Alex Blackburne

About Alex Blackburne:

Alex Blackburne joined Blue & Green Tomorrow as an intern journalist in October 2011. He became editor of the publication in June 2012 and has since fronted several of its in-depth reports, covering subjects including renewable energy, sustainable banking, ethical shopping and sustainable investment. Originally from Hull, he graduated with a first class honours degree in journalism from the University of Lincoln in 2011.

Website: https://twitter.com/AlexBlackburne

Latest posts by Alex Blackburne:

• Small is beautiful: why alternative banks need to step up to the mark on Friday, May 17th, 2013

• DECC ‘doesn’t recognise’ figures in Civitas green subsidies study on Friday, May 17th, 2013

• China among six nations to be made Arctic Council observers on Thursday, May 16th, 2013

• Looking forward with WHEB on Wednesday, May 15th, 2013

• How ethical are the UK’s richest? on Tuesday, May 14th, 2013

• Conference calls for diversity in UK financial system on Monday, May 13th, 2013

• A new beginning for sustainable investment in the UK on Friday, May 10th, 2013

• Conference looks to transform ‘broken’ financial infrastructure on Friday, May 10th, 2013

• Australia to help Pacific islands tackle climate change on Thursday, May 9th, 2013

• Economic historian Lord Skidelsky: we need to transform money for good on Thursday, May 9th, 2013

• Government will make further progress in tackling climate change, says Queen on Wednesday, May 8th, 2013

• It’s banking, but not as we know it! Ecology Building Society’s AGM on Wednesday, May 8th, 2013

• New scheme rolled out to assist UK credit union growth on Tuesday, May 7th, 2013

• Trade body gives green groups reality check over biomass on Friday, May 3rd, 2013

• Shortlist revealed for FT/IFC Sustainable Finance Awards on Friday, May 3rd, 2013

• BT tops inaugural UK carbon ranking index on Wednesday, May 1st, 2013

• ‘Growing confidence in alternative finance’ as ethical lending grows on Tuesday, April 30th, 2013

• Tapping into the all-powerful financial system to influence investor behaviour on Tuesday, April 30th, 2013

• EU votes to impose landmark pesticide ban to save bees on Monday, April 29th, 2013

• Local election results 2009: infographic analysis on Friday, April 26th, 2013

• The march of the beekeepers: campaigners protest over harmful pesticides on Friday, April 26th, 2013

• ‘Too early to say’ whether fracking will reduce bills, say MPs on Friday, April 26th, 2013

• Pensions committee can go further by encouraging sustainable investment, says UKSIF on Thursday, April 25th, 2013

• Inquiry launched to ‘get to the bottom’ of UK energy subsidies on Thursday, April 25th, 2013

• Stanley Johnson, environmentalist: a lifelong fight to diminish humanity’s negative footprint on Thursday, April 25th, 2013

• Co-op Bank faces uncertain future as deal to buy Lloyds branches collapses on Wednesday, April 24th, 2013

• Shortlist unveiled for prestigious renewables awards on Tuesday, April 23rd, 2013

• Majority of Britons want to see guidelines to end irresponsible banking on Friday, April 19th, 2013

• Introducing: The Guide to Corporate Social Responsibility 2013 on Friday, April 19th, 2013

• The Guide to Corporate Social Responsibility 2013 on Friday, April 19th, 2013

• Church of England investing bodies set out policy for sustainable executive rewards on Friday, April 19th, 2013

• Report says investing in fossil fuels is a ‘very risky decision’ on Friday, April 19th, 2013

• Two US polls contradict independent research on sustainable investment on Thursday, April 18th, 2013

• National Trust plans ambitious renewable energy rollout on Thursday, April 18th, 2013

• New chief executive unveiled for sustainable investment trade body on Wednesday, April 17th, 2013