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Tourism in Cornwall – an update. We were right.
Back in 2021 we estimated the contribution of tourism to the Cornish economy as being around 13.5% in 2019, a figure far lower than the 20-33% being freely bandied around by the tourism lobby and uncritically reported in local and … Continue reading
Clean and green? The carbon costs of Cornwall’s housing programme
You can download a copy of this report here or read it below. In 2021 I submitted a Freedom of Information request to Cornwall Council asking what the total greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions would amount to at their Langarth project. … Continue reading
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Look at what they do, not what they say: Cornwall Council and the climate emergency
Yesterday Rishi Sunak delivered an obvious snub to Boris Johnson’s aim of forging a global deal on the climate crisis at the forthcoming COP26 meeting. He did this by halving the tax on domestic flights while only increasing the duty … Continue reading
The financial impact of tourism in Cornwall: an assessment
There appears to be some confusion in the press about the role of tourism in the Cornish economy. Estimates of its financial contribution fluctuate alarmingly and are often contradictory. For instance … “Tourism is worth between £1.7bn and £2bn a … Continue reading
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Cornwall’s June 2021 Covid wave: cover-up or curious coincidence?
Cornwall is sometimes portrayed as a land of mystery. One mystery that is now fast disappearing from memory is the strange case of the third Covid wave that suddenly appeared towards the beginning of June. The story of this needs … Continue reading
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Down from London: dreaming and dreading
The poem below was sent to me by one of my readers. Camberley Darling! We MUST move to the south Cornish coast! My smart phone’s just pinged up one cool must-do post To say people like us are all moving … Continue reading
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The G7 summit and its carbon footprint 4: the environmental cost for Cornwall
Having been told that neither the G7 nor the UK Government could be bothered to undertake a carbon audit before announcing their forthcoming summit in Cornwall I sent another email to George Eustice’s office manager on the 25th of March. … Continue reading
The G7 summit and its carbon footprint 3: lots of spin but no substance
Having heard from the G7 that it can’t be bothered to audit the carbon cost of its annual conferences I returned to my elusive MP. Another email was sent on the 25th of March. This time a reply was received … Continue reading
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The G7 summit and its carbon footprint 2: An answer arrives. But not from the first person questioned.
The request for information on the carbon impact of the forthcoming G7 Summit in Cornwall was given extra relevance when a UK Government press release appeared on January 23rd claiming the meeting would miraculously ‘create a greener, more prosperous future’. … Continue reading
The G7 summit and its carbon footprint 1
On the 16th of January the UK Government announced that it was using its presidency of the G7 Group to bring the annual summit to Cornwall. The Group of Seven comprises four west European states plus Japan, Canada and the … Continue reading
Cornwall - a developers' paradise? 