Who’s to blame for climate change?
global warming is like the obesity epidemic. let's stop blaming individuals and start blaming the companies whose profits depend on it. — mark haddon (@mark_haddon)...
Whither the UK’s Green Economy now?
May 11, 2015
So it's the week after the week before. The Conservative Party defied all electoral lore and increased its control over Westminster, the first Tory majority since...
Is climate change like the Titanic?
May 1, 2015
I was interviewed about attitudes to climate change by my friend, colleague and fellow Belfast-born Anna-Lisa Mills yesterday. We got into a lengthy debate about...
Apocalypse When?
Apr 24, 2015
It was EarthDay on Wednesday – I'm not going to start another of my rants about the pointlessness of awareness hours/days/weeks, but how did it...
Not burning fossil fuels? It’s a piece of cake…
Apr 22, 2015
I'm a sucker for chocolate cake. You put a piece in my view and I want it. What's more, I'll probably eat it. I'm one of...
How the Manifestos Measure Up for Green Business
Apr 16, 2015
So, the UK election rumbles on and this week we had the Party manifestos. So what do the parties offer on sustainability? Trying to be...
How not to communicate climate change by the Guardian
Mar 18, 2015
The Guardian is undoubtedly the UK's best newspaper for covering environmental issues, so it was no surprise when outgoing Guardian Editor Alan Rusbridger made climate change...
Proof: We ARE winning the climate wars
Mar 16, 2015
Good news never hits the headlines – unless it's a famous person's baby – but on Friday the International Energy Agency announced that in 2014,...
The Comfort Zone of Doom
Mar 9, 2015
I'm reading 'Lean In' by Sheryl Sandberg - the Facebook COO's bright and breezy book on dealing with the disadvantages that women find in the...
Cheer Up! The planet may depend on it…
Feb 6, 2015
OK, the bad news - 2014 was the warmest year on record and carbon emissions are still rising. There's still a long, long way to...