Corporate Citizenship

The UK’s Parliamentary Committee on Climate Change concluded in its first annual report in October that a “step change” was needed in the pace of emissions reductions in order to meet Government’s targets. Although the economic recession has helped dampen emissions, the UK does not appear to be on track to meet its longstanding 20% [...]

In the US, notwithstanding gains made by natural gas in the last decade, coal is still king. Approximately 49% of US electricity is powered by coal, down only 2% in the last 10 years despite the lower marginal cost of additional gas-fired generating capacity, and a number of initiatives at a state and federal levels [...]

Well debate surrounding anthropogenic climate change continues. On the same day the US Senate voted on Obama’s climate change and energy bill (26 June 2009), the NY Times published this article flagging unofficial dissent coming through from two economists within the US EPA organisational structure. The discord of their views with the official EPA position [...]