Category Archives: Renewable Energy

Open Letter to David Cameron

Posted on April 4, 2016 by

29 March 2016 The Rt. Hon. David Cameron MP The Prime Minister 10 Downing Street London SW1A 2AA Dear Prime Minister, Whatever happened to the greenest government ever? Given my experience of working in environmental consultancy or regulation, I understand … Continue reading →

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It’s ‘Game Over’ for Fossil Fuels

Posted on January 19, 2016 by

I’d really like to think oil companies will soon admit the game is up: The extraction of fossil fuels is going to become increasingly financially uneconomic and socially unacceptable. After all, it is almost 4 months since Mark Carney said … Continue reading →

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Fracking off in Lancashire (and elsewhere?)

Posted on July 7, 2015 by

I know this is very late but, it is such significant moment, I feel I must comment on the recent decision of Lancashire County Council to refuse to allow fracking to proceed in their county. Never mind that their decision … Continue reading →

Posted in Climate Science, Denial, Economics, Environment, Ethics, Fossil Fuels, Hydraulic Fracturing, IPCC, James Delingpole, Merchants of Doubt, Politics, Renewable Energy | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | 2 Comments

A personal exchange of email with LEGO

Posted on July 23, 2014 by

In my original email to LEGO (via the Greenpeace website), I tried to be as brief as I could. Sadly, all I got was a generic reply that did not address the issues I was raising. Here is the correspondence … Continue reading →

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The Arctic 30 are back – please help Shell say no to Gazprom

Posted on May 1, 2014 by

Latest email from Greenpeace: Hi, Five months ago, they tried to silence us. They arrested our activists, and threw them in jail for peacefully protesting oil drilling in the Russian Arctic. The oil giants thought they could scare us away … Continue reading →

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BBC Panorama on the Energy Crisis in the UK

Posted on December 10, 2013 by

The BBC have very helpfully posted the recent Panorama programme ‘Energy Bills: Power Failure’ on YouTube (as embedded below). Presented by Tom Heap (who regularly does spots on CountryFile), it is very fair-minded and includes contributions from a wide range … Continue reading →

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James Lovelock stuck between a rock and a hard place

Posted on October 8, 2013 by

Although much delayed and interrupted by other stuff, this is now the third part of my review of The Revenge of Gaia, as published by James Lovelock in 2006. The first and second parts were published on this blog last … Continue reading →

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