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OPENING UP A SECOND FRONT AGAINST BIG AG
Government,Sustainable Food,Farming,Food
October 4, 2023
It’s slightly scary to realise that once we’ve seen off the Evil Empire of Big Oil (and we will – but just not soon enough to avoid cataclysmic climate disruption), that there’s another Evil Empire lurking in plain sight which will also need to be seen off – just as fast as is politically possible.…
CLIMATE WARS: TREE-HUGGERS AND IDEOLOGUES!
July 20, 2023
James Watt, Ronald Reagan’s first Secretary of the Interior, died on May 27th. He was a hard man, and out-and-out, totally unapologetic ideologue. He hated US environmentalists almost as much as they hated him, describing them as “a left-wing cult which seeks to bring down the type of government I…
HONOURING MY AIR NEW ZEALAND WHANAU
Aviation,Climate Change,Net Zero
July 17, 2023
After nearly 8 years, I’ve just stepped down as Chair as Air New Zealand’s International Advisory Panel. I’ve loved every minute of it – apart from the Covid years.
Overpopulation and the End Times: the Silence Continues
July 11, 2023
Today is WORLD POPULATION DAY. I can absolutely guarantee it will be ignored by every single environmental and development organisation here in the UK – and by the Green Party. Frankly, I feel nothing but the deepest contempt for that continuing silence.
IT’S NOT EASY BEING DRAX!
Politics,Energy,Innovation,Pollution,Net Zero,BECCS
July 5, 2023
On April 21st, the first day of Extinction Rebellion’s ‘The Big One’, I just happened to be listening in to an ‘open mic’ session when a young man came to the microphone and launched into a full-on attack on Drax. Not on fossil fuels, or nuclear power, or the utterly useless bunch of Tories that…
ROSEBANK: THIS LYING GOVERNMENT’S WORST DECISION
June 28, 2023
The health of a nation's democracy depends on the trust we have in our elected representatives. For many politicians, lying is now the default position, and this Government is stuffed with Ministers who cannot bring themselves to tell the truth – including Michael Gove and every single Minister in…