Both Sides of the Treasury's Coin
I've been at Leeds Royal Armouries today at an event run by the Major Energy Users Council. I hate being at a venue like this...
Musings on the Carbon Plan
Mar 11, 2011
I leafed through the UK Government's new Carbon Plan on the train to Birmingham on Wednesday. The plan brings together a whole raft of initiatives...
The Politics of Oil
Mar 7, 2011
This weekend the global oil situation finally made its way onto the front pages of the UK press with, for example, The Guardian's report on...
Ignore the Cancun Cacophony of Doom
Dec 13, 2010
So, Cancun produced something after all. Not an awful lot, it has to be said, but there is a definite narrowing of the agenda to...
Does blue + yellow = green business?
May 13, 2010
This week the UK has entered unfamiliar political territory with the Conservatives and the Liberal Democrats forming the first coalition Government since the war. As a Lib Dem myself, I felt extremely worried at first, later moving to a state of mere wariness, but in the clear light of day now I am very pleased with the sheer number of LD policies which look as if they’re getting onto the statute book.
So, how does the deal stack up from a green business point of view?
Where does the environment feature in the election?
May 5, 2010
We're on the brink of a UK General Election which has been more uncertain than any in recent years. I must declare an interest here...