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Labour`s green manifesto takes fight to Tories
The Labour Party has attempted to present itself as the natural custodians of the UK`s emerging low carbon economy, delivering a series of manifesto commitments designed to highlight the government`s environmental achievements and underline its commitment to the green agenda.
The Party handed over a whole chapter of the 76-page manifesto to the `Green Recovery`, detailing a series of commitments designed to accelerate the transition to the low carbon economy.
The manifesto attempts to draw clear dividing lines between Labour`s approach to the environment and the Conservatives` green policies, ... |
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Cleantech to boom in 2010 despite Copenhagen failure
A new report by the independent business analyst predicts that investment in the cleantech sector in 2010 will exceed that in 2009 by a healthy margin of as much as 35%, despite significant current uncertainty in US and EU carbon markets.
Alternatives to emissions cap-and-trade frameworks have emerged in the form of sub-national mandates and incentives for clean energy. Datamonitor expects progress on new global and US climate regimes will be slow and unconvincing this year, but that the race to dominate the emerging clean economy will accelerate regardless, fuelled by unprecedented quantities ... |
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