How data gets cherry-picked in the carbon culture wars
Across the world, men average 5 inches taller than women, but the distribution bell curves overlap (see above). This means you can get cases which...
Podcast: Burn’em, Baby, Burnham, North Sea Realities and What’s Up With the Oil Markets?
Jul 17, 2026
In the latest of our 4-weekly round up of news and views on Sustainability, I consider what the incoming new British Prime Minister Andy Burnham...
Beware Climate Cakeism – in Politics *and* Management!
Jul 13, 2026
On Friday, I heard Andrew Bowie MP, a shadow Minister for Energy and Net Zero commenting on reports that leader of the opposition Kemi Badenoch...
Why are we paying pensioners to heat draughty homes?
Jul 2, 2026
When the political obituaries of outgoing UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer and Chancellor Rachel Reeves are written, their botched attempt to remove the 'winter fuel...
Starmer, Burnham, Miliband and the future of Net Zero in the UK
Jun 22, 2026
Just as I started writing this, the Prime Ministerial podium was wheeled out onto the tarmac of Downing Street. Keir Starmer duly emerged to announce...
Podcast: The Strait jacket loosens, more energy records fall and who asked Tony Blair?
Jun 19, 2026
In the latest of our 4-weekly round up of news and views on Sustainability, I look at the prospects for the re-opening of the Strait...
What does ‘ideological’ mean in terms of climate change?
Jun 8, 2026
'Ideological' is a word that's often flung at UK Energy and Net Zero Secretary Ed Miliband, a 'soft left' Labour MP while he attempts to...
The problem with ‘Net Zero’
Jun 2, 2026
Back when I was writing our Net Zero for Business course, I listed the pros and cons of Net Zero as a concept. The third...
Oh Tony… analysis of the ex-Prime Minister Blair’s latest intervention
May 27, 2026
Former UK Prime Minister Tony Blair has written an essay on what's wrong with the UK, one of the headlines of which has been reported...
Lessons on Political Leadership and Sustainability Part 2
May 26, 2026
Last week, I reflected on lessons from my first seven years as a Newcastle City Councillor when I was Deputy Cabinet Member for Environment and...