As I write today, the BBC has a gloomy headline: “Brexit causes dramatic drop in UK economy”.  There has been a “dramatic deterioration”, a “record slump”, we are heading for “recession” and there is more “pain” to come.  What do these words mean?  It seems they mean we have been buying less stuff than normal,…

“The fall in emissions within the UK is real … if we look at consumption emissions, then yes, our analysis suggests our carbon footprint has increased since 1993, as growth in imported emissions has more than offset the reduction in emissions produced within the UK”  Committee on Climate Change website, June 2016 Visit the CCC’s…