Organisational Arrangements and Drinking Water Quality

You might like to know about a paper I recently had published in the Journal ‘Water Science and Technology: Water Supply’. The paper discusses the findings of a research project which explored the impact of varying organisational arrangements on drinking water quality in England and Wales, and the Republic of Ireland. It is established that [...]

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Water and the Impact of Politics

You might be interested in a recent journal paper of mine that focuses on the impact of politics on drinking water. The paper seeks to address a growing lack of historical knowledge in the water industry of how European Union (EU) water policy has developed and been responded to. It also aims to overcome the [...]

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A New Citizenship: The Reith Lectures 2009

Professor Michael Sandel is currently in process of delivering four lectures about the prospects of a new politics of the common good. Professor Sandel is an eminent political philosopher. The final lecture, entitled ‘Genetics and Morality’ is due to be broadcast on Tue 23 Jun 2009  09:00 BBC Radio 4 /  Sat 27 Jun 2009 [...]

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GIANT LEAP – It’s too late for small steps…

‘On July 20th 1969, when Buzz Aldrin left his footprint on the surface of the Moon, he was fulfilling a goal set just eight years beforehand by John F Kennedy. The President, standing before Congress on May 25th 1961, had said: “I believe that this nation should commit itself to achieving the goal, before this [...]

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Global Health and Climate Change

The first UCL Lancet Commission report on the issue of climate change and health was published today. Climate change and health is an area of concern that has not necessarily solicited the attention it deserves, particularly in the context of the wider climate change debate. The report highlights the role climate change will play in [...]

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Weapons of Mass Consumption!

As Lilly Allen sings; ‘I am a weapon of mass consumption’, I am left thinking that we are all weapons of mass consumption that are slowly and inextricably killing the planet. Just as I am in no doubt that she is by far and away the superior singer to me, I am in no doubt [...]

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Crude Awakening!

The documentary film ‘A crude awakening’, gives us an insight into how our civilization’s addiction to oil puts it on course for disaster. Our industrial society has been built on an abundance of cheap energy, notably oil. However, this addiction has to end if we are to avoid a massive economic crash. Why not get the film out of [...]

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Water Metering and Politics

We live in world that is increasingly suffering from water shortages. With the onset of rapid climate change, water resources are going to come under increased stress. For many, metering of domestic water users is seen as some kind of cure all. Yet, for me at least, and many in the water industry, the faith placed [...]

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