The Shadow Empire strikes hard

It’s been a busy few weeks for populist influencers, especially those whose mission is crude debunking of environmental policies. Presumably some of them will have at least got rich in the process; it’d be odd to think they do all these harmful things for no reason at all. This month has seen a big two-fold campaign, attacking the science behind […]

Enemies within

A rather plaintive little tweet from Ed Miliband complaining about the hostile reaction among populists on social and national media to his announcement about new offshore wind licences. “In the past 18 months, a well-funded right-wing network has waged a relentless war against clean power,” he writes. “When we set out our mission, they said it couldn’t be done, or […]