"ISDS essentially freezes the status quo". Thanks to Elizabeth Meager Sustainable Views for quoting me in this article on how the clean energy boom is fuelling mineral-related #ISDS cases against governments looking to benefit from their natural resources. sustainableviews.com/clean-energy-b…

My first piece as a Sustainable Views staffer is on one of the new UK govt's first big decisions - looks promising sustainableviews.com/industry-welco… Octopus Energy WeWantWind Aldersgate Group RenewableUK Green Investment Partners

Renewables firms already planning new onshore windfarms in England. Ed Miliband said: “We welcome investors responding to this announcement by moving forward with plans to invest in Britain’s clean energy future.” theguardian.com/environment/ar…

It's a good week in the UK! National Wealth Fund is another step in the right direction from the new government UKSIF The Investment Association Green Finance Institute sustainableviews.com/uk-green-natio…

As a child bereaved by fatal domestic abuse, headlines calling a man who killed three women a “nice guy” and “normal person” have felt personally traumatic. The media called my father a “gentle man” and “nice chap”, which misrepresented the controlling reality that myself and

To all the England fans tonight: don’t forget that no matter what the result England & Wales is likely to remain the preferred jurisdiction for the resolution of disputes in contracts globally. No one can take that away.

Landslide election result gives the new UK govt a "clear mandate to turn the UK into a green energy superpower". I've summed up all the climate-related highlights from the past few weeks, including this morning's king's speech: sustainableviews.com/kings-speech-c… UKSIF IPPR E3G - Third Generation Environmentalism Arup

Great piece

Kamala Harris: a Gen X woman with Gen Z appeal ft.com/content/879d11… via @ft

The UAE launched $30bn green fund ALTERRA at COP28 to much acclaim. Its stated focus would be "entirely on climate solutions". Yet four months later a BlackRock fund backed by ALTERRA snapped up a gas pipeline in North America. climatechangenews.com/2024/07/24/uae…

"'Don’t say IRA': Dems work on recess climate messaging" subscriber.politicopro.com/article/eenews… via E&E News

"Bombarded by generic suggestions and repeats of recent listening, listeners are being conditioned to rely on what Spotify feeds them rather than on what they seek out for themselves." newyorker.com/culture/infini…

Yesterday Science Based Targets initiative published its discussion paper on the use of carbon offsets to mitigate Scope 3 emissions. They barely said anything, but seem to have annoyed everyone sustainableviews.com/sbti-on-offset…

In recent years there's been no shortage of international climate initiatives, but these are undermined by investment treaties that continue to protect 12% of all fossil fuel assets globally sustainableviews.com/in-charts-inve… E3G - Third Generation Environmentalism Eunjung Lee Jordan Dilworth Kyla Tienhaara - @kylat.bsky.social

Vice-President Harris calls Governor Tim Walz to ask him to be her running mate.

Today, 18 Republican members of Congress released a public letter in support of preserving the clean energy tax credits in the #InflationReductionAct. We applaud the bipartisan support to keep these credits in place. Rep. Andrew Garbarino ceres.org/resources/news…

Two years ago today since Mary Nightingale sounded like a ghost.

shoot this into my veins please

.CalPERS member on why the pension fund should divest from ExxonMobil: "you can engage with McDonald's to get them to use a different cup, but you can't engage with McDonald's to get them to stop cooking burgers"