Why King Charles must speak at Cop27
In making the monarchy part of her ideological battleground, Liz Truss is exposing her own shaky constitutional position.
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It is right to question the existence of the Crown – yet on the environment the King’s voice may be crucial
Right-wing ministers with a record of hostility to “green crap” can’t be trusted, while Charles was early to recognise the…
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Five reasons Jacob Rees-Mogg is unfit to tackle the climate emergency
The new Business Secretary has a history of climate change denial and “delayism”.
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Climate catastrophes in other countries impact us all
As Pakistan experiences devastating floods, the UK must ask itself how it can help developing nations.
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How sustainable is nuclear energy?
Sizewell C, if built, would not produce electricity until the 2030s. SMRs could be up and running as soon as…
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Europe’s worst drought on record needs to trigger a flood of climate action
We should consider this a warning.
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Would there still have been climate change under socialism?
Market failure certainly delays aggressive climate action, but even had the whole world in the 20th century been socialist, the…
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Don’t listen to the climate doomists
Jonathan Franzen’s “end times” narrative only benefits fossil fuel interests.
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