Thomas Perrett

I am a freelance journalist and researcher covering climate change and energy policy. I am particularly interested in exposing fossil fuel industry lobbying, corporate greenwashing and climate science denial.

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Decentralised energy: How a Bristol community protects itself against soaring costs

Decentralised methods of producing and distributing energy can wrest control from the hands of monopolistic oil and gas firms, who have made record profits during the cost of living crisis, placing power into the hands of local communities.

August 31, 2023

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Banks are incentivised to fund climate chaos. Here’s how to change that

Left to its own volition, the financial sector will continue to be complicit in environmental degradation unless stringent mechanisms are put in place to ensure that it complies with net-zero obligations and divests from fossil fuels.

July 21, 2022