Policymakers ought not wait for economic theory to catch up with the environmental crisis The Green New Deal is probably the most fashionable policy in the English-speaking world. In Britain it is advocated by both Tory MPs and Jeremy Corbyn; while a non-partisan Canadian coalition of nearly 70 groups are backing such a scheme. However, […]
Jack Plunkett/AP US Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) is the subject of a new comic book: Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and the Freshman Force: New Party, Who Dis? In one limited-release edition of the cover sent to a Bronx comic store in Ocasio-Cortez’s home district, the congresswoman nicknamed “AOC” bears a striking resemblance to Wonder Woman. DC Comics […]
Advocates say composting is cheaper, more environmentally friendly and uses less energy than cremation or ground burial. Read more: huffpost.com
From bike sharing to green energy, cities are often better at driving change than national governments Who has the answers? The UN? Scientists? Entrepreneurs? Nation states? “Ordinary” people? There is another subset of power, agency, ideas and progress that often gets overlooked in the search for solutions to the world’s problems. … Read more: […]
The Swedish teenager’s clarity and urgency have cut through layers of obfuscation and helplessness – and forced climate change up the agenda Nobody could have predicted that a Swedish teenager would shift the terms of the global climate debate in the way that Greta Thunberg has done. Since she began her school strike in Stockholm […]
Extinction Rebellion protesters want a carbon-free UK by 2025. But can the financial and political hurdles be overcome? It is the near future. You wake in a house warmed by a heat pump that extracts energy from deep below the ground and delivers it to your home. (Your gas boiler was outlawed years ago.) You […]
I negotiated anti-carbon finance plans in the European parliament for the Green party. Labour backs airports and coal• Molly Scott Cato is Green MEP for South West England and Gibraltar The shadow chancellor, John McDonnell, has pledged to use “every lever of government possible” to tackle climate change. And his latest idea is to go […]
A range of innovations are being used to forecast solar energy. Read more: cnbc.com
New York City’s mayor touted on Monday his version of the Green New Deal that sputtered in Washington D.C., saying it will require the city to switch to entirely renewable energy within five years and would ban “incredibly inefficient” steel and glass skyscrapers. Read more: foxnews.com
MPs should take inspiration from President Kennedy’s call in 1961 to put a man on the moon within a decade, says Colin Hines. Plus letters from John Stone and Paul Atkin Your editorial (13 May) correctly states that Britain needs a Green New Deal now, and indeed in your letters page last autumn (10 September) […]
