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Climate Change and what we do – Truth and Lies
I wrote this for H&V News, and lots of people wrote to me saying that they agreed with my sentiments. It will be an interesting start to my weblog. Some truths are virtually self evident; one is...
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No tax relief for the environment
Governments are notoriously reluctant to change. Some months ago I was talking to a Treasury official about the best ways to incentivise microgeneration and solar thermal in particular. I explained...
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Green Taxes, reports gathering dust, and polluters that should pay
I decided in October last year to “blog” about the environment and have posted articles almost every day since then. I called this “Ideas for the Environment” because ideas about improving life...
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The great persuader and climate change policies
Someone who consults for JP Morgan Chase and Co and also for the Zurich Insurance Group is trying to persuade countries like China to drastically cut their carbon emissions. You may ask what JP Morgan...
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Some advice for the new Energy and Climate Change Minister
Gordon Brown’s reshuffle created a lot of headlines, mainly because he brought Mr Mandelson back into the Government fold, but the most important thing he announced was to create a Department of Energy...
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Climate change and government inaction
I do not often agree with the Energy Savings Trust, which I think tends to serve as an organisation that gets more public funding than it merits, having regard to its results, but When Phillp Sellwod,...
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Reporting on Climate Change
Nicholas Stern wrote a report a few years ago. Everyone praised it, not because it contained any illuminating insights or great original thinking; environmentalists have been making the points that Mr...
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