Voilà ce qu’on peut lire dès à présent sur le DAS (blog du groupe Radiohead) :

..après une longue journée très chargée à faire des interviews, je sens que ma tête va exploser et que mon cerveau a été remplacé par un vide sidéral… est ce normal docteur ? 

« mouaiiiii, c’est zasssez normal.. »

En tout cas, merci à tout ceux qui continuent à me motiver pour faire des choses comme IN RAINBOWs et ce qu’on avait déjà fait.

J’ai entendu aujourd’hui que le premier ministre britannique, de son nom gordon, a finalement arrêté de glander et décidé de parler du changement climatique comme une « incroyable vérité »

Ce qui, en tant que bénévole avec les Friends of the Earth et avec la campagne visant à ce qu’enfin une bonne loi passe au Royaume Uni pour faire QUELQUE CHOSE rapidement, est (au moins superficiellement) une Bonne chose…

Pour l’amour de tous les gens qui ont participé à la campagne et qui ont écrit des lettres, j’espère que cela signifie vraiment quelque chose…

Car jusqu’à maintenant, il y a beaucoup de pas beaucoup…

S’il y a une loi et bien nous aurons tous à agir. Imaginez qu’il y ait une loi similaire aux USA ? en Australie ? au Japon ? et bien il y aura une énorme réflexion qui se propagera… peut être voudra t elle aller dans la bonne direction…

Suis-je en train de rêver? Je ne suis pas le seul. (hm..)

Voila ce que les Friends of the Earth ont à vous dire si vous êtes intéressés.

love  thom

S’ensuit le message de Friends of the Earth, que nous vous retransmettons tel quel, sans traduction, à la fois par fainéantise, mais aussi par peur de ne pas être aussi juste que leurs propos initiaux :

Gordon Brown’s pledge to make Britain a world leader in tackling climate change has been welcomed today by Friends of the Earth. But the environmental campaign group said his words must now be matched by urgent action to cut UK carbon dioxide emissions, which have risen since Labour came to power. This must include a comprehensive review of all Government policies and strengthening its proposals for a new law to cut UK carbon dioxide emissions, which is due to be discussed by Parliament next week.

"After a summer of lobbying, wriggling, and confusion, the?Government’s apparent change of heart on renewable power is fantastic news, but will only be credible if new policies emerge to actually meet targets. Britain lags a long way behind most of our European neighbours on renewable power, despite having the greatest wind, wave and tidal resource in Europe. We should be able to contribute our fair share of the EU-wide renewable?energy commitment and source at least 20% of our energy from?renewables by 2020."

Friends of the Earth is calling on the Government to take urgent action on climate change including:

Strengthening proposals for a new climate change law.

Following a campaign led by Friends of the Earth through The Big Ask climate campaign (www.thebigask.com), the Government has agreed to introduce a new law to tackle climate change. This will be the first national legislation anywhere in the world to set legally-binding targets for cutting carbon dioxide emissions. Friends of the Earth says it must be strengthened to ensure a cut of at least 80 per cent in emissions by 2050, include pollution from Britain’s share of international aviation and shipping, and set annual milestones to ensure that we stay on track. The bill is due to be discussed in Parliament next week and could be law within six months.

http://www.foe.co.uk/resource/press_releases/climate_change_bill_friend_29102007.html

2. Boosting renewables, including

* Expanding offshore wind tenfold by 2020
* Rolling out CHP and micro-renewables to homes, community and?public buildings – through grants, public procurement and a feed-in?tariff to guarantee a premium price for the electricity they?generate.?
* Backing projects to demonstrate the potential of promising?technologies such as vertical axis offshore wind turbines and tidal?lagoons
* Increasing by tenfold research and development into new? technologies – such as wave, solar, and energy storage, and?transmission technologies, such as hydrogen fuel cells and advanced?cables.
* Championing major international renewable infrastructure?projects – including concentrated solar power (CSP) in North?Africa; offshore wind in the North Sea; and an extensive high- voltage direct current grid so that renewable electricity can be distributed across Europe and?surrounding regions.

3. Surface transport
The Government must tackle climate change from transport. This should include scrapping motorway-widening schemes and increasing investment in public transport and other low-carbon transport solutions.

4. Aviation

Plans to allow airports to expand should be frozen and more must be done to make the cost of flying reflect the environmental damage that it causes. Greater investment in rail could make this an attractive alternative to short-haul flights.

5. Budgetary measures are required to make it easier and cheaper for people to go green

yip.