This morning the Business and Energy Select Committee has issued a report staying: In 2008 the Green New Deal Group, of which I am a
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We need a Green New Deal, more than ever
Before getting Covid last week I met with some members of the Green New Deal Group to discuss strategy. The sad conclusion was that no
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The FTSE 100’s audits and climate change: a sorry tale of the Big 4 ducking the issue
Growing concerns about the impact of climate-change on business performance have increased demand for greater climate-related disclosures at large companies. The quality of those disclosures,
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What can we do about a government that is in denial of climate change? Very little, except boot them out.
As the Guardian notes this morning: The government is failing to enact the policies needed to reach the UK’s net zero targets, its statutory advisers
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The oil companies are saying they’ll quit UK oil exploration, which is great news
I was pleased to read this in the FT: UK oil and gas producers on Thursday warned Rishi Sunak, the chancellor, that his new windfall
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Why are we spending £3.7 billion a year subsidising ISAs when there is no return to the country for doing so?
The government has published new savings statistics this week, including this chart and accompanying notes: Note that the data is already considerably dated. But even
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Of course the Tories have to lie: their beliefs and actions are in fundamental and inevitable conflict with each other
I posted this thread on Twitter this morning: We know we have a government that lies. We know it is corrupt. And its big new
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The Tory climate sceptics might need to rethink
A think tank called Onward is generally seen as right-wing and Tory leaning. In that case, its finding on green issues are interesting. In polling
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The International Financial Reporting Standards Foundation is failing society with its proposals on accounting for climate change
I noted that the International Financial Reporting Standards Foundation had issued, through its International Sustainability Standards Board, two new standards on accounting for environmental change
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