Analysis and ideas on climate, energy and some less important things.
Author Archives: Duncan Clark
Half FTSE100 don’t have emissions targets
Good story from my Guardian colleague Fiona Harvey. Forty of the FTSE 100 either lack numerical targets on carbon dioxide, or their targets are for previous years and have now expired, without being renewed. This contrasts strongly with the UK’s … Continue reading
How long will the feed-in tariff money last?
I posted some analysis on this question on the Guardian site yesterday. Someone in the comments asked if the numbers really added up on Ray Noble’s claim that the FITs budget could get used up entirely within a year or … Continue reading
Interview with Greg Barker on solar
Just posted this Guardian story on the review of solar feed-in tariffs, for which I did a fairly extensive interview with energy minister Greg Barker. Space was short for the Guardian story, so in case anyone is interested here are … Continue reading
Worst ever emissions: a disaster but not surprising
Everyone is very worked up about this story today: Greenhouse gas emissions increased by a record amount last year, to the highest carbon output in history, putting hopes of holding global warming to safe levels all but out of reach, … Continue reading
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The name of the game
I guess I owe it to my future readers to post a few lines on the title of this blog. Why MinorMass? Here’s what I was thinking when I registered the domain some years ago: Minor. A reference to the … Continue reading
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*Nods to Gruber*
Hello world and all that. Welcome to MinorMass, the blog I’ve been meaning to launch for years. The main reason it’s taken me so long to get started is that, unlike most wannabe bloggers, I’ve already got some great platforms … Continue reading
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