http://climateanswers.info What we can and should do to prevent dangerous climate change and also to make us more secure, richer and happier Sat, 31 Jul 2010 21:10:38 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 http://climateanswers.info/2010/07/carbon-and-energy-taxes-in-europe/ http://climateanswers.info/2010/07/carbon-and-energy-taxes-in-europe/#comments Thu, 01 Jul 2010 05:31:05 +0000 Stephen Tindale http://climateanswers.info/?p=3958 The demand to ‘make the polluter pay’ by putting a price on the amount of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases produced has been a major point of discussion and debate across Europe since the mid-1980s. This article summarises carbon and energy taxes existing in European countries and how effective they have been.]]> http://climateanswers.info/2010/07/carbon-and-energy-taxes-in-europe/feed/ 0 http://climateanswers.info/2010/06/23-june-2010-uk-budget-hardly-the-greenest-ever/ http://climateanswers.info/2010/06/23-june-2010-uk-budget-hardly-the-greenest-ever/#comments Wed, 23 Jun 2010 19:13:44 +0000 Stephen Tindale http://climateanswers.info/?p=3776 http://climateanswers.info/2010/06/23-june-2010-uk-budget-hardly-the-greenest-ever/feed/ 0 http://climateanswers.info/2010/06/repowering-communities/ http://climateanswers.info/2010/06/repowering-communities/#comments Mon, 21 Jun 2010 10:09:29 +0000 Stephen Tindale http://climateanswers.info/?p=3726 I am writing a book, with Prashant Vaze and Peter Meyer on the role that local, regional and state governments should play in increasing energy efficiency and promoting low carbon energy. This will be published by Earthscan in 2011.]]> http://climateanswers.info/2010/06/repowering-communities/feed/ 0 http://climateanswers.info/2010/04/the-2010-general-election-manifestos-of-the-conservatives-labour-liberal-democrats-and-greens/ http://climateanswers.info/2010/04/the-2010-general-election-manifestos-of-the-conservatives-labour-liberal-democrats-and-greens/#comments Sat, 17 Apr 2010 17:44:13 +0000 Stephen Tindale http://climateanswers.info/?p=3430 All three main UK parties take climate seriously and promise to reduce emissions and expand low-carbon energy. They all recognise the energy security and employment benefits. This article includes direct quotations from the relevant parts of the manifestos of the three main parties on general climate policies, covering investment, taxation, land-use planning, adaptation, the EU, the developing world and forests.]]> http://climateanswers.info/2010/04/the-2010-general-election-manifestos-of-the-conservatives-labour-liberal-democrats-and-greens/feed/ 0 http://climateanswers.info/2010/03/editorial-24-march-2010-norway-leads/ http://climateanswers.info/2010/03/editorial-24-march-2010-norway-leads/#comments Wed, 24 Mar 2010 09:58:36 +0000 Stephen Tindale http://climateanswers.info/?p=3357 http://climateanswers.info/2010/03/editorial-24-march-2010-norway-leads/feed/ 0 http://climateanswers.info/2009/11/editorial-12-november-2009-good-on-renewables-and-nuclear-less-good-on-coal/ http://climateanswers.info/2009/11/editorial-12-november-2009-good-on-renewables-and-nuclear-less-good-on-coal/#comments Thu, 12 Nov 2009 12:49:52 +0000 Stephen Tindale http://climateanswers.info/?p=2382 http://climateanswers.info/2009/11/editorial-12-november-2009-good-on-renewables-and-nuclear-less-good-on-coal/feed/ 0 http://climateanswers.info/2009/07/editorial-2-july-2009-sweden-leads/ http://climateanswers.info/2009/07/editorial-2-july-2009-sweden-leads/#comments Thu, 02 Jul 2009 15:47:32 +0000 Stephen Tindale http://climateanswers.info/?p=1129 http://climateanswers.info/2009/07/editorial-2-july-2009-sweden-leads/feed/ 0 http://climateanswers.info/2009/06/editorial-29-june-2009-a-climate-business-plan/ http://climateanswers.info/2009/06/editorial-29-june-2009-a-climate-business-plan/#comments Mon, 29 Jun 2009 10:18:39 +0000 Stephen Tindale http://climateanswers.info/?p=1116 http://climateanswers.info/2009/06/editorial-29-june-2009-a-climate-business-plan/feed/ 0