Lucas Coe

Videocast – Lucas Coe’s views on Neena Gill

Lucas Coe recently completed an exclusive interview with Labour MEP, Neena Gill, her plans for the environment, if she is re-elected in tomorrow’s European Elections, for Birmingham Recycled. Now, Lucas brings you his thoughts on Neena and explains how he obtained the interview and came to his journalistic conclusions. View the videocast here.

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Environment not top of the agenda for local voters

Residents of Smethwick and Bearwood in Birmingham admitted to Birmingham Recycled that the environment was not top of their agenda when it comes to voting fro political parties at European Elections this Thursday. Voters will go to the polls on June 4 and elect regional MEP candidates from all major political parties and smaller movements. [...]

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SPECIAL: Labour MEP vague on green policy

Labour MEP, Neena Gill, talked exclusively to Birmingham Recycled about the environmental policy she and her party plan to introduce if re-elected to European Parliament. Gill, a Member of European Parliament since 1999, was reluctant to explain her party’s manifesto for the environment and climate change without a day’s preparation. However, when explained that a [...]

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Liberal Democrat MEP candidate makes climate change top priority

Phil Bennion, a Liberal Democrat MEP candidate for the West Midlands, has put climate change at the top of his agenda for the up and coming European elections. The West Midlands with the rest of the country will have the opportunity to vote for Members of European Parliament on June 4 – with all the [...]

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Manufacturing firms encouraged to embrace renewables despite recession

Manufacturing companies from Birmingham and the West Midlands will be able to get an insight into the renewable energy industry at the end of the month, despite many companies battling the recession. The event is organised the Corporate Finance Faculty at the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales (ICAEW) and will be held [...]

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Lord Mandelson accused of lobbying green policies

Lord Mandelson has received criticism for setting up a supposed lobbying unit to reduce the impact of green legislation on UK businesses. The unit, which is part of Lord Mandelson’s Department of Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform (BERR), appears to be in direct conflict with Ed Miliband’s Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC). It [...]

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IKEA: using green credentials for good publicity?

IKEA have come under increasing criticism from environmental agencies in the UK and abroad, because of glaring failings and hypocrisy in their green credentials. The criticism includes IKEA’s West Midlands’ store, located on the outskirts of Wednesbury via the M6: ‘When we are planning a new IKEA store, the issue of good public transport links [...]

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Sharenergy give local power to local people

Shropshire, Herefordshire and Worcestershire could benefit from a new funded community based project for renewable energy. The Rural Regeneration Zone has backed the project named Sharenergy, which encourages the development of community owned renewable energy systems. Sharenergy is unique because participating co-operative communities are responsible for creating their own energy programmes, using wind, hydro, solar, [...]

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