I spend more time than ever in London these days experiencing the joys and thrills of grandparenting. No matter how fulfilling, however, it always leads to a bout of SILS – Spending Time In London Syndrome.
This is a deep psychological craving for fresh air (slightly tinged with an earthy aroma, with hints of manure and leaf litter overtones), fields with cows in, open skies and litter-free streets. It usually takes a day or two to recover.
It's a commonplace claim that the realisation of commercial nuclear fusion reactors is always around 20 years away. It seems to be no different today despite the huge increase in private sector cash flowing into development. What I didn't realise...
Did you see that Simon Stiell, executive secretary of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change, told an audience in London: “We have two years to save the world.” I didn't and am grateful to Dominic Lawson in The Times...
Here's a rather impassioned article from the Energy & Climate Intelligence Unit [ECIU] about the significance of the UK's ~1% on-shore [*] contribution to global emissions. It's the Tesco argument. It essentially says that although 1% is small compared with...