People have been talking about some kind of 'progressive alliance' ever since the 2010 General Election, writes Jonathon Porritt. If ever there was a moment where such an alliance could start coming together, and start working out a game plan to transform our political prospects between now and 2020, this has to be it.
… Porritt | 27th June 2016 Comment Green Party Politics Europe Brexit Transformation brexit .jpg Every new political movement begins as a … working out a game plan to transform our political prospects between now and 2020, this …
Floods, giant waves and billions of pounds of destruction to the UK's homes, businesses and key national infrastructure could revolutionise climate politics, writes Jonathon Porritt. But no thanks to the increasingly pathetic BBC!
… After the deluge - Britain's new politics of climate change Jonathon Porritt | … February 2014 Comment Global Warming Flooding Politics can-we-talk-climate-change.png … infrastructure could revolutionise climate politics, writes Jonathon Porritt. But no …
Naomi Klein's magnum opus on climate change, capitalism and the growing resistance to extreme energy is positive, inspiring and full of hope, writes Jonathon Porritt. But it's also deeply challenging: the 'everything' that has to change is not just government and corporations, but you, me and the ideas that guide our lives.
… absolutely 'on the front line' of the politics of climate change today, profound in … is not exactly an epicentre of radical politics, but pretty much the whole community … fossil fuel companies, and builds pressure on politicians to introduce across-the-board …
Is the UK sinking into authoritarian rule? That's how it looks, writes Jonathon Porritt, as the government joins with right wing media and fossil fuel companies to attack local democracy and environmental campaigners. Is this 'merger of state and corporate power' a sign of more, and worse, to come?
… Jonathon Porritt | 16th March 2016 Comment Politics Corporations Politics UK Fracking Fossil Fuels Is the UK … in terms of the work they do lobbying politicians and getting involved in elections. …
Pope Francis's forthcoming statement on climate change could just revitalise progress towards significant emissions cuts, writes Jonathon Porritt. But more than that, it will open up the space for a wider spirituality to guide our thinking, and campaigning, on climate and other key global challenges.
… necessary, it will confirm for many that our politicians are incapable of understanding the … to say the least, and there are many Catholic politicians and climate change sceptics who … a very influential role in today's climate politics. Especially in the USA, where they've …
The latest book by Nicholas Stern Why Are We Waiting? The Logic, Urgency, and Promise of Tackling Climate Change presents a rational assessment of the climate crisis.
… alone cannot do the job; that the heavy political lifting has to be both national and … the absolutists who fill so much of this political space. He has an inspiring … illusions about the gap between the kind of political leadership we need and the kind of …
Unless we change our ways, the Lovelock hypothesis may come to pass – that’s why the work of the <i>Ecologist</i> is so important, says Jonathon Porritt.
… inadequate delay mechanisms if he were right? Politicians need him to be wrong – because how … dramatic breakthroughs in citizen awareness, political will, institutional reform, … denial, entrenched vested interests, massive political failure, worsening equity divides …
French nuclear parastatal EDF is facing problem after problem - zombie nuclear projects in the UK, Finland, China and France, a fleet of 'beyond the grave' reactors, a dropping share price and its drooping credit rating. But is it really as bad as all that? Jonathon Porritt has exclusive access to the leaked Agenda of its latest board meeting. And the answer is - no. It's even worse.
… February 2016 Comment Nuclear Energy Finance Politics UK France Corporations nuclear … now joined the ranks of the critics stating "Politically painful it may be, but the case … Even the FT has joined the critics, stating 'Politically painful it may be, but the case …
With the Government wilfully undermining the UK's small but fast-growing solar power sector for the second time, Jonathon Porritt wonders ... why the attacks on what is our second lowest cost source of renewable energy, and getting cheaper all the time?
… July 2014 Comment UK Renewables Solar Energy Politics toyota-solar-farm-cut.jpg Toyota UK … to include amongst early influences on your political life. First, the facts So I …
A new report shows that the UK's farms can easily generate as much power as the proposed Hinkley C nuclear plant, writes Jonathan Porritt. Not only would it all be renewable, but if could all be in place by 2020. Here he offers some friendly - but strictly confidential - advice for Energy Secretary Ed Davey.
… 2014 Comment Renewables Energy Nuclear UK Politics solar-panels-sheep-cut.jpg Bumblebees … the rural economy. Despite the media and political spin, the majority of Brits like …
The previous government came in on a bold promise to be the 'greenest ever', writes Jonathon Porritt. But what we got was a shameful record of ideologically driven policies that promoted fossil fuels, undermined action on climate, obsessed over nuclear power, did nothing to arrest the decline in the nation's wildlife and biodiversity - and suggest even worse to come.
… Jonathon Porritt | 22nd June 2015 News UK Politics Climate Change Fossil Fuels … important to maintain this level of political priority and new investment. There … record, and it's important to call out those politicians primarily responsible for such a …
The government's surprise delay in signing the contract with EDF to build the Hinkley C nuclear power station has opened up a the space for a forward-looking UK energy policy, writes Jonathon Porritt - one that moves us into the world of low cost renewables, and smart new technologies vital to the global clean energy transition. But is Business & Energy Greg Clark for real? Don't rule it out!
… News Energy Renewables Nuclear Technology Politics China France … I know of him as a conscientious, focussed politician of the kind that we've seen far too … in Opposition - he's in Government! So the politics becomes infinitely more complex, with …
Tackling the population explosion is critical to avoiding environmental disaster
… anodyne, drafted in the sure knowledge that politicians would be disinclined to listen to … degraded environments. If that sounds politically incorrect, then good. I am now … them. That’s 400 women a day. Note to the politically correct population naysayers: you …
The Hinkley Point C nuclear power plant never made sense, writes Jonathon Porritt, but as legal challenges gather, finance fails to materialize, the cost of renewable energy keeps on falling, and the 'dead duck' EPR design is prepared for burial, even nuclear fanatics are turning against the doomed project.
… | 11th March 2015 Comment Nuclear Energy UK Politics Corporations … robust rope-ladder up which those benighted politicians - and ever-more benighted …
Few people in policy work have nice things to say about the Treasury, especially if you produce reports challenging economic growth. So Sarkozy's recent move on GDP is welcome
… Porritt | 23rd September 2009 Comment Politics And Economics Growth GDP porritt.jpg …
The love affair of the 'pro-nuclear greens' with a failed technology has paved the way to the UK's destruction of its renewable energy industry, writes Jonathon Porritt, and to the imminent deal with Chinese parastatal corporations to build a new fleet of already obsolete nuclear power plants at massive cost to us all.
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The GMB trade union has called on the UK government to press ahead with the Hinkley Point C power station despite legal challenges and serious technical failures. In this Open Letter, David Elliott, Ian Fairlie, Jonathon Porritt and colleagues tell the union that its members' interests lie in our renewable future, not the nuclear past.
… | 15th July 2015 Comment Nuclear UK Energy Politics Law …
This year's Community Energy Fortnight is taking place at a strange time, writes Jonathon Porritt, with the entire renewable energy industry under government attack as never before. What can we do about it? For a start, by joining in some of the hundreds of events that are taking place across the UK!
… Because it's a war, the normal rules of political debate don't apply. Government …
Jonathon Porritt introduces Bristol BIG Green Week and reflects on how it is our cities that now lead the way in sustainability.
… don’t go green just because their mayors or political leaders want them to. The more … take root. This in no way lets our national politicians off the hook, but it gives them an …