Cumbria coal mine: how to understand local support for the new pit

Local people describe a purposeful past in this former mining community – and a bleak future.

Pancho Lewis, Researcher, Lancaster Environment Centre, Lancaster University • conversation
Dec. 15, 2022 • ~7 min

How to keep your home warm during very cold weather (on a budget) – and avoid dangerous heating 'hacks'

Cranking the heating up 24/7 isn’t an option for most people.

Mari Martiskainen, Professor of Energy and Society, University of Sussex • conversation
Dec. 9, 2022 • ~7 min

Energy bills: how much money does turning down the thermostat actually save?

Massive 13,000-home project investigates how much energy is typically used at different temperatures.

Tadj Oreszczyn, Professor of Energy and Environment, UCL • conversation
Dec. 2, 2022 • ~6 min

Onshore wind rebellion reveals fractious climate politics within the Conservative party

An influential group of the UK prime minister’s own backbenchers want more wind farms.

Mitya Pearson, Leverhulme Early Career Fellow, King's College London • conversation
Dec. 1, 2022 • ~7 min

Why the UK needs to stop exporting plastic waste

Many countries export their plastic waste abroad – but the mismanagement of this plastic waste is one of the leading causes of plastic pollution in nature.

Steve Fletcher, Professor of Ocean Policy and Economy, University of Portsmouth • conversation
Nov. 25, 2022 • ~7 min

Just Stop Oil: research shows how activists and politicians talk differently about climate change

Linguistic analysis shows that activists and politicians have very different messages when it comes to the environment.

Clare Cunningham, Associate Professor in English Language and Linguistics, York St John University • conversation
Nov. 16, 2022 • ~6 min

Britain's energy price cap left many people confused – especially Conservative voters

A third of people we surveyed incorrectly thought there was a £2,500 cap on energy bills.

Thomas Scotto, Professor of Politics, University of Glasgow • conversation
Nov. 14, 2022 • ~5 min

England's housing strategy carries a high carbon cost – unless politicians are willing to change plans

England’s housing strategy will consume our entire carbon budget by 2050 – there are alternatives, but they face political and economic barriers.

Josh Ryan-Collins, Head of Finance and Macroeconomics, Institute of Innovation and Public Purpose, UCL • conversation
Nov. 10, 2022 • ~8 min

Why the 'energy price cap' is confusing – and how it could be better communicated

There never was a ‘maximum bill of £2,500’.

Lorraine Whitmarsh, Professor of Environmental Psychology, University of Bath • conversation
Oct. 14, 2022 • ~6 min

To address climate change, lifestyles must change – but the government's reluctance to help is holding us back

A new report suggests the government has less to fear from promoting sustainable lifestyles than it expects.

Stuart Capstick, Senior Research Fellow in Psychology, Cardiff University • conversation
Oct. 13, 2022 • ~7 min

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