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A press release from the University of Bath came my way.  It concerned some environmental education research by the Milner Centre for Evolution. The headline said: Classroom environmental education doesn’t change attitudes - new research I thought this was a...

I see that Tony Blair has said that the public must not be asked to do a “huge amount” to tackle climate change.  His point was that Britain’s national efforts cannot contribute much to solving global warming.  He pointed out...

I cheered a little the other week when the Prime Minister said in Aberdeen that he intends to issue hundreds of new oil and gas licences for the North Sea, adding that "Even when we’ve reached net zero in 2050,...

John Barry – no not the John Barry the composer – gave the keynote address – labelled "a provocation" – on the final day of the GEEP Advisory Group Meeting.  As I noted yesterday, John is Professor of Green Political Economy in...

I last came to Queen's University in Belfast about 40 years ago.  I gave a talk on something or other and was persuaded against my better judgement to repeat the talk in the evening for a non-academic audience; that is,...

I'm in Belfast.  I was last here in the mid-1980s, somewhen.  It seems a different life, and certainly a different city.  To take around 40 years to revisit an important part of my own country seems, at best, thoughtless.  And...

... for I have sinned.  It is over 4 years since my last confession. On that occasion you'll remember I flew – by air – to Maderia, and now I have sinned again by flying to Belfast when I could...

The Guardian reports that groups including the RSPB, National Trust and the RSPCA have written to the prime minister, Rishi Sunak, who has signalled his willingness to back away from green policies should the Conservatives stand to benefit from it...

Walter Marshall was sometime Chair of the CEGB – the Central Electricity Generating Board – which was an organisation which did simply what its name implied.  Not only that, it was clearly seen being responsible for keeping the UK's lights...

Walking above Warminster on the edge of the military land that stretches away to Imber, a flash of mauve caught my eye. We were heading from the Battlesbury Hill fort to Scratchbury and maybe on to Heytesbury, walking on the...