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A Correction – Methane Emissions from UK Livestock
Methane emissions per unit from lamb production are comparable with those from beef production. In the second of my series of posts analysing UK climate change policy, I presented calculations of the methane emitted per kilogram carcass weight in the … Continue reading
Posted in Agriculture, Climate change
Tagged beef, cattle, climate change, lamb, methane emissions, sheep
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Court Overrules UK Government Approval of New Coal Mine
Another twist in the saga of the proposed mine in West Cumbria. I have posted twice before – here and here – on the proposed West Cumbria Mining project in Cumbria, England, and had assumed that the UK government’s approval … Continue reading
Posted in Climate change, Minerals
Tagged carbon price, climate change, emissions trading, West Cumbria Mining
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An Economic Story
In the About page of this blog, I wrote that there is “an important role for non-theoretical descriptive economics, as a preliminary to theorising and policy analysis”. In this post I stretch the idea of descriptive economics quite a long … Continue reading
Posted in Agriculture, Climate change, Fisheries, Water
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UK Climate Change Policy – A Critical Analysis (3)
The third of this series of posts assesses whether it is feasible for the UK to obtain the electricity required to deliver its net zero plans. The government’s long-term plan for energy, largely set out in its White Paper Powering … Continue reading
