UK news highlights
What with climate change negotiations, the cross-governmental Carbon Plan, Water White Paper, Electricity Market Reform, smart meter roll out, UK’s first Carbon Capture and Storage plant, red tape challenge, and lessons from Deepwater Horizon and Fukushima, it has been a busy few weeks for ESTH issues in the UK.
UK news – Focus on Durban
There is a flurry of interesting UK news stories on ESTH issues – here’s an update on the UK’s position on climate change negotiations, check back for more blogging. With Energy & Climate Change Secretary Chris Huhne arriving in Durban for the UN Climate Summit, the UK Government has been making the case for urgent action on climate change and urging countries to sign up to a legally binding global agreement.
Weekly highlights of U.S. Government news
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Climate Change. Today’s “U.S. Government highlights” cover a range of issues from the past two weeks. I begin with the 17th Session of the Conference of the Parties (COP) to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change in Durban, South Africa. Jonathan Pershing, the Deputy Special Envoy for Climate Change at the U.S. Department of State and head of the U.S. delegation for the first week of the Read more 
Weekly highlights of UK news
With preparations underway for the UN Climate Summit in Durban, the UK Government has been setting out its position ahead of negotiations. In other green news, DEFRA has published a revised timetable for the designation of Marine Conservation Zones, London Mayor Boris Johnson has launched plans to help London become “zero waste” and MPs have urged the Government to do more to improve air quality.