The FT reported this morning that: Reports and images from New York look and sound grim. But, this is in the country of climate change denial.
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True to form, Starmer is backing nuclear power because it’s the worst and most expensive option available
As the Guardian notes this morning: Is there no bad policy that Starmer will not now endorse? Nuclear is inherently dirty. It leaves waste behind
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The government can’t keep issuing green bonds and not say what they’re being used for
It is now more than a year since National Savings and Investments began issuing three-year ‘green’ savings bonds. The current offer is at a fixed
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We need changes in the savings market, but not by promoting more investment in shares
The FT features an interview with Rachel Reeves this morning in which the following is noted: I have some sympathy with Rachel Reeves desire to
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Will we ever see the change in consumer behaviour that climate change demands?
As the Guardian notes this morning: It would seem that just as St Augustine once prayed that he might be celibate, but not just yet,
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Carbon offsetting is just an excuse for inaction: real change to business processes is needed
I noted the Guardian reporting this week that: Adverts that claim products are carbon neutral using offsets are to be banned by the UK’s advertising
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What a President might say that a monarch cannot
I noted an excellent speech made by Irish President Michael Higgins late last week. Given at the 20th anniversary of the Irish think tank TASC,
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We can afford our public services, but not whilst we ignore the cost to the planet of the manufacturing sector
I have been musing on productivity over the weekend. The conclusions are at least fivefold. First, productivity measures are totally distorted. Those in manufacturing assume
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Do we trash the planet or have things we value, like the NHS? That is the question.
I mentioned yesterday that I was going to a model railway show. I duly did so, and greatly enjoyed myself. A thought, inevitably, occurred to
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