Barclays announced at the beginning of August that its pre-tax profits for the first half of 2024 have reached a staggering £4.2 billion. In comparison,…
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For decades, Middle Eastern nations favored oil over solar energy. Now, with climate change and renewable tech advances, they are shifting. Dubai’s $14B solar park and Saudi ACWA Power’s $94B investments in solar, wind, and hydrogen highlight the change. COP28 emphasized the need to decarbonize. Solar demand in the region is set to quadruple by 2030. This transition can lead to a cleaner future.
A dramatic surge in solar energy generation amid falling costs – and a sudden Chinese enthusiasm for the sector – means that clean energy investment…
‘How financialisation heralds the end of the industrial age‘ is the name of a piece published by The Honest Sorcerer: A critic of Modern Times…
Another Year. Another COP. The Usual Performances. Grind the handle and we churn out the same performative dances year after year. The chair and organisers…
“Brevity is the soul of wit.“William Shakespeare From the top down: The future looks dire. Soaring unemployment, increasing energy prices and food poverty all seem…
I have been uneasy for some time about current long-term green thinking. In Herefordshire and elsewhere. A recent article by Megan Selbert and William Rees.,…
Produced with the support of MAVA foundation The objective of this project was to investigate why ‘fossil fuel subsidies’ exist, are so sticky and, in…
Despite much noise and lobbying, fossil fuel subsidies continue to increase at a significant rate. Why? This is the question we set out to answer…
The UK Energy Lobby is seeking to defend, and extend, the monthly windfalls they continue to take as the cost of living crisis deepens inequality…
It is positive that the Bank of England is excluding coal from its purchases, under its Corporate Bond Purchase Scheme , but it raises the…