The UK’s record on biodiversity is poor. 15 per cent of all species in our country are threatened by extinction, … Continue reading “Environmental policy inevitably involves difficult trade-offs”

Many so-called climate change activists are not really concerned about the climate and the environment. No, for them, these are … Continue reading “To anti-capitalists, climate change is just a pretext for a planned economy”

The green Left are very excited by the pandemic. As well as limiting population growth, a long-held ambition of their … Continue reading “Will COVID-19 prepare us for permanent eco-austerity?”

Modern environmentalists often identify as socialists. Members of Extinction Rebellion, for example, often advocate tearing down capitalism and supplanting it … Continue reading “Socialism and environmentalism: an extremely odd couple”

Pope Francis’ encyclical, ‘Laudato si’, is an important contribution to the theology and morality of the earth’s ecology in the … Continue reading “Property rights and the environment – a response to Pope Francis’ encyclical”

Twenty years ago I established the Environment Unit at the IEA to present a free-market alternative to the general doom … Continue reading “Twenty years denouncing the eco-militants”

A recent IEA student/teachers’ workshop featured sessions led by Dr Mark Pennington on “Environmentalists: Nice but Wrong?”; Dr Stephen Davies … Continue reading “Environmentalists: Nice But Wrong?”

Even in its current shackled and constrained form, modern capitalism still has a lot to show for it. One of … Continue reading “Freeing the poor from the cost of environmentalism”

Earlier this month, David Cameron received two open letters from prominent environmentalists, sending conflicting messages. The first letter, written by … Continue reading “Greener than thou: authoritarian environmentalism vs. authoritarian environmentalism”