You don’t often see national newspapers celebrating a drop in house prices, despite the fact that they rose twice as fast as average incomes in the past decade. It’s much like the coverage of any strike that might affect a journalist’s holidays plans.
Most journalists and commentators are wealthy middle class home owners, so they are [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Green New Deal’
22 Dec
God bless you, lucky home owners
15 Oct
Scrap those old boilers, politicians
This one is a no-brainer for blog action day. The UK’s Committee for Climate Change has called for it, Boris Johnson of all people includes it in his air quality strategy, and it will help people save money as energy bills rise.
The Government should set-up a boiler scrappage scheme (and you should sign the petition). [...]
1 Jul
Help turn RBS into the Royal Bank for Sustainability
People & Planet, WDM and Platform have just launched an audacious campaign against the Treasury, seeking a judicial review to transform RBS from the UK’s largest “dirty development” investor into the foremost green finance institution. Check out the Financial Times story for the lowdown (it made the front page!) and lobby your MP to sign [...]
