The view from under my duvet…
First blog for a bit – last week I was walloped by what I thought was a bit of a cold at first, but escalated...
As gas prices soar again, are renewables really ‘unpredictable’?
Mar 4, 2026
It's hard to think about anything other than the crisis in the Gulf (I tried, reader, but I failed). The main domestic manifestation is a...
Conflict, Energy Security and the ‘Paradox of Plenty’
Mar 2, 2026
Following the US/Israeli attack on Iran on Friday, shipping through the Straits of Hormuz has ground to halt as Iran and its proxies hit back...
There is Power in a Union, but is it Clean Power?
Feb 11, 2026
Back in the mists of time, as callow trainee civil servant, I used to get shunted around the country to various locations to gain experience....
Net Zero and events, dear boy, events
Jan 5, 2026
Last Friday, I released my annual predictions episode of the podcast, and then over the weekend, Donald Trump sends special forces into Venezuela to arrest/kidnap...
The Uxbridge Fallacy: How the UK’s political consensus on Net Zero was shattered
Dec 26, 2025
Twixmas special podcast time! Walk off yesterday's excesses while listening to my exposition on why voters in the leafy North West London suburb of Uxbridge...
Anti-Net Zero ain’t pro-industry…
Dec 17, 2025
Earlier this week, I listened to a number of political journalists on Times Radio mull over an annoucement from UK Leader of the Opposition Kemi...
The Year in Sustainability 2025 with Lucy Siegle and James Murray
Dec 12, 2025
So, as 2025 draws to a close, was the year about the boom in clean energy or the long scream into the void of Net...
The Budget and the Low Carbon Transition
Dec 1, 2025
Last week's UK Budget wasn't half as grim as many expected so, almost inevitably, Chancellor Rachel Reeves is getting in the neck for allegedly exaggerating...
COP30: Turkeys don’t vote for Christmas, but Christmas comes anyway
Nov 24, 2025
So, another COP, another few steps forward but skirting carefully around the elephant in the room: the burning of fossil fuels. A huge effort by...