Guest guest Posted October 12, 2006 Report Share Posted October 12, 2006 UK planning law on climate change The bill is being considered for the Queen's Speech next monthA climate change bill which could see regular targets put in place to cut UK carbon dioxide emissions is being considered by the government. An independent system to gauge progress in reducing greenhouse gases is also likely to be included, Environment Secretary David Miliband told the BBC. The move follows a campaign by Friends of the Earth - supported by the Tories and Liberal Democrats - for such a law. A Nasa study says the world is the warmest it has been for 12,000 years. Pace of change The climate change bill is likely to be included in next month's Queen's Speech. BBC political editor Nick Robinson said a proposal, from Friends of the Earth, that ministers should be fined for missing environmental targets, would not be included. Last month, Mr Miliband said people "should be scared" by global warming and that more were recognising that "something funny is going on with the weather". He has warned that the pace of action has to be much faster or carbon dioxide emissions by 2050 will be 137% higher than in 2003. Meanwhile, environment minister Ben Bradshaw met supermarket bosses on Thursday to discuss the best way of reducing the amount of plastic carrier bags given away by supermarkets. He would not rule out imposing new laws if retailers did not agree to a voluntary code. Nasa scientists said last month that the world was at its warmest for the last 12,000 years as a result of rapid changes over the past 30 years. The average temperature had increased by about 0.2C (0.4F) in each of the last three decades. Pollution from human activity was pushing the world towards dangerous levels of climate change, Nasa warned Peter H Send instant messages to your online friends http://uk.messenger. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 12, 2006 Report Share Posted October 12, 2006 yeah..right we still got congress critters who hold climate warming is all a hoax perpetrated by the media and hollywood peter VV Oct 12, 2006 1:38 PM Re: too little too late?Cmon USA join in? UK planning law on climate change The bill is being considered for the Queen's Speech next monthA climate change bill which could see regular targets put in place to cut UK carbon dioxide emissions is being considered by the government. An independent system to gauge progress in reducing greenhouse gases is also likely to be included, Environment Secretary David Miliband told the BBC. The move follows a campaign by Friends of the Earth - supported by the Tories and Liberal Democrats - for such a law. A Nasa study says the world is the warmest it has been for 12,000 years. Pace of change The climate change bill is likely to be included in next month's Queen's Speech. BBC political editor Nick Robinson said a proposal, from Friends of the Earth, that ministers should be fined for missing environmental targets, would not be included. Last month, Mr Miliband said people "should be scared" by global warming and that more were recognising that "something funny is going on with the weather". He has warned that the pace of action has to be much faster or carbon dioxide emissions by 2050 will be 137% higher than in 2003. Meanwhile, environment minister Ben Bradshaw met supermarket bosses on Thursday to discuss the best way of reducing the amount of plastic carrier bags given away by supermarkets. He would not rule out imposing new laws if retailers did not agree to a voluntary code. Nasa scientists said last month that the world was at its warmest for the last 12,000 years as a result of rapid changes over the past 30 years. The average temperature had increased by about 0.2C (0.4F) in each of the last three decades. Pollution from human activity was pushing the world towards dangerous levels of climate change, Nasa warned Peter H Send instant messages to your online friends http://uk.messenger. As nightfall does not come at once, neither does oppression. In both instances, there's a twilight where everything remains seemingly unchanged, and it is in such twilight that we must be aware of change in the air, however slight, lest we become unwitting victims of the darkness. William O. Douglas Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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