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The post-Paris scene, part 1: the Zayed Future Energy Prize
January 20, 2016
Back in Abu Dhabi for the ninth World Future Energy Summit, and the eighth Award Ceremony for the Zayed Future Energy Prize, which I’ve been involved in from the start as a member of the Selection Committee. As ever, despite all the inevitable ambiguities in celebrating the world of sustainable…
#KeepItClean !
November 3, 2015
Check out the new #KeepItClean campaign from Salt Magazine: http://www.wearesalt.org/vivienne-westwood-and-salt-launch-keepitclean-campaign-2/ - a series of open letters and videos urging George Osborne to reinstate support for clean energy. Follow the campaign on Twitter: @SALT_now……
Meltdown for Pro-Nuclear Environmentalists
October 19, 2015
I wonder what our pro-nuclear greenies will be thinking this week as they listen to President Xi Jinping and George Osborne bombastically declaring ‘a new nuclear dawn for the UK’. I hope they’ll be feeling as ashamed as they should be. It may be just a little harsh to blame the meltdown in UK…
Hinkley C: ‘The Most Expensive White Elephant in British History’
October 15, 2015
The latest instalment in George Osborne’s personally-authored potboiler, the Hinkley Point F***** (think ‘Fiasco’!) will be published sometime around October 20th to mark the visit of Chinese President Xi Jinping. Anticipate another announcement about UK/Chinese nuclear collaboration; another…
Is the Nuclear Industry the Least Innovative Industry in the World?
July 15, 2015
Today sees the publication of the annual World Nuclear Industry Status Report. As a long-term and very engaged participant in the nuclear debate, I’ve absorbed each WNISR with careful attention – and huge admiration. The quality of the research and the level of detail is astonishing, and because…
The Slow but Assured Death of UK Renewables
July 13, 2015
Things go from bad to worse on the renewable energy front. 1. Even those who are accustomed to George Osborne’s hostility to the renewables industry were astonished by his announcement in the Budget on Wednesday that renewable energy would no longer be exempt from the Climate Change Levy – this…