Thursday, December 09, 2010

Green Party | Government must halt its “savage attacks” on UK higher education, say Greens

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Good quality Higher Education is one of the key factors to manitain and develop if we are to achieve a sustainable society - but its struggling to survive in places! Education is not a commodity to be bought and sold.

Green Party Government must halt its “savage attacks” on UK higher education, say Greens

Green Party | Greens now the only political party fighting for free education

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Green Party Greens now the only political party fighting for free education

Need for urgent action on climate change - but its not forthcoming

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I agree whoelheartedly with this excellent letter in todays Post about the need for urgent action on climate change from Oxfam's Roger James - but sadly both he and I are going to be very disappointed with what results from the meeting at Cancun.

T HE weather is very much in our minds at the moment and while it may seem odd to be concerned about man-made global warming while we struggle with the cold, the latest Royal Society research indicates that on present policies we have little chance of avoiding a 2C global temperature rise.

These projections send a powerful reminder why progress at the current international climate change conference in Cancun is more urgent than ever.

A new Oxfam report shows that 21,000 people suffered weather-related deaths during the first nine months of 2010, more than twice the number for the whole of 2009.

This year is on course to experience more extreme-weather events than the ten-year average of 770.

It is also one of the hottest years ever recorded with Pakistan logging 53.7°C – the highest ever in Asia.

Climate change affects us all: The Association of British Insurers tripling by 2050. In the South West such events seem to have become more common.

Building a greener economy is an even more necessary solution in a time of recession.

The poorest communities around the world who are the most vulnerable urgently need funds to adapt to climate change and to build a low carbon economy.

Oxfam South West campaigners are among many thousands of people in this region who have raised these concerns.

The Cancun conference is a real opportunity for the world to decide on an effective response to climate change.

This challenge is also an opportunity for those countries that move fast to prosper in a greener, fairer future.

Roger James, Oxfam South West, Brunswick Square, Bristol

Bristol wins £260k green grant as biofuel decision delayed | Bristol24-7

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If sustainability - full and proper - is going to be used By Eric Pickles to judge this biofuel plan then I'm confident it wont go ahead.

Bristol wins £260k green grant as biofuel decision delayed Bristol24-7

...The news comes as it emerged that a decision on the controversial biofuel power plant planned for Avonmouth would be delayed by the Government.
Communities and Local Govt Secretary of State Eric Pickles was due to decide this month whether planning permission should be granted for the power station. He has announced a delay to allow all sides to submit more evidence on the central question – is it sustainable to burn biofuels to produce electricity?...

BBC - Richard Black's Earth Watch: Unlikely marriage powers ahead

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No-one here really wants to be doom-laden about it, but it's a reality that more and more are having to face: the UN climate process could be grinding to a halt.

BBC - Richard Black's Earth Watch: Unlikely marriage powers ahead

Bristol will merge with Bath by 2050????

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I thought it was 9 Dec today not the 1 April! What ridiculous rubbish this prediction is - and its also ridiculous that its taken John Savage, his 'expert' team of town planners and £250,000 to come up with this idea and say that its a good thing!

WITHIN 40 years, Bristol and Bath will have merged into a single sprawling conurbation – to become one of the major economic powerhouses of Europe.

What will this mighty new supercity be known as? "BristolBath", is the name on the lips of John Savage, executive president of GWE Business West. Some might even shorten this to Brath.

The chamber of commerce has spent £250,000 on creating a new "blueprint" for the way Bristol will evolve over the next two generations.


Mr Savage, and his team of expert town planners, are predicting that Bristol will be a very different place by 2050...