During my absence from blogging yesterday the government approved the Rosebank oilfield. Let the stress, this does not mean that this oilfield will now progress.
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What will the UK do with its internal cimate refugees?
I had to go to the Fenland village of Somersham to get a Covid vaccine yesterday. Why the NHS directed me there, I do not
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Sunak heads for the the gutter as Packham takes the lead: a tale of two climate interventions
I watched two people talk about climate change on television yesterday. One was Rishi Sunak. The other was Chris Packham. One of them told the
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Sunak talked total nonsense about climate change today, all of which is down to his seeking short term political gain by doing so contrary to everything he said
I tweeted throughout Sunak’s speech this afternoon. This is what I had to say but you will have to read from the bottom up, I
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Sunak will retreat on climate change, with Labour’s tacit consent. It will be for those who will be impacted to protest.
As the Guardian has noted: Rishi Sunak is planning to row back on some of the government’s net zero policies that impose a direct cost
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Securonomics, the right way
My friend, Green New Deal colleague and Finance for the Future partner, Colin Hines, has this letter in the Guardian this morning: Rachel Reeves deludes
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Gove proves the Tories are still on the side of big money when it comes to the environment
As many report this morning, and as summarised by Politico in its morning email (which I recommend): Leveling-Up Secretary Michael Gove is set to announce
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Neoclassical economists are the last people to listen to on climate change
I read this post by my Green New Deal colleague, and friend, Ann Pettifor, yesterday, and with her permission, I share it here because it
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There are Tories mad enough to promote a referendum on climate change
I found myself utterly bemused by this tweet: https://twitter.com/telegraph/status/1692055830911177209?s=66&t=fQEnD35XLiGihXLT1M1wyA I know that Brexit was used to give the elderly the chance to well and truly
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