At the University of Edinburgh

Total Page:16

File Type:pdf, Size:1020Kb

At the University of Edinburgh This thesis has been submitted in fulfilment of the requirements for a postgraduate degree (e.g. PhD, MPhil, DClinPsychol) at the University of Edinburgh. Please note the following terms and conditions of use: • This work is protected by copyright and other intellectual property rights, which are retained by the thesis author, unless otherwise stated. • A copy can be downloaded for personal non-commercial research or study, without prior permission or charge. • This thesis cannot be reproduced or quoted extensively from without first obtaining permission in writing from the author. • The content must not be changed in any way or sold commercially in any format or medium without the formal permission of the author. • When referring to this work, full bibliographic details including the author, title, awarding institution and date of the thesis must be given. The cultural politics of climate change activism in the UK as public pedagogy (2005-2011) Direct action, relocalisation, and professional activism Callum McGregor Doctor of Philosophy The University of Edinburgh 2013 Declaration I, Callum McGregor, hereby certify that this doctoral thesis has been composed by me, that it is my own work and that it has not been submitted for any other degree or professional qualification. Signature Date ………………………………………………………………………………………… Abstract This thesis is a study of the cultural politics of environmentalism in an era of climate change and the public curriculum that it generates. Scientists and the policy elite alone are unlikely to solve the ‘wicked problem’ of climate change, even in the unlikely scenario that consensus was reached and concerted international action was forthcoming. Increasingly, it is recognised that institutional learning through technocratic refinements of the status quo are inadequate. Although there is widespread belief that anthropogenic global warming is an urgent problem, political action has not followed scientific knowledge, because we have been slow to recognise the problem’s cultural implications. A range of voices within the environmental movement (broadly conceived) have increasingly challenged technocratic policy framing, with new ways of thinking. By widening the debate these critical voices increase the possibility of learning to react in new ways, which increase the capacity for collective agency. Based on this assessment, the aim of this thesis is to explore the ways in which the cultural politics of particular activist milieus generate public curriculum, through catalyzing the relationship between the cultural politics of civil society and the political culture of the state. From the 1960s onwards, the environmental movement has undergone a process of differentiation and specialisation, such that distinct cultural formations – oriented around direct action, relocalisation, and professional campaigning – emerged. Different ideal typical modes of “climate change communication” – agonistic pluralism, public participation, and social marketing (Carvalho & Peterson, 2012) – can be mapped onto the public pedagogies of these activist cultures. Political theorist Chantal Mouffe (2005, p. 20) uses the term agonistic pluralism to describe a situation where the “adversary” is understood in a productive sense to be “a crucial category for democratic politics”: where this is denied, we/they relations are understood to be “antagonistic” in the sense that conflicting parties do not recognise the legitimacy of one another. This view recognises the power play and affective commitments that determine modes of political association. On the other hand, “public participation” views politics as constituted through non-partisan rational deliberation in legitimate public fora. Finally, “social marketing” approaches discard the notion of people as rational decision makers, but also discard the principle of public participation in favour of the notion that political communication can be improved through expert evidence-based interventions. Cultures of direct climate action tend towards agonistic communicative styles, characterised by contestatory moments and a public pedagogy of “defining the enemy” (Newman, 1994). On the other hand, this approach has been perceived as problematic by movement intellectuals in relocalisation movements, who have argued that the non-politicised experimental practices of local communities, which engage optimistically with a sense of the possible, may in the long run, be more productive of the kind of mass cultural value shift required in order to tackle climate change. More recently, reflecting their own situated organisational structures and actor-networks, knowledge workers in the professional campaigning sector have increasingly applied insights from social psychology, behavioural economics, and cognitive science in order to find ways that engage tacit cultural values and norms in their public pedagogical efforts. In seeking to ascertain the ideal conditions for communication, the ENGO sector aligns most closely with a ‘social marketing approach’ to public pedagogy. Working with the ‘agonistic’ discourse theory of Chantal Mouffe and Ernesto Laclau, I believe that all cultures of activism necessarily engage in a contingent politics of articulation, at the heart of which lies antagonism and hegemonic struggle. In this thesis, I construct an intertextual research model, capable of exploring the contingent processes of articulation within cultures of climate change activism, between them, and between the movement at large, and the wider public, as they engage (implicitly or explicitly) in hegemonic struggles that provide moments of educative potential to activists, bystanders and politicians. I argue that the public pedagogies of these cultures of activism cohere around the articulation of what Laclau (2005) would call “empty signifiers”, which link particular claims, interests, and identities through creating a frontier separating them from an outside, which partially constitutes the inside’s identity. Contents Chapter 1 – Introduction: climate change, education and the role of p. 1 social movements in widening the debate Introduction p. 1 The epistemic complexity of climate change p. 3 From science to policy? p. 3 The absence of dialogical spaces p. 5 Socio-political complexity p. 9 The carbon economy: calculation as discourse p. 10 The challenge for the cultural politics of climate change p. 16 Cognitive challenges p. 19 Social movement learning in context p. 22 Research questions p. 26 Structure of the thesis p. 27 Chapter 2 – Beyond climate change: the conceptual value of public p. 33 pedagogy as a framing concept Introduction p. 33 The public pedagogy triad: market, state, civil society p. 35 Neoliberal public pedagogy p. 38 Critiques of the concept of neoliberal public pedagogy p. 42 In and against the pedagogical state? p. 48 Conclusion p. 52 Chapter 3 – Social movement theory in context: implications for the p. 54 public pedagogy of climate activism Introduction p. 54 Why culture? P. 56 New Social Movement Theory p. 59 Implications for the public pedagogy of climate activism p. 64 Framing theory p. 71 Implications for the public pedagogy of climate activism p. 73 Discourse theory p. 79 Implications for the public pedagogy of climate activism p. 91 A spatial supplement to discourse theory p. 97 Conclusion p. 104 Chapter 4 – Research methods: deploying discourse theory p. 106 Introduction p. 106 Research approach p. 109 Operationalising intertextuality p. 111 Actors, events and timeframes p. 115 Identifying basic discourses p. 118 Collective actors involved in cognitive praxis. p. 123 Camp for Climate Action (CCA) p. 123 Transition Towns (TT) p. 124 Common Cause (CC) p. 125 Temporal perspective p. 127 Data collection p. 131 Data analysis p. 140 Limitations of the approach p. 145 Production versus process and hidden transcripts p. 145 Network analysis p. 147 Learning from social movements p. 149 Ethical considerations p. 151 Chapter 5 – Direct climate action as public pedagogy: the cultural p. 156 Politics of the Camp for Climate Action Introduction p. 156 Understanding the origins and evolution of direct climate action p. 161 Dislocation and the formation of new subjectivities p. 161 Connecting to the past: articulations of historical equivalence and difference p. 164 Dimensions of the CCA’s public pedagogy p. 169 Defining the enemy p. 170 Post-2008 p. 179 From climate change to meta-protest p. 180 Metamorphosis p. 184 Politics and organisational form p. 187 Shifting frames, shifting scales p. 187 Tensions between the cosmological and the organisational: anarchism, p. 192 anti-capitalism, liberalism, and the valorisation of direct action in the CCA Climate science and politics p. 196 How climate science is used as legitimation for contentious politics p. 197 Armed only with peer-reviewed science? p. 199 Conclusion: towards a more dialectical public pedagogy? Beyond the two p. 204 fetishisms Chapter 6 – Community responses to climate change as public p. 209 pedagogy: the cultural politics of the Transition Towns movement Introduction p. 209 Understanding the origins and evolution of the TT movement p. 211 Overview and antecedents p. 211 Dislocation and the formation of new subjectivities p. 214 Connecting to the past: articulations of historical equivalence and difference p. 218 The discursive evolution of the TT movement p. 223 Dimensions of the TT movement’s public pedagogy p. 230 Sleeping with the enemy as public pedagogy: the strategic suppression of the p. 232 constitutive outside
Recommended publications
  • Espace Québec Miptv
    QUEBEC PRESENCE IN CANNES ESPACE QUÉBEC MIPTV 2013 www.sodec.gouv.qc.ca A word from the president MIPTV is a major audiovisual market professionals to gain even wider ex- where thousands of television and posure. With the objective of bringing entertainment professionals converge. Quebec television to the world, we have The SODEC (Société de développement forged this new partnership to face the des entreprises culturelles) organizes significant challenges in this era of new the Quebec presence at this event with technologies. the goal of providing international exposure to as many representatives We are proud of the work of our indus- of the Quebec television industry as try professionals and we, together with possible. the APFTQ, will do everything support them and increase awareness and expo- This year, Espace Québec, managed sure of their creations. by the SODEC, can count on an ideal partner—the APFTQ (Association des Here’s wishing everyone a great producteurs de films et de télévision du market! Québec)—to assist its efforts. On behalf of the SODEC, I would like to thank the APFTQ for this valuable François Macerola support that will enable our television President and Chief Executive Officer of 2 the SODEC Table of contents Participants 4 Avanti Ciné Vidéo 4 Avecom Distribution inc. 5 Les Chaînes Télé Astral 5 Echo Media inc. 6 Filmoption International inc. 6 Films Transit International inc. 7 Fonds Capital Culture Québec 7 Frima Studio 8 Just For Laughs Distribution 8 Media Ranch 9 Muse Distribution International 9 Productions Pixcom inc. 10 VIVAVISION inc. 11 List of groups, associations and organizations 3 Participants Avanti Ciné Vidéo Monic Lamoureux +1 514 288-7000 ext.
    [Show full text]
  • Hot and Cold Beverages Beer Bottles 750Ml Bottles
    BITS SMALL PLATES FOR SHA RING DRAFT BEERS CHE ES E PLATE 15 BLONDE ALE SANTA MONICA 310 |9 D AILY SELECTION OF TH R E E C ALIFORNIA CHEESES S A N T A M ONICA , CALIFORNIA GRILLED FARM BREAD LAGER STELLA ARTOIS |8 LI TTLE G EM CAESAR 13 L EUVEN , B E L G I U M MARINATED PEP PERS - ANCHOVY CROSTINI · PARMESAN GRILLED FARM BREAD BELGIAN WHEAT BLUE MOON |8 G OLDEN , C OLORADO CHI CK PEA H UMMUS 11 H OUSE - M A D E T RADITIONAL H UMMUS · E VOO · S M O K E D FARMHOUSE ALE GOOSE ISLAND SOPHIE |12 P APRIKA C HICAGO , ILLINOIS B ACON W RA PP ED D AT ES 9 LAGER KONA LONGBOARD |8 GOAT CHEESE · MOZZARELLA K A I L U A K ONA , H AWAII G RI LL ED LAMB M EATBALLS 14 IPA BEAR REPUBLIC RACER 5 |10 SPICY TOMATO SALSA · HAYDARI YOGURT SAUCE H EALDSBURG , C ALIFORNIA S U M A C ONIONS IPA ANGEL CITY BREWERY |8 O CTO PUS SOPES 14 L O S A NGELES , CALIFORNIA BLACK CHICKPEA · S PANISH CHORIZO · CALABRIAN CHILI BELGIAN STRONG ALE THE BRUERY MISCHIEF |10 FETA CHEESE P LACENTIA , C A L I F O R N I A ROAST ED G RA PE & G ORGONZ OLA F LATBR EAD 15 OATMEAL STOUT ANDERSON VALLEY BARNEY FLATS |11 PISTACHIO PESTO · SABA · MIZUNA B OONVILLE , C ALIFORNIA CURE D M EAT B OARD 19 LIGHT LAGER BUD LIGHT |7 SALAMI CALABRESE · IBERICO CHORIZO · SMOKED WILD BOAR S T .
    [Show full text]
  • WIPEOUT EC Aerosol MSDS.Pdf
    WIPEOUT EC Aerosol MATERIAL SAFETY DATA SHEET SECTION 1 – IDENTIFICATION OF THE MATERIAL AND SUPPLIER Product Name WIPEOUT EC aerosol Manufacturer’s Product Code 5070 Other Names Non-chlorinated anti-graffiti aerosol. Major Recommended Uses For removal of graffiti from various surfaces. Supplier’s Details Chemsearch Australia 5 Ralph Street, Alexandria Sydney NSW 2015 Telephone Number (Office Hours): (02) 9669 0260 Fax Number: (02) 9693 1562 Emergency Telephone Number: (02) 9214 0755 Date of Issue September 2007 SECTION 2 – HAZARDS IDENTIFICATION Hazard Classification Classified as hazardous according to the criteria of NOHSC. Dangerous Goods Class Class 2, no sub-risk. & Sub-risk Poisons Schedule 6 Risk Phrases Flammable propellant. Irritating to eyes and skin. Safety Phrases Keep out of reach of children. In case of fire and/or explosion, do not breathe fumes. SECTION 3 – COMPOSITION/INFORMATION ON INGREDIENTS Ingredients Chemical Entity CAS No Proportion 1-methyl-2-pyrrolidone 872-50-4 >60% Dimethyl ether 115-10-6 30-60% ‘Ingredients determined not to be hazardous’ to 100% SECTION 4 – FIRST AID MEASURES Skin Removed contaminated clothing and wash affected areas with plenty of soap and water for 15- minutes. Seek medical attention if irritation develops or persists. Remove contaminated clothing and shoes and wash before reuse. Eye Hold eyelids apart and rinse eyes thoroughly with water for several minutes, taking care not to rinse contaminated water into the non-affected eye. Seek medical attention if irritation develops. Inhalation Remove to fresh air. Seek medical attention if respiratory irritation develops or if breathing becomes difficult. Ingestion Give 3-4 glasses of water, but do NOT induce vomiting.
    [Show full text]
  • 12, 2009 OUR 119Th YEAR – ISSUE NO
    We’ll Help Your Business The Westfield Leader www.goleader.com [email protected] (908) 232-4407 Get Back On Track Continue to the next page ==> Ad Populos, Non Aditus, Pervenimus Published Every Thursday Since September 3, 1890 (908) 232-4407 USPS 680020 Thursday, February 12, 2009 OUR 119th YEAR – ISSUE NO. 07-2009 Periodical – Postage Paid at Westfield, N.J. www.goleader.com [email protected] SIXTY CENTS Chambers vs. Westfield Lawsuit Settled; Details Not Revealed By MICHAEL J. POLLACK “The matter is resolved at this time. being consummated,” he added. Specially Written for The Westfield Leader That’s all I can say at this point.” When asked if the settlement con- WESTFIELD – The Town of Mr. Gildea would only say that the tained a confidentiality agreement, Westfield, last Friday, reached a settle- town would “respond appropriately” Mr. Gildea said he was not at liberty ment agreement with Westfield po- to an Open Public Records Act re- to say. lice officer Sandra Chambers, for- quest filed on Tuesday by Ms. Chambers’ attorney, merly a detective, and her attorney on The Leader. Eric Pennington, only re- a sexual-harassment lawsuit filed “There are issues in the ferred calls for comment to against the town, the Westfield Police settlement agreement that Mr. Gildea. Department (WPD) and former po- still have to be finalized to Ms. Chambers has been lice chief Bernard Tracy in late 2006. make it complete,” Mr. employed by the WPD since Town Administrator Jim Gildea, Gildea said. “At this time, 1995. The six-count lawsuit, commenting Tuesday after a town this is all we can share.” served on the town on De- council executive session in which When asked what those cember 14, 2006, alleged the matter was discussed, would not “issues” were and if they Sandra Chambers that “during a two-year pe- reveal any details regarding the settle- were the reason the town riod, then-Chief Bernard ment.
    [Show full text]
  • Wipeout Hd Fury
    LATEST GUIDES NEW RECRUIT NEW RECRUIT THE SEASON BEGINS FLIGHT SCHOOL WEAPONS & ABILITIES TOP TIPS MULTIPLAYER TROPHY CHASE THE SOUND OF SPEED CONCEPT ART MERCHANDISE TERMS RATE OUR GUIDE So, you’re the new pilot everyone keeps talking about. Then welcome to what promises to be a wild and explosive season of anti-gravity combat racing. Excitement levels are bursting past fever pitch as frenzied fans across the planet tune in and cheer on their favourite teams to glory. Reflexes, courage and skill will be pushed to the absolute limit as rookie pilots and battle-hardened veterans go head-to-head – flying 46 unique, top-of-the-line anti-gravity ships across 26 totally intense circuits. Got what it takes? Then choose your racing destiny… WIPEOUT HD FURY Shatter the sound barrier across eight challenges: Single Race: A winner-takes-all showdown. Weapons optional. Tournament: Progress through an increasingly difficult competition. Speed Lap: How fast is too fast? Not fast enough. Ignore the brakes. Time Trial: The clock is your enemy, show it no mercy. Eliminator: Forget finishing first, this is all about weapons. Blast away. Zone Battle: Go fast, faster and even faster again to reach each target. Detonator: Destroy mines and bombs to survive as long as possible. CAMPAIGN Compete in a series of single player events designed to test your skills with a variety of objectives. Reaching the set target will unlock more challenges and rewards. You will also improve as a pilot and gain vital experience. The campaigns are separated into challenges across WipEout HD Fury and WipEout 2048.
    [Show full text]
  • Z-Series™ Stayfresh™ Wipeout Combination Package
    Z-Series™ StayFresh™ Wipeout Combination Package SAFETY DATA SHEET 1. PRODUCT AND COMPANY IDENTIFICATION MANUFACTURER ICA Trinova, LLC 1 Beavers Street, Suite B Newnan, GA 30263 USA REVISION DATE September 29, 2017 EMERGENCY TELEPHONE HAZMAT Services, Inc. 800-373-7542, Contract # 1055 TO REQUEST AN SDS [email protected] CUSTOMER SERVICE 770-683-9181 M-F 9:00 - 5:00 EST PRODUCT IDENTIFIER Z-Series™ StayFresh™ Wipeout Combination Package SYNONYMS Fast Acting Treatment/24 Hour Treatment RECOMMENDED USES Air Treatment, Deodorizer, HVAC, Coil Cleaner USES ADVISED AGAINST Anything inconsistent with package instructions. 2. HAZARDS IDENTIFICATION CLASSIFICATION This chemical is considered hazardous by the 2012 OSHA Hazard Communication Standard (29 CFR 1910.1200) COLOR Off-white to Brown PHYSICAL STATE Solid APPEARANCE Granules ODOR Slight chlorine odor GHS CLASSIFICATION Table A3.1.2 (p. 270) G.H.S. of Classifying and Labeling Chemicals; Sixth Revised Edition HEALTH HAZARD STATEMENT HAZARD CATEGORY MAY BE HARMFUL IF SWALLOWED, IN CONTACT WITH SKIN OR 5 IF INHALED UNKNOWN ACUTE TOXICITY 0% of the mixture consists of ingredient(s) of unknown toxicity GHS SYMBOL SIGNAL WORD WARNING PHYSICAL HAZARDS None Identified PRECAUTIONARY STATEMENTS PREVENTION Under normal conditions of use, no health effects are expected. Carefully follow use instructions. RESPONSE Seek medical attention for any persistent symptom or if you feel unwell. IF SWALLOWED Rinse mouth. Do not induce vomiting. Never give anything by mouth to an unconscious person. Call a physician. IF ON SKIN (OR HAIR) Brush off loose particles. Rinse with water. IF IN EYES Rinse cautiously with water for several minutes. Remove contact lenses, if present and easy to do.
    [Show full text]
  • Web of Power
    Media Briefing MAIN HEADING PARAGRAPH STYLE IS main head Web of power SUB TITLE PARAGRAPH STYLE IS main sub head The UK government and the energy- DATE PARAGRAPH STYLE IS date of document finance complex fuelling climate change March 2013 Research by the World Development Movement has Government figures embroiled in the nexus of money and revealed that one third of ministers in the UK government power fuelling climate change include William Hague, are linked to the finance and energy companies driving George Osborne, Michael Gove, Oliver Letwin, Vince Cable climate change. and even David Cameron himself. This energy-finance complex at the heart of government If we are to move away from a high carbon economy, is allowing fossil fuel companies to push the planet to the government must break this nexus and regulate the the brink of climate catastrophe, risking millions of lives, finance sector’s investment in fossil fuel energy. especially in the world’s poorest countries. SUBHEAD PARAGRAPH STYLE IS head A Introduction The world is approaching the point of no return in the Energy-finance complex in figures climate crisis. Unless emissions are massively reduced now, BODY PARAGRAPH STYLE IS body text Value of fossil fuel shares on the London Stock vast areas of the world will see increased drought, whole Exchange: £900 billion1 – higher than the GDP of the countries will be submerged and falling crop yields could whole of sub-Saharan Africa.2 mean millions dying of hunger. But finance is continuing to flow to multinational fossil fuel companies that are Top five UK banks’ underwrote £170 billion in bonds ploughing billions into new oil, gas and coal energy.
    [Show full text]
  • Energy for a Changing Climate
    Church of Scotland CHURCH AND SOCIETY COUNCIL ENERGY FOR A CHANGING CLIMATE Report Presented to the General Assembly May 2007 1 2 Contents Page 1. Introduction 4 2. Theology 4 2.1 Caring for God’s Creation 4 2.2 General Ethical Principles 5 3. Policy Context 6 3.1 Climate Change 6 3.2 Radical Changes are Required 7 3.3 Government Policy Developments 8 4. Previous Church Reports and Actions 9 5. UK and Scottish Energy Policy 10 5.1 Energy Efficiency 10 5.2 Renewable Electricity Supplies 12 5.3 Location, Communities and Ethics 13 5.4 Priorities and Pragmatism 14 5.5 Electricity Generation Using Fossil Fuels 14 5.6 Electricity Generation Using Nuclear Energy 15 5.7 The Market and the Role of Government 17 6. Policy Conclusions 19 7. Taking Responsibility: How Should we Respond? 20 References 23 Deliverances 25 3 1. Introduction 1.1 Energy policy has frequently featured in Assembly reports of the Society Religion and Technology Project (SRT) and the Church and Nation Committee. (1) The time has come to bring a more substantial review, in the light of the radical measures now needed to address climate change, the altered patterns of UK energy supply, and the recent and ongoing Westminster and Holyrood reviews of energy and climate policy, in which environment is now making a significant impact on policy. The main focus of this report is on electricity supply and energy saving. We plan to examine the larger but more intractable problems of heat supply and transport at a later date.
    [Show full text]
  • Green Action 2011
    2011 GreenThe magazineAction of Friends of the Earth Cymru JUST GETTING STARTED 40 years and counting of green action Acting silly for serious action Community energy | Inside the Assembly | Friends of the Earth local groups A good time too Simon Williams, Editor Now is a good time to take a moment But if this is the first time you’ve great satisfaction and think about just how far we’ve thought about it, now is a really good for many, and our come. Friends of the Earth has time to get involved. It was the 1969 communities hold the power for positive campaigned in the UK for 40 years, Apollo space mission pictures of a change. But opponents of wind power and it’s Friends of the Earth Europe’s beautiful, fragile Earth which inspired a and other renewables often claim that 40th anniversary this year too. generation to realise the importance of green energy projects just benefit the Friends of the Earth Cymru hasn’t protecting our environment. And now, big companies, and don’t do enough for existed quite so long, first campaiging facing the massive threats of climate the people on their doorsteps. Possibly in Wales in 1984. But someone who change and biodiversity loss, we’re sometimes true, though somehow this has been around nearly forever is our even more aware of how fragile our is never given as a reason to oppose respected director, Gordon James, only life-support system really is. another coal or nuclear power station. who heads into a very well-deserved Campaigning for the planet and a So here’s your chance to do retirement this year.
    [Show full text]
  • Web of Power the UK Government and the Energy- Finance Complex Fuelling Climate Change March 2013
    Media briefing Web of power The UK government and the energy- finance complex fuelling climate change March 2013 Research by the World Development Movement has Government figures embroiled in the nexus of money and revealed that one third of ministers in the UK government power fuelling climate change include William Hague, are linked to the finance and energy companies driving George Osborne, Michael Gove, Oliver Letwin, Vince Cable climate change. and even David Cameron himself. This energy-finance complex at the heart of government If we are to move away from a high carbon economy, is allowing fossil fuel companies to push the planet to the government must break this nexus and regulate the the brink of climate catastrophe, risking millions of lives, finance sector’s investment in fossil fuel energy. especially in the world’s poorest countries. Introduction The world is approaching the point of no return in the Energy-finance complex in figures climate crisis. Unless emissions are massively reduced now, Value of fossil fuel shares on the London Stock vast areas of the world will see increased drought, whole Exchange: £900 billion1 – higher than the GDP of the countries will be submerged and falling crop yields could whole of sub-Saharan Africa.2 mean millions dying of hunger. But finance is continuing to flow to multinational fossil fuel companies that are Top five UK banks’ underwrote £170 billion in bonds ploughing billions into new oil, gas and coal energy. and share issues for fossil fuel companies 2010-12 – more than 11 times the amount the UK contributed in The vested interests of big oil, gas and coal mining climate finance for developing countries.3 companies are in favour of the status quo.
    [Show full text]
  • The Green Shift: Environmental Policies to Match a Changing Public Climate
    the green shift: environmental policies to match a changing public climate The Smith Institute The Smith Institute is an independent think tank that has been set up to look at issues which flow from the changing relationship between social values and economic imperatives. If you would like to know more about the Smith Institute please write to: the green shift the green Edited by Peter Bill The Director The Smith Institute 3rd Floor 52 Grosvenor Gardens London SW1W 0AW Telephone +44 (0)20 7823 4240 Fax +44 (0)20 7823 4823 Email [email protected] Website www.smith-institute.org.uk Designed and produced by Owen & Owen 2006 Green_Shift_Text_V1.qxd 17/11/06 10:42 am Page 1 THE SMITH INSTITUTE the green shift: environmental policies to match a changing public climate Edited by Peter Bill Published by the Smith Institute ISBN 1 905370 13 X © The Smith Institute 2006 Green_Shift_Text_V1.qxd 17/11/06 10:42 am Page 2 THE SMITH INSTITUTE Contents Preface By Wilf Stevenson, Director, Smith Institute 3 Introduction Peter Bill, Editor of Estates Gazette 4 Chapter 1. Protecting and improving our environment Rt Hon Gordon Brown MP, Chancellor of the Exchequer 8 Chapter 2. Forging an environmental contract Rt Hon David Miliband MP, Secretary of State for the Environment, Food & Rural Affairs 18 Chapter 3. Preventing a catastrophe Professor Sir David King, Chief Scientific Adviser to the UK Government 24 Chapter 4. Setting credible targets Dr Dieter Helm, Fellow of New College, University of Oxford, and Member of the 30 Ministerial Task Force on Sustainable Development Chapter 5.
    [Show full text]
  • Judge Stefany Miley Disregards the Rule of Law in Kirstin Lobato's Case
    Why The Wall? Dirty Harry’s New Year’s Seven ways Obama is Because the US is greeting to the Bundys trying to sabotage the losing its sovereignty (See Larry Klayman’s column) Trump Administration PAGE 2 PAGE 14 PAGE 16 Volume 18, Issue 45 January 10, 2017 lasvegastribune.com Judge Stefany Miley disregards the rule of law in Kirstin Lobato’s case By Hans Sherrer assistance of counsel for failing to Court, the following happened: ing was scheduled for December 14 Special to the Las Vegas Tribune investigate and present forensic On December 1, 2016 a hearing to be presided over by Judge Miley. Clark County District Court evidence that the Supreme Court was scheduled for December 20 to On December 14, 2016 a hear- Judge Stefany A. Miley held a determined likely would have re- be presided over by District Court ing was held in Judge Miley’s court- hearing and issued orders in Kirstin sulted in her acquittal by her jury. Judge Kerry Earley. Then on De- room during which she “advised it Lobato’s habeas corpus case in Separately, the District Court was cember 7, 2016 Judge Earley re- was going to request Mr. Barrick for December 2016 when it was closed to consider issues related to new cused herself from Ms. Lobato’s re-appointment” as Ms. Lobato’s in the District Court. evidence she is actually innocent. case by stating: counsel in the District Court. A Ms. Lobato’s District Court That ruling wasn’t the end of her “As this Court is familiar with hearing was scheduled for January case was closed in August 2011 case in the Supreme Court.
    [Show full text]