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Al Gore, the CBI & Greenpeace: which big gun will make a difference?

23rd September 2015

The heavy artillery of the climate movement parked its tanks on the (metaphorical) lawn of the UK Chancellor this week. Al Gore, John Cridland of...

Goldflush!

18th September 2015

Something I missed earlier in the year was the discovery that when we sit on the toilet, we are literally sitting on a goldmine. US...

Who is going to champion the UK’s green industry now?

16th September 2015

As the details of new Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn's shadow cabinet trickled out this week, I became increasingly depressed. Carolyn Flint, the existing Energy & Climate...

Being right isn’t enough

14th September 2015

You'd have to have the heart of Katie Hopkins not to be moved by the refugee crisis – a humanitarian disaster unfolding in front of...

Thinking Fast and Slow about Sustainability

11th September 2015

Years ago, I got into a lengthy, but pretty pointless e-mail argument about climate science. On paper, I had no chance. My opponent was a...

The Circular Economy Rules

9th September 2015

In the latest edition of Ask Gareth, I consider the Circular Economy concept and propose some rules of thumb for success. We are always after...

One photo beats a million statistics

7th September 2015

Last Thursday morning, with a lump in my throat, I finished the newspaper and folded it carefully. I didn't want the kids to see the pictures of...

If it looks like a SUV…

2nd September 2015

We've just bitten the bullet and bought a new family car. Having three kids needing car seats/boosters limited our options massively – few 5 seaters...

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