September 2023

  • Brave new shivering world

    I have long thought that the scribblings of the green wonks at the Climate Change Committee need greater scrutiny that they routinely get.  That might be beginning to happen given the recent coverage of the Committee's Sixth Carbon Budget report....

  • Germany Watching

    It's good to keep an eye on Germany when it comes to climate and (de)industrialisation policy, particularly as the Greens are in power.  Well, they seem to be both in power and in opposition these days – see this from...

  • Biting the hand that feeds you

    I see that the RSPB is in the news again for all the wrong reasons – a twitter comment of course.  I understand that it has taken around £78m of funding from the government since 2018, with grants currently running...

  • When words don't mean what they say

    No one has a good word to say about air pollution as it can cause much misery, illness and even death – or, perhaps. more accurately, to be a significant contributor to all these. The Mayor of London's Office is...