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Owen Paterson Has Taken Green Policy Back To The 70's

Published by Tony Juniper on Fri, 18/10/2013 - 12:00am

My 30 years of environmental campaigning has spanned the office of a dozen environment secretaries. Two of them stand out as exceptional. One of them holds office now.

Owen Paterson, our present secretary of state for environment, food and rural affairs, occupies a very special position.

Wind Energy: A Win Wind Situation

Published by Tony Juniper on Thu, 03/10/2013 - 12:00am

The small minority that is fiercely opposed to wind power, and to renewable energy in general, has its reasons for feeling the way it does. While I regard their views as misguided, I can respect their point of view, so long as it is based on facts and reason.

The Climate Challenge: Five Ways Forward

Published by Tony Juniper on Wed, 02/10/2013 - 12:00am

With the first installment of the fifth assessment report (AR5) from the UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) now published, it must be hoped that the job of exiting the carbon age can finally get serious.

Hoping For The Best About Climate Change Just Isn't Good Enough

Published by Tony Juniper on Wed, 25/09/2013 - 12:00am

Following months of speculation, this week the report from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) will set out the latest collective view from the world’s leading climatologists, atmospheric physicists and other experts about the extent of human impact on the Earth’s climate system. Most importantly it will set out possibilities about what might happen in future. That word “might” is key.

Southeast Michigan Sustainable Business Forum Blog

Published by Tony Juniper on Fri, 20/09/2013 - 12:00am

One of the greatest misconceptions of modern times is the idea that there is a choice between economic development and sustaining nature. The reality we inhabit is somewhat different.

One hundred per cent of economic activity is dependent on the services and benefits provided by natural systems.

How Can Brand Valuation Help Business To Account For Natural Capital?

Published by Tony Juniper on Mon, 09/09/2013 - 12:00am

We know that nature underpins 100% of economic activity, and that companies large and small are in different ways impacting on it. Sometimes that impact is beneficial, but more often it is leading to the depletion of the very natural systems that sustain businesses.

Nature Has So Many Benefits

Published by Tony Juniper on Fri, 06/09/2013 - 12:00am

What makes a place like Oxford special? History, architecture, people and the local economy certainly all contribute. There is another factor though, and it is one that is often more important than all these in making where we live distinctive. It is what might be called natural character.

I grew up in Cowley and from a very early age was an avid naturalist.

Dialogues On The Environment: Q&A with Mark Tercek, The Nature Conservancy

Published by Tony Juniper on Thu, 05/09/2013 - 12:00am

Mark Tercek: You began your career as an ornithologist and have been an environmental leader for nearly three decades. What are the biggest changes you've seen in the field? What is the environmental movement doing well? What could we be doing differently?

We Must Protect Nature To Conserve Peoples' Wellbeing

Published by Tony Juniper on Fri, 30/08/2013 - 12:00am

Research shows the positive effect of nature on health and happiness. So why does environment remain on the margins of debate?

Natural Capital Is Essential For Growth

Published by Tony Juniper on Mon, 19/08/2013 - 12:00am

The emergence of proposals from a House Committee to drastically cut the budget of the Environmental Protection Agency underlines just how disastrously out of touch many politicians are with modern economic thinking.

The idea that it could be prudent to slash the budget of an organization that helps to sustain clean air and water and the quality of the natural environment is in large part predicated on the idea that the depletion o

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