What is the UK Emissions Trading Scheme (UK ETS)? Let’s start with the basics. The UK Emissions Trading Scheme (UK … Continue reading “Raising Our Allowance – Understanding Britain’s Emissions Trading Scheme”

Introduction Each year, the Government publishes international energy price comparisons. The data is sourced from the IEA and covers industrial … Continue reading “We’re number one… in unaffordable electricity”

On June 20 2024, the UK Supreme Court ruled by a 3 to 2 majority to uphold the appeal of climate activists against … Continue reading “Judicial activism will not solve climate change”

Going into the 2024 general election, Ipsos rated Pollution/Environment/Climate Change at the bottom of their monthly issue index, with the … Continue reading “A review of the election manifestos: energy and climate change”

The electricity generator Drax is not an easy company to love. It doesn’t help that it shares a name with a James Bond … Continue reading “Biomass subsidies: how an environmental accounting trick benefits vested interests and the government”

Around 80% of the UK’s primary energy use is based on fossil fuels: oil products for nearly all transport, gas … Continue reading “From “Net Zero” to fossil fuel subsidies: how did we get here?”

Last week, the government lost a judicial review challenge by Friends of the Earth to its Net Zero Strategy. While … Continue reading “Why the government’s “Net Zero” targets are a huge own goal”

YES – says Matthew Lesh “But actually, he thought as he re-adjusted the Ministry of Plenty’s figures, it was not … Continue reading “IEA Debate: Should classical liberals accept “Net Zero” as a given?”

Debates over climate policy often get bogged down in different judgments about future technological progress and costs. What will our … Continue reading “Net Zero is a flawed and irrational policy”