<![CDATA[policy and politics blog RSS feed]]> en-gb Wed, 03 Nov 2010 19:12:42 +0100 <![CDATA[Blog: Solar storm in a tea cup]]> Fri, 25 May 2012 19:00:43 +0100 35917 35917 <![CDATA[Blog: A Bee-less breakfast]]> Wed, 23 May 2012 19:00:43 +0100 35890 35890 <![CDATA[Blog: Thoughts on Mayor Boris Johnson]]> Mon, 14 May 2012 19:00:43 +0100 35777 35777 <![CDATA[Blog: Book review of Green Philosophy by Roger Scruton]]> Thu, 03 May 2012 19:00:43 +0100 35739 35739 <![CDATA[Blog: London's next mayor: it matters who wins]]> Thu, 26 Apr 2012 19:00:43 +0100 35631 35631 <![CDATA[Blog: George and the Dragon: public backs clean British energy]]> Mon, 23 Apr 2012 19:00:43 +0100 35617 35617 <![CDATA[Blog: Cuadrilla eunt domus]]> Fri, 30 Mar 2012 19:00:43 +0100 35431 35431 <![CDATA[Blog: Full steam ahead for oil and gas]]> Fri, 30 Mar 2012 19:00:43 +0100 35424 35424 <![CDATA[Blog: George Osborne's Budget undermines Sport Relief]]> Fri, 30 Mar 2012 19:00:43 +0100 35423 35423 <![CDATA[Blog: Early problems for Government's dash for gas]]> Wed, 28 Mar 2012 19:00:43 +0100 35372 35372 <![CDATA[Blog: Ed Davey - giving grandfathers a bad name]]> Thu, 22 Mar 2012 19:00:43 +0100 35308 35308 <![CDATA[Blog: English Heritage and wind farms]]> Mon, 19 Mar 2012 19:00:43 +0100 35236 35236 <![CDATA[Blog: Money for nothing? ]]> Mon, 19 Mar 2012 19:00:43 +0100 35227 35227 <![CDATA[Blog: I'm dreaming of a green Budget]]> Fri, 16 Mar 2012 19:00:43 +0100 35213 35213 <![CDATA[Blog: Wave good-bye to the Greenland Ice Sheet?]]> Wed, 14 Mar 2012 19:00:43 +0100 35148 35148 <![CDATA[Dash for gas is high-carbon dead end street]]> Wed, 14 Mar 2012 19:00:43 +0100 35130 35130 <![CDATA[Blog: Move it or rue it: why it makes sense to switch your cash]]> Tue, 13 Mar 2012 19:00:43 +0100 35122 35122 <![CDATA[Blog: Nanotechnology - proceed with caution]]> Thu, 01 Mar 2012 19:00:43 +0100 35012 35012 <![CDATA[Blog: Occupying minds: it's time to move our economy forward]]> Wed, 29 Feb 2012 19:00:43 +0100 34997 34997 <![CDATA[Blog: Court on a loop: Government appeals solar ruling (again)]]> Wed, 22 Feb 2012 19:00:43 +0100 34947 34947 <![CDATA[Blog: The bad business of biofuels]]> Thu, 02 Feb 2012 19:00:43 +0100 34774 34774 <![CDATA[Blog: Nonsense on stilts: Policy Exchange's numbers don't add up, again.]]> Wed, 25 Jan 2012 19:00:43 +0100 34709 34709 <![CDATA[Blog: George has got it wrong on Feed-in Tariffs]]> Wed, 25 Jan 2012 19:00:43 +0100 34707 34707 <![CDATA[Blog: Why the Green Deal will fail on fuel poverty]]> Tue, 24 Jan 2012 19:00:43 +0100 34701 34701 <![CDATA[Blog: What Lord Lawson didn't tell you about shale gas]]> Tue, 24 Jan 2012 19:00:43 +0100 34688 34688 <![CDATA[Blog: Friends sometimes differ (on high-speed rail and solar)]]> Mon, 16 Jan 2012 19:00:43 +0100 34580 34580 <![CDATA[Blog: Being green is good for economies of UK cities says study ]]> Thu, 12 Jan 2012 19:00:43 +0100 34566 34566 <![CDATA[Blog: Review of Sustainable Materials with both eyes open]]> Mon, 19 Dec 2011 19:00:43 +0100 34211 34211 <![CDATA[Blog: Life's a gas?]]> Thu, 15 Dec 2011 19:00:43 +0100 34178 34178 <![CDATA[Blog: Dismantling the poppycock]]> Thu, 15 Dec 2011 19:00:43 +0100 34160 34160 <![CDATA[Blog: What next after Durban?]]> Mon, 12 Dec 2011 19:00:43 +0100 33822 33822 <![CDATA[Blog: Hundreds protest inside UN climate talks to stand by Africa and small islands]]> Sat, 10 Dec 2011 19:00:43 +0100 33810 33810 <![CDATA[Blog: Durban climate talks: 24 hours to close the gap]]> Thu, 08 Dec 2011 19:00:43 +0100 33800 33800 <![CDATA[Blog: Durban and London: The 99 per cent demanding climate justice]]> Wed, 07 Dec 2011 19:00:43 +0100 33798 33798 <![CDATA[Blog: The Great Disruption - a book review]]> Fri, 02 Dec 2011 19:00:43 +0100 33724 33724 <![CDATA[Blog: Climate dept invent new energy toy]]> Wed, 30 Nov 2011 19:00:43 +0100 33703 33703 <![CDATA[Blog: The Chancellor shows his true colours]]> Wed, 30 Nov 2011 19:00:43 +0100 33700 33700 <![CDATA[Blog: Durban beyond Dirty Energy?]]> Wed, 30 Nov 2011 19:00:43 +0100 33699 33699 <![CDATA[Blog: Bang the drums and wave the flags: the Caravan of Hope is in Durban]]> Tue, 29 Nov 2011 19:00:43 +0100 33698 33698 <![CDATA[Blog: Friends of the Earth International decends on Durban]]> Tue, 29 Nov 2011 19:00:43 +0100 33695 33695 <![CDATA[Blog: Looking for the Churchill of climate change.]]> Tue, 29 Nov 2011 19:00:43 +0100 33671 33671 <![CDATA[Blog: Resource revolution needs more than just price signals ]]> Fri, 25 Nov 2011 19:00:43 +0100 33590 33590 <![CDATA[Blog: Astounding disconnect between science and economics of climate change, say leading researchers ]]> Wed, 16 Nov 2011 19:00:43 +0100 33362 33362 <![CDATA[Blog: Bio-fuelling extinction ]]> Tue, 15 Nov 2011 19:00:43 +0100 33353 33353 <![CDATA[Blog: A new word drills its way into our consciousness]]> Tue, 15 Nov 2011 19:00:43 +0100 33350 33350 <![CDATA[Obama has finally done the right thing on tar sands, so why won't we?]]> Fri, 11 Nov 2011 19:00:43 +0100 33324 33324 <![CDATA[Blog: Dodgy digits in the fight against renewables]]> Mon, 07 Nov 2011 19:00:43 +0100 33281 33281 <![CDATA[Blog: Energy access gaining momentum - but is it going the right way?]]> Tue, 18 Oct 2011 19:00:43 +0100 32963 32963 <![CDATA[Blog: Our energy bills are fossil-fuelled]]> Mon, 17 Oct 2011 19:00:43 +0100 32945 32945 <![CDATA[Blog: UK in Robin Hood Tax blunder?]]> Fri, 30 Sep 2011 19:00:43 +0100 32792 32792 <![CDATA[Blog: Energy-Intensive Industry - a helping hand, not a hand-out]]> Fri, 30 Sep 2011 19:00:43 +0100 32775 32775 <![CDATA[Blog: Freedom - to drive as fast as I want]]> Fri, 30 Sep 2011 19:00:43 +0100 32761 32761 <![CDATA[Blog: Should ecocide be a crime?]]> Wed, 28 Sep 2011 19:00:43 +0100 32727 32727 <![CDATA[Blog: Is a fair transition to a low carbon economy possible?]]> Fri, 23 Sep 2011 19:00:43 +0100 32683 32683 <![CDATA[Blog: Have you got a rubbish attitude? ]]> Wed, 21 Sep 2011 19:00:43 +0100 32675 32675 <![CDATA[Blog: Chris Huhne - still much to prove]]> Tue, 20 Sep 2011 19:00:43 +0100 32659 32659 <![CDATA[Blog: Is it too late to stop dangerous climate change?]]> Tue, 20 Sep 2011 19:00:43 +0100 32641 32641 <![CDATA[Blog: Councils and climate: good things come to those who huff and puff]]> Tue, 20 Sep 2011 19:00:43 +0100 32636 32636 <![CDATA[Blog: Cooling the planet through aerosols - mad, bad and dangerous]]> Tue, 13 Sep 2011 19:00:43 +0100 32536 32536 <![CDATA[Blog: Does the Arctic melt matter?]]> Mon, 12 Sep 2011 19:00:43 +0100 32529 32529 <![CDATA[Blog: What's really hiking up our energy bills? ]]> Tue, 06 Sep 2011 19:00:43 +0100 32496 32496 <![CDATA[Blog: Deregulation rule is gimmick]]> Fri, 02 Sep 2011 19:00:43 +0100 32459 32459 <![CDATA[Blog: Review of Repowering Communities by Tindale and Vaze]]> Tue, 30 Aug 2011 19:00:43 +0100 32419 32419 <![CDATA[Blog: How far in the name of climate: threat of jail doesn't stop Tar Sands protestors]]> Tue, 23 Aug 2011 19:00:43 +0100 32389 32389 <![CDATA[Blog: Welcome to the food rollercoaster - enjoy the ride! ]]> Tue, 23 Aug 2011 19:00:43 +0100 32386 32386 <![CDATA[Blog: Grumpy passengers demand Government action over rail fare hikes]]> Thu, 18 Aug 2011 19:00:43 +0100 32334 32334 <![CDATA[Blog: Green travel - are we in reverse gear?]]> Thu, 04 Aug 2011 19:00:43 +0100 32216 32216 <![CDATA[Blog: Review of The God Species by Mark Lynas]]> Wed, 03 Aug 2011 19:00:43 +0100 32203 32203 <![CDATA[Blog: Labour's wasted years in numbers]]> Thu, 28 Jul 2011 19:00:43 +0100 32134 32134 <![CDATA[Houdini act now needed to escape from high-carbon lock-in]]> Thu, 21 Jul 2011 19:00:43 +0100 32029 32029 <![CDATA[Blog: Why have Friends of the Earth joined the Healthy Air Campaign?]]> Mon, 18 Jul 2011 19:00:43 +0100 31981 31981 <![CDATA[Blog: Fuel Poverty shock]]> Fri, 15 Jul 2011 19:00:43 +0100 31976 31976 <![CDATA[Blog: I've seen the future]]> Thu, 14 Jul 2011 19:00:43 +0100 31964 31964 <![CDATA[Blog: Lib Dems and nuclear - and a little more left and right.]]> Thu, 07 Jul 2011 19:00:43 +0100 31893 31893 <![CDATA[Blog: MEPs create climate of concern for Cameron]]> Wed, 06 Jul 2011 19:00:43 +0100 31859 31859 <![CDATA[Blog: George Monbiot, Germany and a brighter future]]> Tue, 05 Jul 2011 19:00:43 +0100 31839 31839 <![CDATA[Blog: Left wing? Right wing? or just green?]]> Mon, 04 Jul 2011 19:00:43 +0100 31833 31833 <![CDATA[Blog: 5 steps to reduce damage of nuclear obsession]]> Fri, 01 Jul 2011 19:00:43 +0100 31758 31758 <![CDATA[Blog: Solar Plan C]]> Fri, 24 Jun 2011 19:00:43 +0100 31678 31678 <![CDATA[Blog: Energy Bill - final moves in a long dance need to be right]]> Thu, 23 Jun 2011 19:00:43 +0100 31676 31676 <![CDATA[Blog: Clear blue skies or crash landing?]]> Thu, 23 Jun 2011 19:00:43 +0100 31675 31675 <![CDATA[Blog: Do we need geoengineering?]]> Tue, 21 Jun 2011 19:00:43 +0100 31642 31642 <![CDATA[Blog: The Waste Review - another rapture moment? ]]> Mon, 20 Jun 2011 19:00:43 +0100 31596 31596 <![CDATA[Blog: Robin Hood comes to town]]> Wed, 15 Jun 2011 19:00:43 +0100 31564 31564 <![CDATA[Blog: Will the Waste Review make sense of waste? ]]> Mon, 13 Jun 2011 19:00:43 +0100 31297 31297 <![CDATA[Blog: Great power, great responsibility]]> Wed, 15 Jun 2011 19:00:43 +0100 31270 31270 <![CDATA[Blog: Food crisis - a tale of two reports]]> Thu, 09 Jun 2011 19:00:43 +0100 31251 31251 <![CDATA[Blog: The price of everything and the value of nothing?]]> Thu, 09 Jun 2011 19:00:43 +0100 31241 31241 <![CDATA[Blog: Civil society voice must be heard in climate talks]]> Thu, 09 Jun 2011 19:00:43 +0100 31239 31239 <![CDATA[Blog: 'Golden age of gas' is renewable energy's biggest threat]]> Tue, 07 Jun 2011 19:00:43 +0100 31201 31201 <![CDATA[Blog: Nuclear is history - over there, that is]]> Tue, 31 May 2011 19:00:43 +0100 31044 31044 <![CDATA[Blog: Not too late to stop dangerous climate change]]> Mon, 30 May 2011 19:00:43 +0100 31025 31025 <![CDATA[Blog: Three steps forward]]> Mon, 23 May 2011 19:00:43 +0100 30939 30939 <![CDATA[Blog: Cameron rides to the rescue]]> Thu, 19 May 2011 19:00:43 +0100 30892 30892 <![CDATA[Blog: Everything we can do, Germany can do (ten times) better]]> Tue, 17 May 2011 19:00:43 +0100 30813 30813 <![CDATA[Blog: Midland Pig Producers....telling porkies?]]> Mon, 16 May 2011 19:00:43 +0100 30801 30801 <![CDATA[Blog: Biofuels policy at the crossroads ]]> Wed, 18 May 2011 19:00:43 +0100 30785 30785 <![CDATA[Blog: Will Cameron help Clegg deliver jobs in the North?]]> Thu, 12 May 2011 19:00:43 +0100 30774 30774 <![CDATA[Blog: Challenge of creating renewable future become clearer]]> Tue, 10 May 2011 19:00:43 +0100 30728 30728 <![CDATA[Blog: Local action on climate change critical]]> Thu, 28 Apr 2011 19:00:43 +0100 30578 30578 <![CDATA[Blog: Agreeing with Shell Oil]]> Thu, 28 Apr 2011 19:00:43 +0100 30573 30573 <![CDATA[Blog: Cameron's Climate Change Act under threat?]]> Mon, 18 Apr 2011 19:00:43 +0100 30424 30424 <![CDATA[Blog: Ethics Council's verdict on biofuels]]> Thu, 14 Apr 2011 19:00:43 +0100 30369 30369 <![CDATA[Blog: What's the beef? Another reason to cut down on meat - and change farming systems]]> Tue, 12 Apr 2011 19:00:43 +0100 30349 30349 <![CDATA[Blog: Another fine mess from Defra]]> Mon, 11 Apr 2011 19:00:43 +0100 30327 30327 <![CDATA[Blog: Budget Fuel Tax Cut Already Wiped Out]]> Fri, 08 Apr 2011 19:00:43 +0100 30301 30301 <![CDATA[Blog: Oops, they did it again - palm oil lobby continues to mislead consumers]]> Thu, 07 Apr 2011 19:00:43 +0100 30294 30294 <![CDATA[Blog: Farmers Greenhouse Gas plan is first step]]> Wed, 06 Apr 2011 19:00:43 +0100 30284 30284 <![CDATA[Blog: Round-up on nuclear power debate]]> Wed, 06 Apr 2011 19:00:43 +0100 30273 30273 <![CDATA[Blog: April 1st: no laughing matter for councils]]> Fri, 01 Apr 2011 19:00:43 +0100 30210 30210 <![CDATA[Blog: Carbon emissions rise again as the UK remains hooked on fossil fuels ]]> Wed, 30 Mar 2011 19:00:43 +0100 30180 30180 <![CDATA[Blog: Thorium reactors and nuclear fusion]]> Thu, 24 Mar 2011 19:00:43 +0100 30112 30112 <![CDATA[Blog: Budget 2011: Ducks and cuckoos]]> Wed, 23 Mar 2011 19:00:43 +0100 30102 30102 <![CDATA[Blog: Public back energy saving and renewable power above nuclear]]> Tue, 22 Mar 2011 19:00:43 +0100 27483 27483 <![CDATA[Blog: Breathing life into the Green Investment Bank]]> Mon, 21 Mar 2011 19:00:43 +0100 27466 27466 <![CDATA[Blog: Nuclear industry not out of the woods]]> Mon, 21 Mar 2011 19:00:43 +0100 27465 27465 <![CDATA[Blog: Why I'm confident we don't need nuclear power]]> Fri, 18 Mar 2011 19:00:43 +0100 27442 27442 <![CDATA[Blog: Mountain Ash? ]]> Thu, 17 Mar 2011 19:00:43 +0100 27438 27438 <![CDATA[Blog: As nuclear crisis deepens - a safer energy future is possible]]> Wed, 16 Mar 2011 19:00:43 +0100 27427 27427 <![CDATA[Blog: More on Japan, nuclear and the UK]]> Tue, 15 Mar 2011 19:00:43 +0100 27402 27402 <![CDATA[Blog: Nuclear power after Japan]]> Mon, 14 Mar 2011 19:00:43 +0100 27353 27353 <![CDATA[Blog: Will fear of an oil crisis turn Cameron and Clegg green?]]> Tue, 08 Mar 2011 19:00:43 +0100 27288 27288 <![CDATA[Blog: Green Week or Green Wash?]]> Mon, 07 Mar 2011 19:00:43 +0100 27274 27274 <![CDATA[Blog: EU abandons aim to avoid dangerous climate change]]> Mon, 07 Mar 2011 19:00:43 +0100 27273 27273 <![CDATA[Blog: Biofuels - Nein Danke]]> Fri, 04 Mar 2011 19:00:43 +0100 27256 27256 <![CDATA[Blog: Cutting carbon emissions and skinning cats]]> Thu, 03 Mar 2011 19:00:43 +0100 27224 27224 <![CDATA[Blog: What's in a name?]]> Wed, 02 Mar 2011 19:00:43 +0100 27216 27216 <![CDATA[Blog: And the award for Second Worst Budget Idea 2011 goes to...]]> Mon, 28 Feb 2011 19:00:43 +0100 27169 27169 <![CDATA[Blog: How old will you be in 2300?]]> Thu, 17 Feb 2011 19:00:43 +0100 27071 27071 <![CDATA[Blog: Greenest Government ever?]]> Wed, 16 Feb 2011 19:00:43 +0100 27039 27039 <![CDATA[Blog: Eric Pickles should sort like an Egyptian]]> Fri, 11 Feb 2011 19:00:43 +0100 27004 27004 <![CDATA[Blog: Legitimate endless talking?]]> Thu, 10 Feb 2011 19:00:43 +0100 26990 26990 <![CDATA[Blog: Apple trees versus rainforests]]> Fri, 04 Feb 2011 19:00:43 +0100 26930 26930 <![CDATA[Blog: Blame the Chinese commies on climate change]]> Thu, 03 Feb 2011 19:00:43 +0100 26901 26901 <![CDATA[Blog: French lessons - on economic growth, wine and wellbeing]]> Thu, 03 Feb 2011 19:00:43 +0100 26900 26900 <![CDATA[Blog: Pickles in a pickle]]> Tue, 01 Feb 2011 19:00:43 +0100 26883 26883 <![CDATA[Blog: Lord Monckton climate sceptic on BBC4]]> Tue, 01 Feb 2011 19:00:43 +0100 26865 26865 <![CDATA[Blog: An Armageddon too good to waste]]> Tue, 01 Feb 2011 19:00:43 +0100 26859 26859 <![CDATA[Blog: Being popular on fuel duty tax increase]]> Thu, 27 Jan 2011 19:00:43 +0100 26832 26832 <![CDATA[Blog: Miliband needs Balls for tough climate action]]> Wed, 26 Jan 2011 19:00:43 +0100 26811 26811 <![CDATA[Blog: Is Chris Huhne selling a pup on green deal?]]> Mon, 24 Jan 2011 19:00:43 +0100 26775 26775 <![CDATA[Blog: Gasland - UK dream or nightmare?]]> Thu, 20 Jan 2011 19:00:43 +0100 26753 26753 <![CDATA[Blog: In a Pickle? Here's an idea.]]> Wed, 19 Jan 2011 19:00:43 +0100 26740 26740 <![CDATA[Blog: If the CAP doesn't Fit...]]> Mon, 10 Jan 2011 19:00:43 +0100 26599 26599 <![CDATA[Blog: How will the climate change in 2011]]> Wed, 05 Jan 2011 19:00:43 +0100 26544 26544 <![CDATA[Blog: Get the X-tra Factor on food prices]]> Wed, 22 Dec 2010 19:00:43 +0100 26527 26527 <![CDATA[Blog: What I'd like for christmas is a green bank]]> Wed, 15 Dec 2010 19:00:43 +0100 26473 26473 <![CDATA[Blog: New Wikileaks show biofuel food impacts were underestimated]]> Tue, 14 Dec 2010 19:00:43 +0100 26469 26469 <![CDATA[Blog: Climate Change talks celebrations premature]]> Mon, 13 Dec 2010 19:00:43 +0100 26437 26437 <![CDATA[Blog: Climate change science review makes scary bedtime reading]]> Fri, 10 Dec 2010 19:00:43 +0100 26410 26410 <![CDATA[Blog: Yogurt, climate change and you]]> Thu, 09 Dec 2010 19:00:43 +0100 26387 26387 <![CDATA[Blog: Almost pain-free, cost-free recipe to stop dangerous climate change?]]> Tue, 07 Dec 2010 19:00:43 +0100 26376 26376 <![CDATA[Blog: Scientists warn of hot planet ]]> Mon, 29 Nov 2010 19:00:43 +0100 26271 26271 <![CDATA[Blog: Snow predicted but climate change suggests warm times ahead]]> Wed, 24 Nov 2010 19:00:43 +0100 26133 26133 <![CDATA[Blog: Climate Act campaigner becomes peer]]> Fri, 19 Nov 2010 19:00:43 +0100 26029 26029 <![CDATA[Blog: ILUC who? Obscure acronym of the year 2010 awarded]]> Fri, 19 Nov 2010 19:00:43 +0100 26028 26028 <![CDATA[Blog: Happy Talk]]> Fri, 19 Nov 2010 19:00:43 +0100 26022 26022 <![CDATA[Blog: Remote tribe spared prying lens but not chainsaw]]> Wed, 17 Nov 2010 19:00:43 +0100 25958 25958 <![CDATA[Blog: Small is beautiful - except when it's nanotechnology?]]> Tue, 16 Nov 2010 19:00:43 +0100 25942 25942 <![CDATA[Blog: Oil price increases bolster demands for climate change action]]> Tue, 09 Nov 2010 19:00:43 +0100 25863 25863 <![CDATA[Blog: Are particles, parasites and pongs really less important than climate change?]]> Wed, 03 Nov 2010 19:00:43 +0100 25826 25826 <![CDATA[Blog: Climate change Minister weak on cold rented homes]]> Wed, 03 Nov 2010 19:00:43 +0100 25801 25801