Posted in Policy on 05/30/2016 01:04 pm by Stephen Tindale
The UCL Institute for Sustainable Resources and the UCL European Institute have released a new paper on Brexit and the impact on UK climate and energy policy. This paper, written by Professor Michael Grubb, UCL ISR and Stephen Tindale, Director, Alvin Weinberg Foundation analyses the implications of Brexit for the UK’s energy sector. Despite significant uncertainties, the […]
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Posted in Comment, Policy on 04/19/2016 08:51 am by Stephen Tindale
The air in London is cleaner than it was in the 1950s, the era of infamous smogs. But it is still not clean enough. Every year over nine thousand Londoners are killed by air pollution, primarily from road transport (see http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/nearly-9500-people-die-early-in-a-single-year-in-london-as-a-result-of-air-pollution-study-finds-10390729.html) . British politicians of all parties have failed to tackle this problem adequately, for […]
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Posted in Comment, Policy on 02/04/2016 12:15 pm by Suzanna Hinson
Costa Rica has been celebrated for its renewable achievements but are they too good to be true?
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Posted in Comment, Policy on 12/07/2015 09:30 am by Stephen Tindale
The advance represented by Energy and Climate Secretary Amber Rudd’s ‘reset’ speech on 18 November has been pretty comprehensively destroyed by Chancellor George Osborne.
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Posted in Comment, Policy on 11/19/2015 09:57 am by Stephen Tindale
UK climate and energy policy are not perfect, but are in significantly better shape this morning than they were yesterday morning
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Posted in Comment, Policy on 10/26/2015 09:54 pm by Stephen Tindale
The summit will probably lead to a non-binding ‘Paris Agreement’. The main arguments will be about money.
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Posted in Comment, Policy, Technology on 10/23/2015 08:57 am by Stephen Tindale
The Committee on Climate Change sensibly calls for an ‘all of the above’ approach to decarbonisation.
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- Tags: air quality, biofuel, biogas, biomass, CCS, decarbonisation, electric cars, energy efficiency, EU, nuclear power, renewables, solar power, tidal power, wave power, wind power
Posted in Comment, Policy on 10/14/2015 08:33 am by Stephen Tindale
If Britain votes to stay in the EU, we should then take the lead in strengthening EU climate and energy policy. This would deliver a society in which Europeans would be healthier, happier and richer.
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Posted in Comment, Policy on 09/25/2015 08:26 am by Stephen Tindale
Evidence-based campaigning is very desirable, and in sadly short supply. Green groups should follow the evidence that the worst source of energy is coal. Campaign against coal, not against shale gas.
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Posted in Comment, Policy on 06/24/2015 09:03 am by Stephen Tindale
Key quotes from, and a few of my comments on, the excellent Lancet Commission report
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- Tags: 'cap-and-trade', carbon tax, CCS, coal power, decarbonisation, energy efficiency, EU, nuclear power, Public health, renewables, solar power, wind power
