The Guardian is not alone this morning in reporting the latest report from theInternational Energy Agency The world’s existing climate policies will not be enough
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The spending tap is waiting to be turned on – my letter in the Guardian today
I have this letter in the Guardian this morning: Labour’s clear commitment to a £250bn “green transformation fund” correctly puts climate centre stage in this
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Why Green New Deal ISAs are shovel ready to fund our climate transformation
Reaction to the letter Caroline Lucas, Andrew Simms, Colin Hines (whose name was omitted in error) and I had in the FT yesterday was intriguing,
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Put the UK’s savings to good use for the future
I, with Caroline Lucas MP and Andrew Simms had this letter in the FT this morning. For some reason Colin Hines did not have his
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Carbon, tobacco and economists: a modern tale
A commentator on the blog, Robert Fox, offered the following tale in response to my post on carbon taxation. I thought it well worth sharing.
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Don’t trust the economic think tanks: there is ample to do with £100 billion of investment, and the resources to do it
The big news of the morning is that the economy hit the election headlines yesterday. It hardly featured in 2017. It has already done so
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People want zero carbon by 2030. It’s what the Green New Deal requires.
The Guardian reports this morning that: A majority of the UK public and almost half of Conservative voters support a radical plan to transform the
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Labour’s investment plans are a step in the right direction
As the FT has reported this morning: Britain’s Labour party is planning to more than double the amount it would borrow for capital spending in
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Carbon taxes and carbon pricing are not solutions to the climate crisis
I have for some time resisted writing about why I found the issues of carbon pricing and carbon taxation so difficult. I think the time
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