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California acts to limit use of coal power
Margot Roosevelt, LA Times
To fight global warming, municipal utilities including the DWP will no longer be able to buy electricity from plants that burn the fossil fuel.
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The California Energy Commission on Wednesday imposed new rules that effectively forbid the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power and all other municipal utilities in the state from signing new contracts with coal-fired power plants.
The move, together with identical regulations imposed on private utilities in January, is a significant step toward reducing the contribution of California, the world’s sixth largest economy, to global warming.
(24 May 2007)
Climate change activists plan Heathrow camp
John Vidal, Guardian
Climate change activists said yesterday that they expected more than 2,000 people from all over Britain to join west London residents in a mass direct action against plans to expand Heathrow airport.
The activists announced that they would set up a “high impact” climate camp near the airport between August 14-21.
“We are simply not going to sit by and let emissions from binge-flying make dangerous climate change become inevitable,” said Leo Murray, a spokesman for the activist group Plane Stupid, one of the groups which is helping to organise the camp.
(25 May 2007)
Flying addicts take dim view of air taxes in poll
Julian Glover, The Guardian
Britain has become a nation addicted to flying, according to a Guardian/ICM poll out today. It shows that more than two-thirds of people have travelled by plane in the last five years and reveals widespread opposition to government action aimed at cutting the number of people who fly in order to limit climate change.
The poll does reveal a growing level of concern about the impact of air travel. Almost half of air travellers claim they have changed their behaviour in response to fears about the impact on the environment.
But these fears are not being translated into backing for official action. Voters remain strongly opposed to government action to control the rapid growth of the airline industry, such as raising tax levels on air tickets to restrict low-cost airlines.
(26 May 2007)
