XR have apparently made a New Year’s resolution. From now on, there won’t be any more protests that cause public disruption. They are changing their tactics to non-disruptive demonstrations instead. It will be interesting to see whether this changes people’s opinions about them, or whether they have any more influence as a result. After all,…

This week, the government has approved a coal mine at Whitehaven in Cumbria, the first new coal mine in Britain in about thirty years. One of the supporting arguments is this: if we don’t produce the coking coal ourselves, we will just end up importing it. This assertion is dubious for several reasons, including the…