, European Union, green

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Evangelising from 32,000 feet: why call for more greens to fly is wrong

Kevin Anderson By Kevin Anderson Filed Under: Featured, Science and Technology Posted: December 11, 2013

In November 2013, Brendan May wrote a piece for the Guardian’s Environment Blog on ‘Why more environmentalists should fly’. In this article, Professor Kevin Anderson, Dr Dan Calverley and Maria Sharmina respond, strongly arguing the case against having more jet-setting greens.  It was with growing dismay that we read Brendan May’s blog post, in which […]

Tagged With: 2 degrees, aviation, climate change, emissions, environmentalists, flying, global warming, green, mitigation

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