The FT has reported this morning that: Wind, solar and other types of renewable power will overtake coal to become the world’s top source of
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Phasing out fossil fuels will require much more investment than the G7 says
The phasing out of fossil fuels by 2100 has been announced by the G7. The issue is, of course, dependent upon investment and as the
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Green QE in the Guardian
From the letters page of the Guardian this morning: In his analysis article (The icebergs are outnumbering the lifeboats, 1 June) Larry Elliott rejects the lifeboat
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Who has benefited most from the government bail outs of the economy since 2008?
Who has benefited most from the government bail outs of the economy since 2008? I think that question is easily answered by the FT this
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The OECD can’t just talk about climate change: its governments have to invest in tackling it
I noted that the OECD published a comment from the Dutch Prime Minster on its web site yesterday. He was writing in his capacity as
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Green QE: a response to Frances Coppola
Frances Coppola, who is a well respected commentator on banking issues, has issued a response to my comment piece in Holyrood magazine on green infrastructure quantitative
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Half a Green New Deal from Labour
Labour’s Green Manifesto commits it to some key aspects of what I have long called the Green New Deal. As it says: The next Labour
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Is the SNP talking about using quantitative easing to fund investment?
The SNP manifesto includes strong commitments to investment in thew Scottish economy, including via the Green Investment Bank and a Scottish Development Bank. What intrigues
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Right-to-buy is wrong in every way imaginable
The morning’s headlines will be dominated by the Tories plan to extend the ‘right-to-buy’ scheme to housing association tenants. Reports suggests that up to 1.3
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