Bruce Davis, Abundance: ‘we can do something different with money’
After helping launch peer-to-peer lending site Zopa 10 years ago, Bruce Davis is now co-founder of renewable energy platform Abundance Generation. Here, in an extract from a recent talk, he looks at why alternative finance is better for everyone. It’s surprising how long it’s taken for people to get...
TED talks: Jennifer Granholm’s clean energy proposal – race to the top!
“Our economic competitors are eating us for lunch, and we can get in the game or not. We can be at the table, or we can be on the table.” These are the rousing words of US politician Jennifer Granholm in a TED talk about renewable energy from...
Energy bill to be reviewed by MPs in June
The government’s energy bill will enter its report stage on June 3 and 4, with MPs given the chance to have their say on how the UK goes forward in the energy sector. The stage will include a vote on whether to incorporate a 2030 decarbonisation target – something...
‘Still unclear’ if HS2 will be economically beneficial
The government’s plans to build a high speed rail line in England are unclear as to how it will create economic growth and new jobs, according to the National Audit Office (NAO). The NAO has “reservations” over the business plan presented by HS2 – the £32 billion project that...
Small is beautiful: why alternative banks need to step up to the mark
Recent developments at the Co-operative Bank highlight not only the frailty of larger banking institutions, but also the desperate need for sustainable alternatives. First, the Co-operative Group revealed a loss for 2012. Then a deal to buy 632 Lloyds branches – once lauded as “the biggest shake-up in high...
DECC ‘doesn’t recognise’ figures in Civitas green subsidies study
The Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) has criticised a publication by the Civitas thinktank, in which clean energy subsidies are blamed for “discouraging” innovation and ramping up bills. The document, which is the sixth instalment in Civitas’ Ideas for economic growth series, says that households in Britain...
Fossil fuels are a ‘barrier’ to cleantech progress, says World Bank president
The world must scrap fossil fuel subsidies and attach a price to environmentally-harmful carbon dioxide emissions in order to combat climate change, according to World Bank president Jim Yong Kim. Kim urged the implementation of a five-point plan to environment ministers from all over the globe during a talk...
Climate sceptics attacked by Prince Charles and Ed Davey
The Prince of Wales and energy secretary Ed Davey both hit out against climate change scepticism during speeches in London on Wednesday. At an event co-ordinated by his forest protection working group, the prince criticised those who were sceptical about or denied global warming. He claimed these people were...
UKIP’s success in the local election is a rallying cry for smaller parties
The electoral rise of ‘others’, spoiled ballot papers and none of the above options demonstrate that democracy is going through a period of systemic change. We should embrace it, as it injects energy into our moribund political system. Green party leader Natalie Bennett told the BBC on the day after...
Government will make further progress in tackling climate change, says Queen
The government will “promote economic growth” while also “continuing to make progress in tackling climate change”, the Queen said in her annual speech to parliament. Outlining the coalition’s strategy for the next 12 months on Wednesday, the Queen added that David Cameron’s government will “continue with legislation to update...
Vote Green (where they can win) if you care about the future
We do not involve ourselves in party politics, as a rule, apart from reporting on environmental and energy policies. On this occasion, we have taken a break from our convention to encourage people to vote Green to send a strong message to the major party leaders. We will start...
Economy or environment: why choose?
Of the many issues and news stories in the media and our minds, the economy and the environment are two that often warrant the most column inches. This commonality is however what many deem to be the only feature that the two share. Admitting to a focus on the...
Local elections preview: UKIP
Struggling to decide who to vote for in the local elections on Thursday May 2? Don’t worry, as all this week, Blue & Green Tomorrow is outlining the energy, environment and investment credentials of all five major parties. We’ve already covered the Conservatives, Labour, the Liberal Democrats and the Greens. The final piece of the...
Inquiry launched to ‘get to the bottom’ of UK energy subsidies
The environmental audit committee has begun an investigation into the government’s distribution of subsidies for nuclear power, fossil fuels and renewable energy. The committee will look to define exactly what a subsidy is, while also examining whether finance is spread appropriately across the different energy sources. This comes less...
Stanley Johnson, environmentalist: a lifelong fight to diminish humanity’s negative footprint
1972 was an historic year for the embryonic environmental movement. As well as the UN Conference on the Human Environment, which took place in Stockholm in June of that year, the case for protecting the environment was bolstered by the publication of The Ecologist magazine’s Blueprint for Survival manifesto...
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