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Mainstream Climate Science: The New Denialism?
Climate Change,Government,Society,Politics,Young People,COP27
March 7, 2024
This is a bit of a long one! So here’s my “Executive Summary” so you can decide whether to commit the time to the rest of it: mainstream climate scientists run the risk of becoming the new climate deniers.
More than £28bn: Chronic Political Failure in Tragic Times.
Climate Change,Politics,Energy
February 22, 2024
Now that the dust has settled after the Labour Party junked its commitment (on 8th February) to £28bn a year of new investment in the UK’s green economy, it’s worth reflecting on what this tells us about climate politics in the UK over the next couple of years. It’s not pretty.
CRUSHING DISSENT: TORIES, LABOUR AND MAINSTREAM NGOs ALL ON THE SAME PAGE
Climate Change,Government,Society,Politics,Young People
February 5, 2024
First they came for Just Stop Oil; then they came for radical environmentalists; then they came for members of the National Trust, the RSPB, and WWF. But there was no one left to speak for them. I know I shouldn’t be, but I’m astonished at the lack of concern/interest on the part of “mainstream…
UK’S NUCLEAR OBSESSIONS KILL OFF ITS NET ZERO STRATEGY
Uncategorized,Politics,Energy,Nuclear,Net Zero
January 18, 2024
After 14 years of Tory mismanagement, the UK finds itself bereft of an energy strategy. This was finally confirmed in the release last week of the Government’s new Nuclear Roadmap. At one level, it’s just the same old, same old, the latest in a very long line of PR-driven, more or less fantastical…
From CoP 28 to CoP 29: The Road to Hell
Government,Politics,Net Zero,COP27
January 4, 2024
CoP 28 limped to its predictably calamitous conclusion on December 13th. The heavily spun headline (“historic breakthrough”) quickly dribbled away into the sands of Dubai, to be replaced by more “balanced” commentaries from governments, businesses and some mainstream NGOs. Three weeks on, even that…
Preventing an environmental disaster – in Faringdon!
Government,Society,Politics,Housing,Net Zero
December 1, 2023
This blog is actually about the shenanigans of an otherwise non-descript little Council (step forward Faringdon Town Council!) which is clearly intent on winning some kind of award for Sustained Environmental Vandalism! But first, a bit of background on planning in general. Back in September, I…