Phil’s blog

21st July 2015

Sandbag at St Paul's Cathedral: Video and photo highlights

15th July 2015

Sandbag relaunches from the crypt of St Paul's Cathedral

26th June 2015

Deep cuts in industrial emissions are needed: How do we pay for them?

25th June 2015

How does the ETS fit with other EU climate policy?

22nd January 2015

EU Industry Committee fails to reach agreement on carbon market fix

21st January 2015

A late start to the Market Stability Reserve will crash the EU carbon price

19th December 2014

In a quest to avoid the lights going out, the UK government is unnecessarily subsidising old coal

8th December 2014

Interactive online tool models changes to the Market Stability Reserve

4th December 2014

Improving the Market Stability Reserve: Sandbag's amendments

30th November 2014

Locking up carbon – An alternative look at Carbon Capture & Storage

6th October 2014

Early applications show clumsy Capacity Market will subsidise unnecessary old coal

17th September 2014

If electricity use grows, coal is a big part of the EU energy mix to 2030

15th September 2014

Save the date: Advanced Briefing on Sandbag's annual report on the state of the ETS – 14th October, Brussels

30th July 2014

Restarting Europe's drive for Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS)

25th July 2014

Sandbag's response to the Market Stability Reserve Proposal

1st July 2014

Update: Some questions answered in new guidelines on reductions to penalties in UK ETS regulation

6th May 2014

Transparency in the EU Emissions Trading Scheme has been unnecessarily reduced

20th February 2014

Aviation in the ETS: Still no deal

14th February 2014

What influences the price of carbon? A beginners guide

6th February 2014

Promoting renewables, without binding national targets

3rd February 2014

Event Summary – Getting back on track: Why Europe's climate targets need a drastic course correction

20th January 2014

UK government adds more fuel to the “bonfire of regulations” on carbon pollution

18th December 2013

Aviation in the Emissions Trading Scheme: What really happened during "Stop the Clock"?

29th November 2013

“Coal must adapt or be swept aside by history” – Baroness Worthington at Warsaw’s controversial International Coal & Climate conference

28th November 2013

What happened in Warsaw, and what's next?

15th October 2013

Possibilities of abrupt climate change this century: Notes from a Royal Society conference

7th October 2013

International aviation negotiations have stumbled. The EU must stand its ground.

30th September 2013

What is going on with aviation and the EU ETS?

19th September 2013

Polluters to avoid paying for carbon emissions in government’s ‘bonfire of regulation’