Practising but not preaching - 20th December 2011

I really like this article from the Guardian Environment Network, which points out that some companies may have an impeccable environmental record in terms of their own performance, while simultaneously lobbying against progressive environmental legislation. The example they use is News Corporation, who have announced that they are ‘carbon neutral’, and regularly appear at the top of the rankings for (more…)

More on energy demand reduction - 16th December 2011

Great to see the Guardian covering my new pamphlet for Green Alliance today – there’s a link to the piece at the bottom of the post below.

Getting serious about energy demand: my new pamphlet for Green Alliance - 13th December 2011

I’m really pleased to have published my new Green Alliance pamphlet, Demanding Less: Why we need a new politics of energy. It has been great to collaborate with Nick Eyre, of the UK Energy Research Centre, who knows more than I could ever hope to know about energy demand. I wanted to write the pamphlet because it’s always struck me (more…)

Solar subsidies in perspective, or why government still spends more on the old than the new - 1st November 2011

Yesterday the Government announced drastic cuts in financial incentives for solar power through the Feed-in Tariff (FITs) system. Lots has been written about how problematic this decision is. How it creates conditions of chronic uncertainty for fledgling renewables businesses. How many of the 25000 people employed in the industry may now be facing redundancy. How its impacts will be felt (more…)