BBC: An analysis of a recession and EU’s carbon goals – with not a jot on that climategate thing
When I see Richard Black‘s byline on a BBC environment story I can usually count on a solid and professionally done report. Usually they are straight journalism. He has one in a more bloggery style right now under the rubric Earth Watch. The hed: Europe debates climate ‘ambition‘ . It is good, and aimed at people with a serious interest in climate change and the response to it. Hence, no histrionics about emails or the rising tide of public skepticism.
It ties together a few things one may have read about but not all in one place – Europe’s recent fall-off in carbon emissions due to the world economic pratfall and the EU’s goals on long term emissions cuts. An old political trick – to spot where business as usual trends are taking society anyway and trying to usurp the credit to one’s own pet policy – comes up. It’s an analysis that lets one make more sense of breaking news, to wit –
Other European Emissions Stories:
- The Guardian (UK) David Adam, Iran Traynor: EU stops short of recommending 30 percent cut in emissions by 2020 ;
- Wall St. Journal – Alessandro Terollo: Economic Woes Lower Cost Of EU CO2 Cuts By A Third;
- Reuters – Peter Harrison: EU wrangles over whether to deepen CO2 cuts ;
- Times (UK, via Australian) Ben Webster: Europe’s bold move on climate ;
And in the bigger picture – here’s how one report from the Energy Information Administration, an arm of the US’s Dept. of Energy, gets headlined in two business outlets:
- MarketWatch – Claudia Assis: World to rely more on unconventional fuels: EIA ;
- SustainableBusiness.com: Current Policies Won’t Displace Fossil Fuels – EIA report.
(i.e. -That’s why to have a diverse news flow – same event, different angle, both true enough.)
Pic – EU’s stationary CO2 sources – source
- Charlie Petit
