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On being provoked by John Barry
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...
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Back to Queen's
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,...
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Belfast: the importance of elsewhere
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...
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Forgive me, Gaia, ...
... 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...
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Waiting to be mobilised
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...
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Remembering Walter Marshall
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...
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An Andy Stables Sort of Sky
I miss Andy Stables' wit, wisdom and insightfulness, and I thought of him last month as grandoffspring and I went pond dipping in the Cotswold Water Park. In particular, I thought of this paper: Stables, A 2001, 'Who drew the...
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Lacy Phalecia
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...
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The Poor and Net Zero
If you are an 'Unthinking Green' you're likely to subscribe to the notion that sustainability brings universal benefits; if you're a little less credulous, you'll be wont to acknowledge that there might be a few – a very few perhaps...
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Vandalism or Public Spirit
An anonymous 'rock artist', known it seems as The Borrowdale Banksy, has created a new slate structure in the Lake District. The Times noted that previous sculptures have been knocked down by what it terms "vandals". Hardly a Banksy, I'd...
