renewables

The farce of Drax’s wood pellets

29 February 2024 8:02 pm

When is the government going to stop pretending that chopping down trees in North American forests and shipping them across…

Boris shouldn’t write off fossil fuels just yet

21 June 2021 7:34 am

At last week’s G7 summit, Boris Johnson pushed his fellow leaders to back his climate finance plan to support large-scale…

I’m putting my money where my mouth is and betting against climate change

30 January 2016 9:00 am

‘As oil crashes, is it time to short solar stocks?’ Gosh, I wish I’d read that headline a year ago.…

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Get ready: these climate change talks might actually do something

28 November 2015 9:00 am

The Prince of Wales is right, and I appreciate that this isn’t something people say very often. Now and again,…

Spectator letters: How schools fail boys, Jonathan Croall answers Keith Baxter, and why atheists should love the C of E

10 May 2014 9:00 am

Why girls do better Sir: Isabel Hardman notes that girls now outperform boys at every level in education (‘The descent…

How green policies hurt the poor

5 April 2014 9:00 am

How green policies hit the poorest hardest