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Global Warming Is Not Man Made Says Founder of The Weather Channel

Wednesday, 09 July 2008 06:25 By Chris Innis

There is no significant man made global warming. There has not been any in the past, there is none now and there is no reason to fear any in the future. The climate of Earth is changing. It has always changed. But mankind’s activities have not overwhelmed or significantly modified the natural forces.

Through all history, Earth has shifted between two basic climate regimes: ice ages and what paleoclimatologists call “Interglacial periods”. For the past 10 thousand years the Eart...

What's Green And Goes Pop?

Wednesday, 11 June 2008 14:38 By Chris Innis

At the heart of the credit crunch now afflicting the global economy is the bursting of a great housing bubble throughout much of the developed world. Bubbles are, of course, as old as capitalism itself. Many of us in England recall learning at school of the great South Sea bubble of the early 18th century. But they seem to be coming more frequently nowadays. The housing bubble has burst only a decade or so after the Internet and tech-stock bubble. So we may not need to wait a...

More Leadership Is Needed

Saturday, 31 May 2008 07:37 By Chris Innis

It now looks like the economic downturn that has been predicted for so long is far from over. The financial system and consumer confidence is moving to new lows and with it the motivation to implement and spend on sustainable business will follow. The pressure on fuel prices is getting government's all over the world to reconsider taxes on energy; tight budgets will mean incentives for development in clean technologies and renewable energy costs will now come under review.

This should not be the case. Growth in the la...

The Climate Change Bill: Implications for Business - 24th April 2008

Tuesday, 08 April 2008 11:01 By Chris Innis

Secretary of State heads top level line up at the event of the year on the impact on business of climate change policy The Climate Change Bill: Implications for Business - 24th April 2008 For details and to book, visit www.eic-uk.co.uk/ccb.cfm Secretary of State heads top level line up at the event of the year on the impact on business of climate change policy The Climate Change Bill: Implications for Business - 24th April 2008 For details and to book, visit www.eic-uk.co.uk/ccb.cfm
I am pleased to report that Newswire readers are entitled to a £120 discount to a major new event on “The Climate Change Bill: Implications for Business” that the Environmental Industries Commission (EIC) is holding on 24th April at the Cavendish Conference Centre, London. To claim your discount simply log on to www.eic-uk.co.uk/ccb.cfm to register and insert the discount code EAST when prompted Over 100 delegates have already booked including senior executives from: Anglo American, Barratt, BP, Coca-Cola, E.ON, London Development Agency, Royal Bank of Scotland and Wessex Water. The Climate Change Bill – the world’s first national statutory framework for cutting carbon dioxide emissions – can be seen as firing the starting gun for a low carbon future. The Government is already taking forward a wide range of policies, impacting on all sectors of the economy, to achieve the targets in the Bill. EIC has, therefore, brought together a unique line up of the top policy makers, regulators and business leaders to provide delegates with an analysis of the Government’s climate change policy and how it will impact on business. Speakers include:

* Rt Hon Hilary Benn MP; Secretary of State for the Environment
* Peter Ainsworth MP; Shadow Secretary of State for the Environment
* Gert Jan Koopman; Director of Industrial Policy, European Commission
* Ben Verwaayen; Chair CBI Climate Change Taskforce and CEO, BT For further details and to book, click through to www.eic-uk.co.uk/ccb.cfm There are also sponsorship and exhibition spaces at the event available, please contact Merlin Hyman at EIC on This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it for details.The event is kindly sponsored by Atkins and Sindicatum Carbon Capital. Reuters, Sustainable Business and Environmental Finance are media partners.

Green is the New Black

Monday, 04 February 2008 12:52 By Chris Innis

Politicians have billed climate change across the globe as the world’s greatest environmental challenge.As a result legislators in Whitehall and Brussels are motoring ahead and devising a raft of initiatives designed at ‘forcing’ vehicle manufacturers to produce and then fleet operators and consumers to drive low emission vehicles.With 120 g/km of carbon dioxide (CO2) increasingly viewed by policy-makers as the emissions ‘benchmark’ to be strived for, it is little wonder that a raft of fiscal legislation – co...

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