Environment
The Matt Ridley Prize is open to everyone
We’ve already had some entries for the £8,500 Matt Ridley Prize for Environmental Heresy, and an inquiry as to whether it’s open to non-British residents. Misunderstanding of science and environment… Continue reading
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Announcing the Matt Ridley Prize for Environmental Heresy
UPDATE: The 2012 Ridley Prize has now closed. The winning entry was the cover story in the 1 Sep edition of The Spectator. Matt Ridley has long deplored the wind… Continue reading
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The green squeeze
Bjorn Lomborg’s article on why Germany is cutting back on its support for solar power is well worth reading and has clear implication for this country’s debate about energy policy.… Continue reading
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An important intervention on energy policies, but will the Lib Dems pay attention?
The economist Dieter Helm is one of the few policy thinkers respected on both sides of the coalition. Oliver Letwin is a long-standing friend of his and Clegg’s office views… Continue reading
36 CommentsA slight change of heart on HS2?
There’s been an intriguing, if minor, development in the HS2 case this afternoon. The Guardian reports that the Department of Transport has miraculously found £500 million to spend on 1.5 miles… Continue reading
21 CommentsHow will Greening deal with the airports issue?
One Cabinet minister fretted to me yesterday about the implications of Justine Greening’s appointment as Secretary of State for Transport. Their worry was not Greening’s position on the Tory ideological… Continue reading
9 CommentsOsborne’s carbon conceits
George Osborne told a Conservative Party increasingly wary of expensive climate policies that Britain needs to "cut [its] carbon emissions no slower but also no faster than our fellow countries… Continue reading
16 CommentsEric’ll fix it
The papers report that Eric Pickles has beaten Caroline Spelman: bins will be collected on a weekly basis. Back in June, James reported how the DCLG and DEFRA were opposed… Continue reading
22 CommentsThe green threat to growth
Luciana Berger is a frequent speaker at this year’s conference and her creed is simple: tax energy use to tackle climate change. But, journey along the Mersey, from the glamorous fringe… Continue reading
39 CommentsTories hit back at Huhne and his policies
Chris Huhne can always be guaranteed to grate. Several Conservatives have cracked wry smiles at the energy secretary’s comments about the “Tory Tea Party tendency”. Mark Pritchard quipped that plenty… Continue reading
19 CommentsHuhne, the Lib Dems’ black comedian
Today we got the black comedy follow up to Sarah Teather’s stand-up routine. Chris Huhne is going to drive down our energy bills! For those of us wondering how families… Continue reading
16 CommentsHuhne pooh-poohs rising energy bills as ‘nonsense’
Chris Huhne was on the Andrew Marr show this morning. As you might expect on a day when the Sunday Telegraph broke the news that fuel bills will boom by 30… Continue reading
66 CommentsA missed opportunity to strengthen the Big Society in rural areas
David Cameron came into power promising to deliver the greenest government ever and this week the government published its Natural Environment White Paper. In his article on this site, Richard… Continue reading
16 CommentsValuing the natural world
Today, the government launched its Natural Environment White Paper. This document is a vision for how we value and use nature, now and in the future. The public was heavily… Continue reading
17 CommentsAnother European squabble looms
There is much excitement in Westminster at the moment about Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall’s campaign to end ‘discards’ under the Common Fisheries Policy. DEFRA and non-governmental organisations estimate that perhaps as much… Continue reading
25 CommentsMonbiot’s mission
George Monbiot is undergoing an astounding and very public transformation. Last week he overcame the habit of a lifetime and fully endorsed nuclear power as a safe energy source. He… Continue reading
35 CommentsThe cost to a nation
When the West looks at Japan, it’s strange that so much attention falls on the Japanese nuclear plants when the tsunami – water, mud and debris – was by far… Continue reading
14 CommentsWhen it comes to global warming, rational debate is what we need
We had a sell-out debate on global warming at The Spectator on Tuesday and, as I found out this morning, the debate is still going on. The teams were led… Continue reading
84 CommentsNuclear hysteria
The above Japanese video – explaining the nuclear accident to children — makes a lot more sense than many of the hysterical reports we have been reading in the last… Continue reading
25 CommentsA disaster film
And, meanwhile, William Hague and David Cameron have issued statements on the disaster. Here’s Hague: "My thoughts are with the people of Japan at this time. We are in contact… Continue reading
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