Obama steps up, will the other world leaders?
Last week, Barack Obama sent out a clear message to the US and the world when he nixed the Keystone XL pipeline which would have...
The People’s Front of Sustainability? Splitters!
Oct 21, 2015
[Warning: this clip is much swearier than I remembered it - take care at work or in front of sensitive ears!] This week, veteran Green...
Capitalism, Obsolescence and the Planet…
Oct 16, 2015
Alas dear iPhone, I knew him so well... I've finally bitten the bullet and bought a new iPhone which I'm picking up tomorrow. This came...
Sustainability and the The UK’s Conference Season
Oct 8, 2015
Each year, I analyse the UK political leaders' conference speeches to gauge their party's commitment to green issues. My theory is that the leaders' speeches are a...
A surfeit of -isms? Eco-modernism, new environmentalism, pragmatic environmentalism
Sep 25, 2015
This week saw the launch of 'Eco-modernism' the brainchild of Mark Lynas and a host of other green thinkers. It pretty much fills the same space...
Al Gore, the CBI & Greenpeace: which big gun will make a difference?
Sep 23, 2015
The heavy artillery of the climate movement parked its tanks on the (metaphorical) lawn of the UK Chancellor this week. Al Gore, John Cridland of...
Who is going to champion the UK’s green industry now?
Sep 16, 2015
As the details of new Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn's shadow cabinet trickled out this week, I became increasingly depressed. Carolyn Flint, the existing Energy & Climate...
Solar subsidies must go… eventually
Aug 31, 2015
Just weeks after promising to "unleash a solar revolution", UK Energy & Climate Change Secretary Amber Rudd has announced the Government is considering a massive 87%...
When we need constancy on Climate Change, we get inconsistency
Aug 25, 2015
A slew of dissonant news items have hit our eyeballs in recent weeks: President Obama launching tough carbon reduction regulations for power stations, then approving oil drilling in the...
The problem with sustainability targets…
Jul 13, 2015
Recent events have reminded of that legendary, probably apocraphyl, letter from a bank manager to a spendthrift student: "We have increased your overdraft to £1,000....