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.
Combating the growing influence of climate sceptics
A new study has revealed just how much more effective climate sceptics are at commenting on forums, posting stock arguments, and linking back to sceptic sites.
Turn the lights down low: Coventry council finds novel ways to cut carbon
Coventry council announced it will install dimmer switches on all 28,000 of the city’s street lights in a bid to cut carbon emissions and combat light pollution
The climate movement at a crossroads
This is a defining moment for the British climate movement. Copenhagen has proved a watershed: its failures have thrown campaigners […]
World on course for 3.5-degree rise
A majority of the world’s nations yesterday signed up to the Copenhagen Accord and filed plans for emissions reductions, scraping over the Jan 31st UN deadline.