March 7, 2024
Mainstream Climate Science: The New Denialism?
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…
February 5, 2024
CRUSHING DISSENT: TORIES, LABOUR AND MAINSTREAM NGOs ALL ON THE SAME PAGE
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…
January 4, 2024
From CoP 28 to CoP 29: The Road to Hell
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…
December 4, 2023
SO WHAT’S YOUR THEORY OF CHANGE?: COP 28 OR JUST STOP OIL?
The waves of phoney positivity emanating from CoP28 in Dubai are making me feel sick. “Look at our shiny new Loss and Damage Fund”. “Marvel at the new Emirates Declaration on…
December 1, 2023
Preventing an environmental disaster – in Faringdon!
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…
October 4, 2023
OPENING UP A SECOND FRONT AGAINST BIG AG
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…
July 11, 2023
Overpopulation and the End Times: the Silence Continues
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.…
June 28, 2023
ROSEBANK: THIS LYING GOVERNMENT’S WORST DECISION
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…
June 9, 2023
Caroline Lucas – A Personal Tribute
Caroline Lucas’s decision yesterday to step down at the next election came as a bit of a shock for the Green Party. After 13 years as an MP, 15 years as an MEP, 4 years as a…
April 16, 2023
Germany’s Nuclear Nous versus the UK’s Nuclear Nutters
I’m celebrating today – for the simple reason that Germany closed down its three remaining nuclear reactors on Saturday 15th April. I’ve followed the nuclear debate in Germany…