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The Uxbridge Fallacy: How the UK’s political consensus on Net Zero was shattered

26th December 2025

Twixmas special podcast time! Walk off yesterday's excesses while listening to my exposition on why voters in the leafy North West London suburb of Uxbridge...

Merry Christmas Everyone!

22nd December 2025

Just a quick note to wish all our readers a wonderful festive break, however/whether you celebrate it, and I look forward to working with you...

Design the Sustainable Future You Want to See

19th December 2025

Earlier this year, I wrote 10 Rules for Corporate Sustainability to mark the 200th edition of The Low Carbon Agenda (yes, that’s 200…). The ebook...

Anti-Net Zero ain’t pro-industry…

17th December 2025

Earlier this week, I listened to a number of political journalists on Times Radio mull over an annoucement from UK Leader of the Opposition Kemi...

25 years ago this month, the UK’s clean energy revolution started – in Blyth

15th December 2025

On the wall of my office is a dreamy picture of two wind turbines taken by my friend, neighbour and photographer Jack Lowe - my...

The Year in Sustainability 2025 with Lucy Siegle and James Murray

12th December 2025

So, as 2025 draws to a close, was the year about the boom in clean energy or the long scream into the void of Net...

What I got wrong about low carbon energy…

10th December 2025

"Nobody listens to new music after the age of 35." was a statement I read as I turned 50 that made me die a little...

Could George Monbiot have inadvertently saved offsetting?

8th December 2025

Twenty years ago, I was on the board of Carbon Neutral North East (CNNE), a local charity that took carbon offsets from individuals and organisations...

Designing a better world with Vicky Lofthouse, EN:ABLE Sustainability

5th December 2025

My first ever Sustainability role was as a Research Assistant on the Design for Environment project at Newcastle University's Engineering Design Centre. I left the...

‘Calling out’ Sustainability misinformation doesn’t work (but it can be fun)

3rd December 2025

"Comment is free; facts are sacred." That quote is from CP Scott, Liberal MP and editor of the Guardian at the turn of the 20th...

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