Should we feed the clean energy trolls?
My LinkedIn algorithm is kicking up quite a few anti-Net Zero tracts at the minute. Needless to say, the vast majority come from people with...
Fossil fuel fail – give me some green tech
Jan 12, 2026
I'm writing this with a puffa jacket on and a blanket over my knees. Late on Saturday night, one of the coldest of the winter...
The Climate Blindspot: Why The Media (Largely) Ignores Climate Change
Jul 15, 2024
It was a real jolt to wake yesterday to videos of bullets whizzing past Donald Trump, miraculously only grazing him. Members of his audience were...
Pick your climate gurus with care
Sep 12, 2016
My regular paper is The Guardian, somewhat under sufferance ever since my previous favourite The Independent started to shrink in size and quality about a decade...
You’ve got to celebrate success in sustainability
Dec 10, 2014
On Friday night, my partner and I watched her hometown football team Blyth Spartans - a bunch of spirited part-timers - beat the full time...
News of the Screws and CSR
Jul 6, 2011
It's hard not to feel a bit of schadenfreude over the plight of the News of the World ex-editor now News International bigwig Rebekah Brooks...