Rooftop solar can be torn out of capital's hands

It has the potential to support co-operative, municipal and other forms of community ownership and control. The Ecologist, 7 May

Rooftop solar: glints of light in the darkening climate crisis

A global overview of rooftop solar. China has the biggest fleet; most of it is owned by corporations; in the rich world household ownership is widespread. Nevertheless, I argue, it has potential as a weapon for social justice and action on climate change. On People & Nature, 24 April.

The Silvertown tunnel is now open - and it is a terrible backward step for clean air in London

My comments in the London Evening Standard, on the day the Silvertown tunnel opened. I was involved in a years-long campaign to try to stop it, and we still call for it to be turned over to non-motor-vehicle uses, e.g. public transport and active travel

Support Ukrainian resistance, not monstrous rearmament plans

Abandon Ukraine, or cut public services to pay billions for arms spending, is a "typical neoliberal false choice". My talk at a Solidarity with Ukraine event in Brussels on 26 March, published by Labour Hub

Pakistan's rush for rooftop solar brings dreams and nightmares

Steep increases in fossil fuel prices, and a glut of cheap Chinese-made solar panels, produced a rush for solar panels by businessses and better-off households in 2023-24. That has exacerbated electricity companies' money problems, but the heaviest burden is borne by poor households who can not afford panels. My comments on People & Nature, 7 February.