HS2 – a scheme that increases carbon emissions One of the arguments in favour of high speed rail is that because of modal shift, it can...
HS2 won’t reduce carbon this century One of the arguments in favour of high speed rail is that because of modal shift, it can...
HS2 – helping increase the demand for energy Ahead of next week’s energy bill, Britain’s energy policy is again in the news. There are concerns...
Environmentally damaging and more expensive but let’s make it fast According to the Birmingham Mail, Norman Baker, Transport Minister, told a LibDem fringe event that building tracks for...
Greenguage 21’s carbon impacts report Greenguage 21 yesterday published a report looking at the carbon impacts of HS2, claiming that HS2 could help reduce...
HS2 – spend £33 billion and don’t decarbonise At last week’s debate, Dr Julian Huppert, the Cambridge LibDem MP, said “but I would hope that all hon....
The broken carbon promise of HS2 Sometimes it’s worth looking back at the reasons why a policy decision was made. For instance why did the...
The Independent – the big lies about HS2 Nicholas Faith, writing in the Independent, says that “Opponents of this visionary high-speed rail project are guilty of...
No Carbon Targets here, please Yesterday, Chris Huhme, the Energy and Climate Change Secretary, announced ambitious plans to massively reduce Britain’s carbon emissions...
The government’s transport strategy is… Richard Hebditch from the Campaign for Better Transport has written about the Coalition’s record on transport so...