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- Where to find $100 billion…
- 01/09/10
- Tackling climate change will need cash, everyone agrees. But how do you find an extra $100 billion in times like these? We need Chris Huhne to come up with some good ideas… read more about 'Where to find $100 billion…'
- Posted by Bronwen Smith-Thomas on 01/09/10 2:20 PM
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- What Wood You Choose?
- 10/08/10
- How can your choice of toilet paper help create a better future for people in Indonesia? What does your wooden flooring mean for families in central Africa? read more about 'What Wood You Choose?'
- Posted by Claire Lowe on 10/08/10 12:00 AM
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- Pensions, carbon and (oil) pipe dreams…
- 28/07/10
- Every month a chunk of money whizzes out of my pay packet and away to be invested in some magical fund that means when I'm 65 I can retire to spend my days sipping cocktails and wandering up mountains. How lovely. I don’t have to think about it, it just happens. Most of us are like that. Pensions are dull. Pensions are for later. I do it because I know I should, but that’s about it. Or is it… read more about 'Pensions, carbon and (oil) pipe dreams…'
- Posted by Colin Butfield on 28/07/10 9:30 AM
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- The Green Deal: making home refurb cheaper and easier
- 21/07/10
- We’re looking forward to seeing the government’s new ‘Green Deal’ – the plan to retrofit UK homes to make them more energy efficient. Our homes produce 26% of the country’s carbon emissions, so this is a potentially vital step in controlling climate change. The programme is due to start in 2012, but the Green Deal bill is going through parliament later this year. Over the next few months we’ll be looking in detail at each aspect of the Green Deal – checking for gaps and room for improvement. read more about 'The Green Deal: making home refurb cheaper and easier'
- Posted by Darren Shirley on 21/07/10 12:51 PM
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- Europe climate ministers want ambitious targets
- 15/07/10
- After a frustratingly slow year on the global climate front, today might mark a breakthrough in terms of political ambition. read more about 'Europe climate ministers want ambitious targets'
- Posted by Bronwen Smith-Thomas on 15/07/10 9:00 AM
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- Tasting the future
- 09/07/10
- The impacts resulting from the way we produce and consume our food are, frankly, daunting. read more about 'Tasting the future'
- Posted by Liz Callegari on 09/07/10 12:30 PM
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- What the papers say (or not) about Climategate
- 08/07/10
- Today the world's media reported on the result of the final enquiry into the so called 'Climategate' story. read more about 'What the papers say (or not) about Climategate'
- Posted by Colin Butfield on 08/07/10 1:00 PM
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- A big day for forests
- 07/07/10
- If you’re interested enough in the natural world to be reading this, you’ll probably already know that global forests are in real trouble. What you might not know is that today could be a landmark day for saving them. read more about 'A big day for forests'
- Posted by Colin Butfield, Head of Campaigns on 07/07/10 10:30 AM
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- Could China and USA try to out-green each other?
- 24/06/10
- We’ve been running a great series of events with the IPPR (Institute for Public Policy Research) and Christian Aid, under the heading A Climate of Politics. The latest intriguing discussions were on how to get China and the USA fully onboard with global climate action. read more about 'Could China and USA try to out-green each other?'
- Posted by Yael Rosenfeld on 24/06/10 12:00 AM
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- Mind the gulf – from oil-bound past to low-carbon future
- 18/06/10
- The Gulf of Mexico oil spill affects us all, whether we realise it or not. As well as being an environmental disaster for the immediate gulf area, there are serious implications for the wider world. And it affects many of WWF’s own campaigns, in ways you might not have expected... read more about 'Mind the gulf – from oil-bound past to low-carbon future'
- Posted by Colin Butfield, head of campaigns on 18/06/10 12:00 AM
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- Obama? BP? What’s the real threat to our pensions?
- 14/06/10
- Is President Obama’s language really the biggest threat to UK pension holders? I don’t think so… read more about 'Obama? BP? What’s the real threat to our pensions?'
- Posted by Colin Butfield on 14/06/10 12:00 AM
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- Government trimming its wings? Try flying less!
- 10/06/10
- With a new government intent on saving money, and evidently keen to learn lessons from the private sector, we think they could do worse than follow the example of many businesses by cutting their unnecessary flights. read more about 'Government trimming its wings? Try flying less!'
- Posted by Lucy Bertenshaw on 10/06/10 12:00 AM
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- Avoid Satan’s armpit... and help the planet too
- 04/06/10
- I recently spent a couple of hours with the lovely people at Eat Seasonably finding out all about their continuing plans to get the nation enthused about wonderful local and seasonal produce. read more about 'Avoid Satan’s armpit... and help the planet too'
- Posted by Liz Callegari on 04/06/10 10:00 AM
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- Time to kick the oil habit!
- 01/06/10
- To put it mildly, it’s an interesting time for the oil industry. The tragedy in the Gulf of Mexico looks worse by the day. The US has halted exploratory oil drilling in Alaskan waters until at least 2011. And at the Exxon AGM, 26% of shareholders who voted on a tar sands resolution voted against the board’s wishes. read more about 'Time to kick the oil habit!'
- Posted by Anthony Field on 01/06/10 10:00 AM
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- Moving the climate change debate forward
- 28/05/10
- Earlier today I went to hear what some of the world’s leading experts have to say about how to fix the global negotiations on climate change. read more about 'Moving the climate change debate forward'
- Posted by Yael Rosenfeld on 28/05/10 3:00 PM
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- Defending climate science
- 18/05/10
- Over 250 members of the US National Academy of Sciences, including 11 Nobel laureates, have published an open letter in the US journal Science defending the integrity of climate science. They criticise the “harassment of scientists by politicians seeking distractions to avoid taking action”– and how the continued lack of progress on tackling climate change “poses a dangerous risk for our planet”. read more about 'Defending climate science'
- Posted by Bronwen Smith-Thomas on 18/05/10 10:00 AM
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- Great news – no third runway at Heathrow!
- 13/05/10
- As campaigners we spend a lot of time and energy fighting environmental injustice, battling against projects we believe will exacerbate climate change and threaten the future of our planet and everyone on it. So when we get some success, it’s something worth celebrating! read more about 'Great news – no third runway at Heathrow!'
- Posted by Lucy Bertenshaw on 13/05/10 10:00 AM
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- Grand Designs crowd back Great British Refurb
- 10/05/10
- I wasn’t at my desk much last week… several of us from the WWF office were out gathering signatures for the Great British Refurb campaign down at the massive Grand Designs Live show in London’s Excel centre. read more about 'Grand Designs crowd back Great British Refurb'
- Posted by Yael Rosenfeld on 10/05/10 10:00 AM
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- Video blog: Asking the Climate Question in Swindon South
- 04/05/10
- As part of the Ask the Climate Question campaign, WWF and other organisations have been organising events in marginal constituencies across the UK to quiz the candidates about climate change. read more about 'Video blog: Asking the Climate Question in Swindon South'
- Posted by David Taylor on 04/05/10 10:00 AM
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- Video blog: Quizing the candidates in Guildford
- 30/04/10
- As part of the Ask the Climate Question campaign, WWF and other organisations have been organising events in marginal constituencies across the UK to quiz the candidates about climate change. read more about 'Video blog: Quizing the candidates in Guildford'
- Posted by David Taylor on 30/04/10 10:00 AM
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