Ditching the Carbon Promise
With the High Speed Rail (Preparation) Bill due for it’s second reading on Tuesday, it’s fascinating to see how...
Tag: Low-carbon economy
HS2: no environmental case
Today’s Guardian reports – Coalition energy policy ‘threatens to destroy environmental case for HS2’:
On the eve of what...
Mid-Term – HS2 project without a purpose
Amid much fanfare, David Cameron and Nick Clegg issued the Mid-Term Review of the Coalition yesterday.
On high speed...
HS2 is the opposite of reducing carbon
At a New Economics Forum debate on HS2, Mayer Hillman of the Policy Studies Institute says we have to...
HS2’s passengers: taking the high carbon option
Last week, when she announced the government’s decision to go ahead with HS2, Justine Greening wrote
HS2 is entirely...
Our view of the HS2 decision
Stop HS2 are naturally disappointed that the HS2 proposal is continuing to be pushed forward by the Government. ...
The TSC’s view of the carbon issue
In a week when the Lords Science and Technology Select Committee says the Government is “too complacent” about...
Joe’s HS2 speech to the party conference
This is the text of a speech given by Joe Rukin at the UKIP party conference last week:...
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 HS2 Ltd answer for everything
HS2 Ltd was set up to develop the case for high speed rail in the UK.
Not to look into...