Britain's not doing too well...

on the climate change front. Despite being one of the countries that talks the most about the importance of fighting climate change and encourages other countries with great rhetoric, it is not doing enough to limit CO2 emissions at home and is lagging behind many other countries in developing renewable energy alternatives. Here's a report from a couple of weeks ago form politics.co.uk

France and Cameroon have both signed an agreement to protect some of the rainforests in the Congo River Basin. They will donate money over the next five years, which will be used to protect some of the species it homes and to help raise sustainability and reduce illegal logging. The countries will provide debt relief and invest in protected area management. Environment News Service covers this.


The Independent reports that Al Gore believes tyhe fact that the three major British parties are all vying to be seen as the most ecologically aware is positive. I'll put the link here, howver, I don't suppose it will stay live for very long. When we saw Al Gore at the Hay festival a couple of weeks ago, he advertised his new environmental website, so I'll put a link up to that soon.


Here's a horrid story about the consequences of what should have been a minor chemical spill in Essex. I found coverage of it in the Telegraph, so here it is! The Environment Agency (see links) has fined Rentolkil and the other parties responsible, however, this won't do much for the thousands of fish and connected wildlife that have now been killed.

It is estimated that British businesses will waste £570 million on energy bills this summer. They suggest that this is equivalent to 15% of industry's annual bill, and would be enough energy for the entire city of Birmingham for the whole year. The Carbon Trust has launched a campaign. Here's the full story.