Why Zack Polanski should be the next Green Party leader
In 2010 I stood in two elections on the same day. One was carefully targeted and delivered Surrey’s first Green councillor by 600 votes. The other, a long-shot attempt to…
“Jet Zero’s” techno-optimism is a flight of fancy
‘Jet Zero’, the UK government’s proposed aviation strategy, is not just a moronic oxymoron but a failure to conceive how to bridge the gap between aviation’s growth aspirations and the…
We can’t build our way out of the climate emergency
For far too long public debate on the sufficiency of climate action has focused on how quickly we are rolling out wind turbines, solar panels or even nuclear power. Such…
Tackling the carbon footprint of international trade
It's harvest season in the UK, fruit is ripening in our remaining orchards and pickers are hard at work in the fields. But go into a supermarket and you’re likely…
Green MEP candidate: We must not frack away our future
It was in the Sussex village of Balcombe that fracking exploded into the public consciousness in the UK. In August 2013 Caroline Lucas was arrested as part of the protests…