Reasons to be cheerful (pt 396)
Here's a selection of headlines from the last few days: Big Oil unexpectedly backing newest non-fossil fuels Big Oil abandons $2.5bn arctic drilling rights Saudi prince...
Turning ‘OR’ into ‘AND’ for sustainability
Mar 7, 2016
Years ago I was at a regional sustainability workshop and the facilitators made the mistake of giving each table a blank flipchart to list our...
Getting smart on smart grids
Mar 4, 2016
The Smart-grid has always been more talked about than done, but now the National Infrastructure Commission (NIC) has announced that the UK could save up to £8bn...
The silent green revolution
Feb 3, 2016
I saw the above graph on Carbon Tracker, and it tells a great story. Despite all the fossil fuel subsidies, erratic Government policies and powerful anti-renewables...
Look forward, not back, Mr Cameron
Jan 13, 2016
Twice in recent weeks, UK prime minister David Cameron has answered questions on green issues with a simple and superficially impressive statistic: 98% of solar panels...
Reasons to be cheerful (about green issues)
Oct 12, 2015
I had an old college chum over for dinner last week and we did a lot of reminiscing about our student days and the years...
Goldflush!
Sep 18, 2015
Something I missed earlier in the year was the discovery that when we sit on the toilet, we are literally sitting on a goldmine. US...
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%...
Sustainability in Portland, Oregon (Part III)
Jul 30, 2015
So I had my meeting with sustainability officials at the City Council of Portland, which is unlike any local Government I've come across before. It...
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....