It’s increasingly clear that human activity is influencing weather extremes
Winter storms set climate alarm bells ringing, writes Friends of the Earth climate campaigner Guy Shrubsole.
Guy Shrubsole
Guy writes about environmental politics. He works for the Public Interest Research Centre (PIRC), and was a member of the UK Youth Delegation to the Copenhagen climate talks and has previously worked for Defra and the New Zealand government. Guy is writing in a personal capacity for Left Foot Forward.
Select committee calls on coalition to tackle Britain’s outsourced emissions
The UK government cannot ignore the huge issue of outsourced emissions any longer, writes Guy Shrubsole.
The new dash for gas is utter folly
“We can’t take our foot off the gas for some time yet,” new energy secretary Ed Davey said at the weekend; Guy Shrubsole explains why this strategy is wrong.
Shale gas fantasists and wind sceptics need to get real
Guy Shrubsole shows the Spectator how to do real environmental journalism. Hint: It’s not the way they do it.
Is a ‘green populism’ possible, and can Labour help foster it?
Guy Shrubsole addresses Maurice Glasman’s arguments that Labour and the greens need to work together to build a new populist politics of the environment.
Shale gas is not the answer to our energy problems – and here’s why
Shale gas is not the answer to our energy problems – and it could be a fracking disaster, writes Guy Shrubsole.
Compass book puts to Labour-Green co-operation
Labour and the Greens have much to learn from each other- if they can find a way to co-operate
Committee on Climate Change must be free to investigate rising emissions
The Committee on Climate Change is the independent advisor on emissions – yet at present it is being prevented from investigating the ongoing rise in UK emissions.
Carbon Trust reveals UK emissions likely to rise into the 2020s
The Carbon Trust has today released new data revealing how the UK’s total carbon emissions are likely to rise into the 2020s, despite legally-binding targets to cut domestic emissions by a third.
Successor body to Sustainable Development Commission is badly needed
The Sustainable Development Commission – the government’s official watchdog on sustainability matters – formally closed its doors yesterday, after being axed because of spending cuts.