Energy and water: our utility companies are failing us but we can take action

We’ve all felt the pain of crippling increases in our energy bills. And this week, it was the turn of the water companies to announce that they were hiking up their prices  – those rises due to come in April will average around 3.5 per cent in England and Wales. So why are we paying more for our water? Talk to the water companies and they will tell you they are having to invest billions of pounds in improvements. But these are privately-owned... Read More

The great resource scarcity debate, but who’s listening?

Bill Clinton at Re|Source I had the opportunity to go and listen to Bill Clinton speak about resource scarcity in Oxford last week. I was eager to hear what this great orator had to say on such an important subject for the future of our planet. Was this going to prove to be a landmark speech on pressing issues such as food and water supply? What did the former President of the United States and founder of the William J Clinton Foundation have to say... Read More