What an opportunity to drive decarbonisation and energy security
So we're into week 2 of the US/Israeli attack on Iran and the Strait of Hormuz is still blockaded. Oil and gas prices are continuing...
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...
If Sustainability is a sacrifice, you’re doing it wrong
Oct 15, 2025
It's about 30 months since we sold our family car. Do I miss it? Very occasionally. Certainly not day to day, or even week to...
Are the Unions getting in the way of the energy transition?
Oct 13, 2025
Big splash in the Guardian today as a trial blended 2% green hydrogen into the gas grid to feed a gas-fired power station. Green hydrogen,...
So, is nuclear power the future?
Jun 12, 2025
The big Net Zero announcement in yesterday's UK Spending Review was to press ahead with a new nuclear power station, Sizewell C, committing £14.2bn to...
What does zero impact on the environment really mean?
Mar 20, 2024
Yesterday I was at an ESG event when a delegate asked whether Net Zero meant zero people? Not being on the platform, I didn't get...
Ukraine and why we need to end the age of oil
Feb 28, 2022
About 18 years ago, Mrs K and I took the Trans-Siberian railway across Russia (technically, it was the Trans-Mongolian we rode). We had a wonderfully...
The State of Sustainability in the UK Party Conference Season
Oct 4, 2019
Every year I listen to the Leaders' speeches from the UK Party Conference season to analyse their commitment to Sustainability. I've long argued that leadership...
Nature ain’t cuddly and neither should we be
Jun 3, 2019
First day back in the saddle after our traditional half-term camping trip to Wooler, Northumberland. We tried to shake up the itinerary this year –...
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