The Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership is a treaty under negotiation between the EU and the US, containing an Investor State Dispute Settlement system, which corporations can use to sue Governments, in special unaccountable courts.
York Conference Spring 2016, Motion F6,
It's been reported that South Western Energy, who were offered exploration licenses by the Government on a 20km square of land in the Trowbridge - Westbury - Warminster area, will not be accepting the licenses. They say they might want to come back if the economics change, though as Wiltshire doesn't seem to be a good area for gas or oil extraction this is unlikely to happen.
EXTRA MATERIAL to back up article in December 2019 edition of Challenge Links 1 Policy Document 109 Transition to a Zero Carbon Britain (Green Growth and Jobs) http://d3n8a8pro7vhmx.cloudfront.net/libdems/pages/2017/attachments/original/1390843580/109_-_Green_Growth_and_Green_Jobs.pdf?1390843580 2 Policy Motion F10 Autumn 2013 (Glasgow) Green Growth and Green Jobs (Transition to a Zero Carbon Britain) Energy Policy - Motion F10 Autumn 2013 link 3 The joint Imperial College, University of Cambridge report for the National Infrastructure Commission "Delivering Future Proof Infrastructure", February 2016 , Goran Strbac, Ioannis Konstantelos, Marko Aunedi, Michael Pollitt, Richard Green https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/507256/Future-proof_energy_infrastructure_Imp_Cam_Feb_2016.pdf Additional material added on 4th January 2016. Nuclear Muddle Background Information A) Lifetime Carbon Intensity, B) Strike Prices, C) Safety, D) Why no public money for nuclear?
A Liberal Democrat county councillor in Surrey has written to a government minister asking him to scrap Surrey County Council's unpopular charges for taking household waste to Community Recycling Centres (CRCs). Cllr Stephen Cooksey, Liberal Democrat spokesperson for Highways & Environment, has written to Marcus Jones, Minister for Local Government, as part of his long-running campaign against the charges. The unpopular fees were introduced by the Conservative-run County Council in September 2016 despite a consultation in which residents made clear their opposition to the charges and their fears that fly-tipping would increase across the county as a consequence.
(see GLD's ZeroCarbon Campaign)