Are the Unions getting in the way of the energy transition?
Big splash in the Guardian today as a trial blended 2% green hydrogen into the gas grid to feed a gas-fired power station. Green hydrogen,...
Analysis: Sustainability in the UK Party Leaders’ Conference Speeches
Oct 8, 2025
It's that time of year again when the party faithful of each of the UK's political parties trek to a soulless conference centre, pull on...
Reaction to Ed Miliband’s Conference Speech on Net Zero
Oct 1, 2025
Ed Miliband, the UK's Energy and Net Zero Secretary, has become a whipping boy for both ends of the political spectrum. The right attack him...
Thoughts on the UK Green Party Leadership Election
Sep 3, 2025
In 2016 I was interviewed by a Newcastle University student for his final year dissertation. We got talking politics as he was the chair of...
Beware ‘Predatory Concerns’ over a Low Carbon Economy
Aug 13, 2025
When UK Leader of the Opposition Kemi Badenoch MP appeared on ITV’s Peston show a few months ago, co-presenter Anushka Asthana produced a series of...
“Think Global, Act Local” is as relevant today as it was in 1992
Jul 23, 2025
In May's local elections, anti-Net Zero party Reform UK took control of 10 UK Councils. This month the party has started to dismantle Net Zero...
Do we need a Climate Elvis?
Jun 16, 2025
Last week I had a coffee with Alex Slack of Everyturn, chewing the cud over the state of Sustainability. Alex relayed an anecdote about when...
Reform hits Reality – and Net Zero wins!
Jun 4, 2025
There has been much wailing in the environmental sector about the success of Reform UK in the recent local elections given the party's loud anti-Net...
What do the UK local election results mean for Net Zero?
May 6, 2025
Regular readers will know I’ve been an elected City Councillor here in Newcastle for 20 out of the last 21 years*. Normally at midnight on...
Mr Blair, you were the future once, now get out of the way of Net Zero
May 1, 2025
When Tony Blair made his ill-advised foray into the world of Net Zero last week, one of my various uncharitable thoughts was just how old...