The UK risks looking foolish if it doesn’t address its coal problem
Instead of an exit strategy, the government have been laying the groundwork for a continuation of coal.
green growth
Energy may have hit the headlines, but Ed’s green policies are a big move
Clear support from Labour for green growth can only be positive, and will hopefully be emulated across the political spectrum.
Green Economy: the what, why and how
In advance of a Left Foot Forward event on green growth, Professor Paul Ekins outlines the path to a flourishing green economy.
Is it even possible to get back to growth?
perhaps there is a form of growth which it is possible to sustain – ‘green growth’ – and if there is, we all need to know what it would look like. And if it’s impossible, we need to know that too.
Gideonomics: A rogue chancellor fails to run the greenest government ever
Sustrans’s Eleanor Besley dissects the government’s abdication of David Cameron’s claims it will be the “greenest government ever”.
The Right’s prescription of more of the same ignores the evidence
Just as it is becoming clearer that Osbornomics doesn’t work, Tory think tanks are pushing for even more of the same, writes the TUC’s Nicola Smith.