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:

• $13.6tn invested sustainably worldwide, says study on Monday, January 28th, 2013

• Government launches long-awaited green deal scheme on Monday, January 28th, 2013

• Investing sustainably in an ageing population on Monday, January 28th, 2013

• Stern admits to underestimating climate change in 2006 review on Sunday, January 27th, 2013

• Is it contradictory to fly somewhere for a ‘sustainable’ holiday? on Friday, January 25th, 2013

• The anonymous billionaire group funding climate change denial on Friday, January 25th, 2013

• Andean glaciers suffer dramatic ice decline on Friday, January 25th, 2013

• Shell and Goldman Sachs handed undesirable awards for social and ecological wrongdoing on Thursday, January 24th, 2013

• B&GT in the Wall Street Journal on Thursday, January 24th, 2013

• Are the climate sceptics melting away? on Thursday, January 24th, 2013

• UK and Ireland set for large-scale wind power collaboration on Thursday, January 24th, 2013

• Social businesses set to benefit from new ethical investment marketplace on Thursday, January 24th, 2013

• Greenpeace’s damning Shell advert published by Telegraph on Wednesday, January 23rd, 2013

• Enough Food for Everyone IF: landmark anti-poverty campaign launched on Wednesday, January 23rd, 2013

• Mexican capital recognised for its sustainable transport makeover on Wednesday, January 23rd, 2013

• UN creates sustainable development group to ‘define the world we want’ on Wednesday, January 23rd, 2013

• On this day in 1984: Apple releases landmark Macintosh advert on Tuesday, January 22nd, 2013

• Japan to build ‘world’s largest wind farm’ on Tuesday, January 22nd, 2013

• Graduates are snubbing banks, but all banks are not the same on Tuesday, January 22nd, 2013

• Good Energy scoops third customer satisfaction crown on Tuesday, January 22nd, 2013

• Obama: climate change inaction would ‘betray future generations’ on Monday, January 21st, 2013

• Insurance industry can help drive renewables, says Swiss Re report on Monday, January 21st, 2013

• UN: invest responsibly in agriculture to beat global poverty on Monday, January 21st, 2013

• NASA study links climate change with Amazon degradation on Monday, January 21st, 2013

• On this day in 1996: green groups rally for ‘Third Battle of Newbury’ on Friday, January 18th, 2013

• Socially responsible investment witnesses 16% growth in Canada on Friday, January 18th, 2013

• Barclays chief calls on staff to observe new ethical values or quit on Friday, January 18th, 2013

• Greenpeace nears funding target to ‘expose Shell’ in financial press on Thursday, January 17th, 2013

• Firms recognised for sustainability leadership by prestigious award on Thursday, January 17th, 2013

• British Antarctic Survey trio honoured with Polar Medal on Thursday, January 17th, 2013

• Financial advice industry ‘a long way from making things better’, as banks unveil charges on Thursday, January 17th, 2013

• Bee protection ‘essential’ after scientists link decline in numbers with insecticides on Wednesday, January 16th, 2013

• Majority of EU member states support clean energy: infographic analysis on Wednesday, January 16th, 2013

• Massive potential of renewables highlighted by China, France and Australia on Wednesday, January 16th, 2013

• RBS braced for hefty Libor penalties on Wednesday, January 16th, 2013