The Tory election campaign had a bad start. Gaffe followed resignation followed gaffe. Rees-Mogg revealed his belief in his own superiority. Andrew Bridgen revealed his
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Bring climate change on to companies’ balance sheets
I had this letter in the FT this morning: Bring climate change on to companies’ balance sheets From Richard Murphy, City University, London, UK 5
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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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The failed carbon logic of Martin Wolf
Martin Wolf had an article published in the FT yesterday in which he argues that we need a carbon tax or emissions trading system with a
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Green QE has a future, but it will be hard without sustainable cost accounting
The FT has a report this morning under the title: Pushback and practicalities limit hopes for ‘green QE’ from ECB Green quantitative easing has come
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This election needs to be about the climate – because there is no bigger issue than it
The Guardian has reported this morning that: Labour, the Scottish National party and the Liberal Democrats have backed calls for a televised climate debate between
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Labour’s Warm Homes plan is spot on but they have to get the funding right
As the Guardian has noted: Labour has drawn up plans for what it claims would be the biggest overhaul of housing since the second world war,
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Aramco: a flotation too far that more than justifies anti-market sentiment
As is being widely reported, the world’s biggest ever stock exchange listing is to take place soon. It is of Aramco, the Saudi oil company.
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We can do without the wealthy, their taxes and the denial of opportunity that they represent
The rich are threatening to leave the UK, again. They won’t. They keep saying they will, but they never do. First, let’s note why they
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