Look forward, not back, Mr Cameron
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....
A week’s a long time in (climate) politics pt2
Jul 10, 2015
Last week, watching him deputise for the PM at Prime Minister's Questions, I was pleasantly surprised by Chancellor George Osborne making some quite strong pledges...
A week’s a long time in (climate) politics
Jun 19, 2015
It's been quite a week in terms of political positioning on climate change. One of the most interesting statements came from UK Chancellor George Osborne...
Apocalypse When?
Apr 24, 2015
It was EarthDay on Wednesday – I'm not going to start another of my rants about the pointlessness of awareness hours/days/weeks, but how did it...
Proof: We ARE winning the climate wars
Mar 16, 2015
Good news never hits the headlines – unless it's a famous person's baby – but on Friday the International Energy Agency announced that in 2014,...