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May 2007 - Local Council now signing Nottingham Declaration

13th March 2007 - The Government publishes the draft Climate Change Bill

Following on from the announcement in the Queen's Speech in November 2006. This amazing result was because of huge pressure, from both inside and outside Parliment, from MPs and the public. Thank you to everyone who took part in a BIG ASK action as part of Friends of the Earth's national Climate Change Campaign. We look forward to your continued support in our campaign to make the Bill as strong as we want it to be and as strong as the Planet needs it to be.

Visit THE BIG ASK. website to ask your MP to support a strong Climate Change Bill.

As the Bill is currently in draft form we all have the opportunity to respond to it during the consultation period. Consultation has now started and will last until 12 June. Email: helenjrimmer_ at_hotmail.com
please replace _at_ with @
to become a Climate Champion and make your response to the consultation.

A strong climate law?
Let's make it happen

In October 2006 Sir Nicholas Stern published "The Stern Review, the Economics of Climate Change." It says "there is still time to avoid the worst impacts of climate change, if we take strong action now" and "the costs of stabilising the climate are significant but manageable; delay would be dangerous and much more costly." This Review is important because it is the first time that the cost of climate change in economic terms has been investigated by a world respected economist. Politicians across the world are now more likely to act now because it has now been clearly shown that any delay will be costly in money terms.

On Friday 2nd February 2007 the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) published "Climate Change 2007: The Physical Science Basis." This Report has removed all doubt that climate change is happening now, happening faster than previously thought and that human activities are the cause. This is the first of the IPCC's Reports this year.

We support the Kyoto Protocol and encourage policies that will reduce carbon dioxide emissions. Our climate change challenge encourages individuals to make a difference by, for example reducing their car use or changing their electricity supplier to one that produces power from renewable sources.

Friends of the Earth is part of STOP CLIMATE CHAOS - I COUNT!

Jan 2007

Nottingham Declaration

The Nottingham Declaration commits councils to taking action on climate change, and has been signed by over 130 local authorities. Hammersmith and Fulham have not yet done so. It really represents a bare minimum of action, and is the sort of step that the government should be making mandatory. Getting the Council to meet the aims of the Declaration is included as one of the aims of the group in the "Steps to a Greener Hammersmith and Fulham" document.

Here is a sample letter . please date and address the letter to your particular councillor and then print off, sign and send a copy. If not, email! If you are a member of the

HFFoE-active email group, you c an download the letter here: http://groups. yahoo.com/ group/hffoe- active/ and click on. Files.. For more information, contact

Andrew Hanson: and456.hanson_at_tesco.net

please replece _at_ with @

February 2006

Re. The Nottingham Declaration on Climate Change

Dear Councillor

The recently published Stern Review Report on climate change makes it clear that “the benefits of strong and early action far outweigh the economic costs of not acting”. Combating climate change will require expenditure equivalent to around 1% of global GDP each year, whereas doing nothing will result in damage equivalent to 5% of global GDP year on year, potentially rising to 20% or more. Economic catastrophe is just one impact of “business as usual”; falling global crop yields leading to widespread famine, hundreds of millions of displaced people, and enormous levels of species extinction would also be inevitable.

However, the worst impacts of climate change can be avoided if we take action now. Individuals and all levels of government have a social and moral responsibility to reduce their emissions sufficiently to prevent dangerous climate change, and to prepare their area for the effects of climate change. The Nottingham Declaration publicly commits Local Authorities to the preparation of plans and strategies that will do this, and contribute to central government targets on reducing emissions. Over 130 local authorities have signed the Declaration, including 12 London Borough Councils. Yet Hammersmith and Fulham London Borough Council is not one of them. I ask you to encourage the Council to sign this declaration as soon as possible. Doing so will help Hammersmith and Fulham take responsibility for climate change, and gain from lower energy costs, warmer homes and the benefits of technological innovation and a cleaner environment.

Please visit:

http://www.nottinghamdeclaration.org.uk

This site gives more information on the Declaration and how the Council can register. You will find a link to a PDF file of the text of the Declaration on the left-hand side of the page. Please sign the Declaration and start taking the steps necessary to reduce Hammersmith and Fulham’s contribution to climate change, which are currently a staggering 1.237 million tonnes of carbon dioxide a year. Please also consider implementing the Merton Rule for 10% renewable energy in the new planning framework. I look forward to your response.

Yours sincerely,

If you aren’t sure who your councillors are, go to www.lbhf.gov.uk.

24th July 2006  

*Big Ask.  Big Month.  Big Lobby*
The Big Ask campaign has been running for just over a year now. It is the biggest campaign Friends of the Earth has ever undertaken and so far it has been a phenomenal success. As you can see above over half of the 646 MPs have signed up to support the campaign. But now is when we really need to start building up the pressure. The best chance we have or making our climate change bill into law is to have it included in the Queen's Speech. In order to achieve this every MP in the country needs to be aware that this is a vital issue with widespread support. So, we have organised the Big Ask Big Month Big Lobby and we would like your support. During the four weeks between 12 September and 12 October we are aiming to ensure that every MP to have been visited or spoken to by at least one constituent about the campaign.
Don't panic! We realise that this might sound like a slightly daunting task.  We'll be doing all we can to help everyone join in and make this lobby a success:

Big Ask Big Month Big Lobby support packs: If you tell us you are willing to go and lobby your MP we will send you a written briefing with everything you need to know about organising a meeting, what to say and how to answer any questions your MP might ask you.

Big Ask Big Month Big Lobby Training Events: We are organising local training events with members of staff to help you learn more about how to lobby your MP, and to give you a chance to talk through the relevant issues. We will let you know when and where the nearest one to you will be.
Attend the next HFFOE meeting in August to join in this training event.

Big Ask Big Month Big Lobby Message Boards: Have you ever wondered who else is green in your constituency? We've set up the Big Ask Message boards for people to network with others in their area who are also considering visiting their MP. Log on to www.foe.co.uk/lobby scroll down to the bottom to enter your postcode and access your constituency message board.  Post a message letting people know that you are also planning a visit to your MP, or reply to someoneo else's message and arrange to go together.

*Campaigning*
There are a number of events already organised in the next month which need extra volunteers to help.  You don't need any previous experience, we'll give you all the info and advice you need to help out.  Just contact the stall organiser for details:

Sat 29 July
Stall in Croydon Shopping Centre
Contact: Rob Pennington (Greenwich and Lewisham Friends of the Earth), r_a_pennington@hotmail.com, 07774 598679
Working together to get Big Ask postcards signed for local MPs
Target MP: Richard Ottaway (Croydon South)

Sunday 30 July
Multi faith festival, Camden
Big Ask campaigning with members of Camden Friends of the Earth.
Contact:  Steve Huxton (Camden Friends of the Earth) shuxton@mac.com

Tuesday 1 August
Induction and welcome evening for people new to Friends of the Earth local groups
Come along and find out more about Friends of the Earth and how you can get involved.
7.30pm Friends of the Earth, 26-28 Underwood Street, London, N1 7JQ

Sunday 6 August
Chingford Day Festival, Ridgeway Park, Chingford, E4
Working together to get Big Ask postcards signed for local MPs
Contact: Helen Porter (Waltham Forest Friends of the Earth), hd.porter@ntlworld.com, 07712 654632
Target MP: Iain Duncan Smith (Chingford and Wood Green)

Monday 14 August
How to make your MP listen?
Talking to your MP is sometimes a little daunting. Getting them to listen to what you are saying is sometimes harder. So come along to this workshop for a complete look at how to get your voice heard over that MP spin. Focused on the Big Ask Big Month Big Lobby this is your chance to learn and practice the skills that will equip you to get your MP to do what you want them to do.
6.30pm Friends of the Earth, 26-28 Underwood Street, London, N1 7JQ

Saturday and Sunday 27 / 28 August
Havering Show, Hornchurch
Campaigning to get Big Ask postcards signed to lobby local MPs
Contact: Nikki Packham on nikkipackham@yahoo.co.uk or 078555 47128
Target MP: James Brokenshire (Hornchurch)

Monday 28 August
How to make your MP listen?
Talking to your MP is sometimes a little daunting. Getting them to listen to what you are saying is sometimes harder. So come along to this workshop for a complete look at how to get your voice heard over that MP spin. Focused on the Big Ask Big Month Big Lobby this is your chance to learn and practice the skills that will equip you to get your MP to do what you want them to do.
8pm Friends of the Earth, 26-28 Underwood Street, London, N1 7JQ

Big Ask Summer of Action update
May and June have seen Friends of the Earth groups and supporters out and about across London in support of The Big Ask Climate Change campaign. They’ve been putting pressure on London MPs who haven’t yet signed up in support of the Climate Change Bill – which would set a legal framework for bringing down the UK’s greenhouse gas emissions by 3% per year. Specifically, the aim has been to get as many MPs as possible to sign Early Day Motion 178 in the House of Commons suporting the Bill.

*Campaigning works*
In just a month of activism since the last Big Ask email bulletin, two more London MPs have been persuaded to sign EDM 178 (Andy Love in Edmonton and James Brokenshire in Hornchurch), which together with six more nationwide takes us to a total of 374 MPs.  Our tactic of targeting MPs who haven't seen Climate Change as a priority issue, and ensuring that they get as many postcards, letters and emails as possible from their constituents in support of the Bill is really working. Getting 400 MPs to sign the EDM by the Autumn is a real possibility.

There are a number of events already organised in the next month which need extra volunteers to help.  You don't need any previous experience, we'll give you all the info and advice you need to help out.  Just contact the stall organiser for details. 

Thursday 29th June
Public Meeting on the Climate Change Bill with Andy Love MP for Edmunton and Nick Rau for Friends of the Earth
Venue: Artszone, Edmonton Green, 8pm
A couple of months ago we were targeting Andy Love to try to persuade him to support the campaign.  Now we've won him over, and he'll be sharing a platform with Friends of the Earth to explain why he's supporting the Climate Change Bill and what he's going to do to help.  A good chance for people from North London to hear more about the campaign, and put you questions to politicians and Friends of the Earth experts.
contact: jameso@foe.co.uk

Sat 8th July
RISE Festival
Finsbury Park, N4
Working together to get Big Ask postcards signed for local MPs
Contact: Quentin Given (Tottenham and Wood Green Friends of the Earth), quentin.given@btinternet.com,  020 8801 9490
Target MP: David Lammy (Tottenham)

Sun 16th July
Brent Respect Festival
Roundwood Park, NW10
Working together to get Big Ask postcards signed for local MPs
Contact: Steve Huxton (Camden Friends of the Earth), shuxton@mac.com
Target MP: Barry Gardiner (Brent North)

Thursday 13th July
Public meeting on Climate Change with Margaret Hodge MP and others tbc
A good chance for people from East London to hear more about the campaign, and put you questions to politicians and Friends of the Earth experts.
venue: somewhere in Barking tbc
contact: nikkipackham@yahoo.co.uk / 07855547128

Sun 23rd July
Waltham Forest Green Fayre
Aveling Park/Lloyd Park, E17
Working together to get Big Ask postcards signed for local MPs
Contact: Helen Porter (Waltham Forest Friends of the Earth), hd.porter@ntlworld.com, 07712 654632
Target MP: Iain Duncan Smith (Chingford and Woodford Green)

Sat 29th July
Stall in Croydon Shopping Centre
Contact: Rob Pennington (Greenwich and Lewisham Friends of the Earth), r_a_pennington@hotmail.com, 07774 598679
Working together to get Big Ask postcards signed for local MPs
Target MP: Richard Ottaway (Croydon South)

*What else could I do?*
As well as helping out at one of these events, there are lots of other ways you can get involved and help us win the campaign. You could:

- Write a personal letter to your MP asking them to support Friends of the Earth’s Climate Chage Bill - more info on what to say at www.thebigask.com
- Help publicise the campaign locally - get in touch if you would like us to send you some postcards, leaflets and posters
- Get involved with events elsewhere in London – contact us if you'd like details of your nearest target MP
- From mid September to mid October we'll be asking you to be part of our Big Ask Big Month Big Lobby.  We'll need as many people as possible to visit their MP and encourage them to write to Tony Blair and David Miliband (the Environment Secretary), asking them to put a Climate Change Bill in the Queen's speech

*Get in touch*
 If you'd like to get involved, want more info, have other ideas on what we could do in your area, or just want to say hello, it’d be great to hear from you.

Local contact helenjrimmer@hotmail.com/07940 006783.
London wide Contact: David Babbs, davidb@foe.co.uk, 020 7566 1690

June 2006

Public Meetings on Climate Change

On the 1^st June 2005 I attended a public meeting on climate change in Twickenham organized by Richmond and Twickenham Friends of the Earth.

It was very interesting for me for several reasons. Firstly I am interested in the issues, secondly I live in Twickenham so it’s interesting to get a local view on things and also I was just interested in how these public meetings could be run.

They had several speakers who spoke for 10 minutes each giving different perspectives from Friends of the Earth, the local MP, the local council, developing countries, local wildlife, Heathrow Airport to what people could do in there own lives and beyond.

After this there was an opportunity for questions from the floor.

Katie Elliott from Friends of the Earth showed how we need to cut emissions of greenhouse gases by at least 60% by 2050. She emphasised the need for binding year on year targets for governments, as set out in the Climate Change Bill, to avoid short-term issues undermining the longer term need to tackle climate change.

Tim Creber from Tearfund backed up the need for urgent action by pointing out that the impacts of the changing climate could already be seen on the ground in Africa and South America where the rains had failed. He reminded the audience that climate change harms the poor disproportionately. He noted that we are likely to see the mass migration of millions of people trying to escape to places with habitable climates. He said we has a moral responsibility to reduce the impact we have on the climate.

Doug Napier, a senior ecologist reported that species were already on the move because of the changes in temperature. Some, like the stag beetle and nuthatch were moving northwards while invading species were arriving from the south. Turtles were arriving in UK waters as they were warming up and potentially without a suitable beach habitat essential for them to bread safely.

Dr Vincent Cable MP said that he had been concerned about the changing climate for nearly 20 years and was looking at how the tax system could be used to encourage behaviour that protected the climate.

Gareth Harper from HACAN noted the hypocrisy between government claims to care about the climate and their plans to massively expand air traffic. If unchecked, aircraft will be producing 30% of the UK 's greenhouse gases by 2050. He urged the audience to continue to resist airport expansion because of the noise, the air pollution and the impact on the climate.

Naomi Baker from Creative Environmental Networks reminded the audience that over 25% of the country's greenhouse gas emissions come from housing. She set out what householders could do cheaply to reduce their energy bills and thereby helping to reduce their personal impact on the climate. In particular, she showed how loft and wall insulation could help cut energy waste. She also said that while solar panels were still quite expensive government grants were available to make them more affordable.

Martin Elengorn, Richmond upon Thames cabinet member for the Environment said that his administration would take climate change very seriously. They would be proposing the adoption of the Nottingham Declaration and the appointment of an Energy Manager to help implement the all-party climate change task group's report.

One of the organisers, Simon Tompsett of Richmond and Twickenham Friends of the Earth said: "It was pleasing to see so many local people at this important meeting. For the first time, environmental, development and wildlife groups have worked together to address this very serious problem of climate change. If we don't start to take tough action now the consequences will be truly catastrophic. This Borough produces disproportionately more of a contribution to climate change and despite having an educated local population people are wasting money on gas-guzzling cars, patio heaters and exterior lighting when they should be insulating their homes and reducing energy waste. This meeting was a wake-up call and hopefully residents will start to take the actions required to stop climate change becoming truly disastrous."

For me I was incredibly pleased to experience such a fabulous event which was so well attended, with any big events getting people to attend is always a concern. I knew the group had hired a large hall which is 23 meters by 10 meters and can hold 320 people seated theatre style! So I was pleased to see people entering as I arrived and hear quite a buzz around the stalls as I entered. I’ve no idea how many people were actually there and all the rows had people seated on them and there was a very respectable attendance. So I asked Simon a few questions about how the event was organized:

Paula - How did you go about getting some many people at the event?
Simon - We used quite a few e-mail lists to distribute the information e.g. the Council keeps an LA21 list which has built up over the last 10 years or so, plus the Green party, Lib-Dems, Fairtrade etc. We also had a bit of coverage in the local paper (which could have been much better), and all the leaflet drops by people like you. Tearfund also publicised it among their volunteers.

Paula - Do you have an idea of approximately how many people attended?
Simon -I think about 100 attended.

Paula - Do you have any more top tips for organizing such an event?
Simon - Allow plenty of time – I started in January
-Try and spread the workload around several groups (I recruited volunteers from London Wildlife Trust and Tearfund) 
-Brief the speakers on how long they will have and make sure that they don’t overlap content too much (also check whether they need a projector – we only found out at the last minute)
-Plan the meeting in some detail (order of speakers, when to have questions, when to set up and clear up etc)
-Have regular short and to-the-point meetings with those organising it

Simon has given me contact details for the TearFund speaker who I thought was especially inspiring as he really brought home how tragic climate change is right now in developing countries. TearFund believe Climate change threatens to undo decades of development work unless urgent action is taken. So if we would like to invite the TearFund spreaker to talk at a similar meeting we could get in touch. You can also read more here:
http://www.tearfund.org/Campaigning/Climate+change+and+disasters/

Also for those interested see this month’s (June/July 06) copy of Change Your World for tips on organizing public meetings and more on what other groups have been doing: See http://community.foe.co.uk/resource/change_your_world/index.html for online version.

May 2006

Big Ask Summer of Action 2006

MPs supporting the Climate Change Bill as of today: 366

Big Ask Summer of Action
This summer Friends of the Earth groups and supporters will be out and about across London in support of The Big Ask Climate Change campaign. They’ll be putting pressure on London MPs who haven’t yet signed up in support of the Climate Change Bill – which would set a legal framework for bringing down the UK ’s greenhouse gas emissions by 3% per year. This bulletin is designed to make it easy for YOU to join them.

Following an amazing nationwide effort, a total of 366 MPs have already signed Early Day Motion 178 in the House of Commons supporting the Bill.

There are a number of upcoming events already organised which need extra volunteers to help – could that be you? No previous experience is necessary. Why not pick somewhere you haven’t been before and make a day of it?

Upcoming Events

Sat 20th May
Mitcham street stall
Clock Tower, Fair Green, Mitcham, CR4
Contact: Auriel Glanville (Merton Friends of the Earth), 020 8540 6154
Target MP: Siobhain McDonagh, Mitcham & Morden

Sun 21st May
Marylebone street stall
10am-2pm , Marylebone Farmers’ Market, W1
- Turn up at entrance of the car park behind nearby Waitrose at 10AM .  If you cannot see people or stall call John Ackers on 07940 887952.
Map is here: http://www.lfm.org.uk/mary.asp
Contact: John Ackers (Islington Friends of the Earth), john.ackers@mail.com
Target MP: Mark Field, Cities of London and Westminster

Sat 27th May
Street stall
Contact: Steve Huxton (Camden Friends of the Earth), shuxton@mac.com / 07980 593819
Target MP: Michael Gapes, Dagenham

Sat 3rd June
Clapham street stall
Clapham stall, outside Asda on Lavender Hill, SW4
Contact: Naomi Hunt (Friends of the Earth Info Service Team), naomih@foe.co.uk, 020 7566 1677
Target MP: Martin Linton, Battersea

Thurs 8th June
Bexley public meeting
Abbey Wood Community Centre, Bexley, SE9
- David Evennett MP and John Austin MP will be giving their views on the Climate Change Bill. Senior Parliamentary Campaigner Martyn Williams will be making the case for the Bill from Friends of the Earth.
Contact: Ted Burke ( Greenwich and Lewisham Friends of the Earth), teddy21_uk@yahoo.com / 07906 270309

Saturday 10^th June
Stall at the Barking Big Green Borough Day
Abbey Green, Barking
Target MP: Margaret Hodge, Barking
Contact: Nikki Packham (Camden Friends of the Earth) nikkipackham@yahoo.co.uk / 07855 547128    

Saturday 17^th June
Stall and campaign presence at Planet Havering
Hornchurch
Target MPs: James Brokenshire, Hornchurch and Angela Watkinson, Upminster
Contact: Ted Burke ( Greenwich and Lewisham Friends of the Earth) teddy21_uk@yahoo.com / 07906 270309

Saturday 17^th June
Street stall in Croydon
Target MPs: Malcolm Wicks, Croydon North and Richard Ottoway, Croydon South
Contact: r_a_pennington@hotmail.com / 07774 598679

Sunday 18th June
Roaming at West London Green Festival
1pm to 5pm on Sunday, Parsons Green. SW6 4UL.
contact Pam panjandrum@wfour.demon.co.uk /0208 994 1239

What else could I do?
As well as helping out at one of these events, there are lots of other ways you can get involved and help us win the campaign. You could:

- Write a personal letter to your MP asking them to support Friends of the Earth’s Climate Chage Bill - more info on what to say at www.thebigask.com
Help publicise the campaign locally - get in touch if you would like us to send you some postcards, leaflets and posters. 
Get involved with events elsewhere in London – contact us if you'd like details of your nearest target MP. 

Get in touch

  If you'd like to get involved, want more info, have other ideas on what we could do in your area, or just want to say hello, it’d be great to hear from you.

Local contact helenjrimmer@hotmail.com/07940 006783.
Londonwide contact: David Babbs, davidb@foe.co.uk, 020 7566 1690

MOSCOW, May 21 (Reuters) - Russia's President Vladimir Putin on Friday came out in favour of rapid moves to approve the Kyoto Protocol on global warming, Russian news agencies said.
"We are in favour of the Kyoto process. We support it. We have a few worries about the obligations which we will have to take on," Itar-Tass quoted him as telling a news conference.
The fate of the Kyoto Protocol has depended on Russian approval since Washington pulled out in 2001, since it cannot come into force without the backing of developed nations responsible for 55 percent of greenhouse gas emissions.
"The fact that the EU has met us halfway in negotiations on the WTO (World Trade Organisation) entry could not but have helped Moscow's positive attitude to the question of ratifying the Kyoto Protocol," Interfax quoted him as saying.
"We will rapidly move towards ratification of this protocol," Putin added.
Minutes before Putin's announcement, Russia and the European Union signed a deal on the terms of Moscow's entry into the WTO.

May 04

Please ask you MP to support EDM 970
Jeremy Corbyn, Mr Mark Fisher
8th May

                                                                                                                                       That this House urges Her Majesty's Government to take further urgent action to significantly curtail the emissions of greenhouse gases, especially carbon dioxide, and continuously to reiterate the grave danger posed by global warming, as part of a wider policy to obtain an international agreement leading to significant and further cuts in global carbon dioxide and other greenhouse emissions within two years as well as to consistently falling greenhouse gas emissions on a global basis thereafter.

Environmental campaigners have taken up a challenge from the producers of the upcoming blockbuster The Day After Tomorrow, by launching a new website.
www.thedayaftertomorrow.org is a spoof on the dot com website of the same name. The movie, to be launched on 28 May, recounts a fictional disaster in which climate change brings about a new ice age. The producers have stated that campaigners should take advantage of the film.

The parody website, launched today by Greenpeace, has the same look and feel as the official site for The Day after Tomorrow. It will roll out in at least six countries and four languages. But the Greenpeace site lays the blame for climate change squarely at the feet of the U.S. administration and oil company Esso by asking the question: "The Day After Tomorrow - Who will you blame?"

"Millions of people will see this film and want to do something about the growing menace of global warming. When they visit our site, they’ll learn about the real life disaster of climate change - currently being directed by Esso and produced by George W Bush," said Rob Gueterbock of Greenpeace. "This movie may be fiction, but climate change is real and we know who the bad guys are."

Visitors to the site can see Greenpeace’s own movie trailer, which features real impacts of climate change (special effects), a factual update on the science and a chance to "re-write the ending" by taking action.Greenpeace is also launching a massive subvertising campaign. More than a million movie-style stickers are now in the hands of activists across the UK, ready to let the public know who’s to blame for global warming. The environmentalists’ campaign comes as the Bush administration attempts to stifle the film’s message. The New York Times recently published an internal administration memo showing how NASA scientists were ordered not to comment on the film. NASA later rescinded the order, after scientists protested.

The U.S. refuses to sign up to the only international treaty on global warming, the Kyoto Protocol, with President Bush’s policies largely focussing on research with no real cuts in C02. Most American scientists are clear that global warming is happening and is caused by humans. Esso, the world’s richest company, also refuses to accept the scientific consensus. The company pays front groups to block action and invests nothing in clean, renewable energy.

Feb 2004

NEWS-Government Curbs Carbon Dinosaurs
The good news it that the Government has reaffirmed its commitment to go further than Kyoto and to meeting its national target of a 20% cut in CO2 by 2010 compared to 1990. To give industry time to adapt the allocation plan is in two stages starting with a 14% reduction in emissions from 2005 to 2008 - we are at approximately minus 7% at the moment - then rising to 20% by 2010.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/3410009.stm
http://www.foe.co.uk/resource/press_releases/government_curbs_carbon_di.html

NEWS-Exxonmobil's Contribution To Global Warming Revealed http://www.foe.co.uk/resource/press_releases/exxonmobils_contribution_t_28012004.html

NEWS/ACTION- Hammersmith and Fulham Friends of the Earth sign up to Climate Change Challenge 2004 and pledge to convert 50 people to green energy in 2004!!!
read more here:
http://www.foe.co.uk/campaigns/climate/press_for_change/choose_green_energy/
If you decide you would like to help slow down climate change by moving to green energy email us at greenenergy@hffoe.org.uk to state your pledge. Please include a telephone number so we can confirm you have taken the action a couple of weeks later, or send us a second email to confirm. And don't forget to tell all your friends too!!!

Barclays says no to Caspian pipeline loan December 2003
Pressure now on HSBC, NatWest to follow suit

Good news! The Renewable Obligation has been extended from 2010 to 2015, with a corresponding increase in the target from 10% to 15%.The Renewables Obligation was introduced by the Government eighteen months ago, to provide an incentive scheme for renewable energy. Under the existing Obligation, suppliers will have to source 10% of their electricity from renewable sources by 2010.This extension should help to get more renewable projects on the ground in the UK.

Nov 2003

On Friday 21st November, the blades of 30 wind turbines, 7 kilometres off the coast of Wales in the Irish Sea started to turn. This is history in the making as North Hoyle windfarm is Britain's first major offshore windfarm. The wind turbines will generate approximately 60 megawatts (MW) of power which will be fed directly into the national grid.

A further 16 offshore windfarms have got the go-ahead and some of them are nearing completion. By 2005, there will be more than 500 offshore wind turbines, generating over 1,000MW of power. This is equivalent to 1 large coal fired power station - enough to power almost 1,000,000 homes.

For more on this story see The Guardian's report:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/life/feature/story/0,13026,1088576,00.html