This is good from the Guardian, even if you ignore a brief appearance by me….
Ways to fund the Green New Deal
You can argue about buts of this, but it’s also not bad in two minutes. All it does not say is who will actually buy
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Climate change and the manifestos
In advance of tonight’s climate change election debate it’s worth summarising the manifesto state of play. In a nutshell it is this: Conservatives: Net zero
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If we’re serious about climate change we need compulsory accounting standards to require business to report on it
The following is reposted from the website of the Corporate Accountability Network, of which I am a director. I wrote this blog, the timing of
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Fiscal rules are not worth the paper they are written on
The Guardian has a feature on a claim by the Resolution Foundation this morning, saying: The thinktank warned in a report that Labour and the
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Research shows the Lucas / Lewis Green New Deal Bill is the best plan for tackling the climate crisis in the UK
I’m pleased to share the following from the University of Bournemouth. As a member of the Green New Deal Group I worked on the Decarbonisation
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The EU parliament plans to declare a climate emergency: another step on the way to a Green New Deal
Do you remember the EU? That place some are so desperate to leave? Whilst we are having an election no one really wants the EU
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Our future demands less road transport – but it’s roads that the Tories will invest in
This seems to be a fair summary of the Tory transport manifesto: Building ‘Northern Powerhouse Rail’ and investing in the ‘Midlands Rail Hub’ Making an
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The Tory manifesto treats the environment as an inconsequential irritation
I checked the Conservative Party website to see what they were saying in their manifesto on envirnmental issues. This is it: Environment We have pledged to
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