Researchers have found that pollution from oil and gas flaring in America is responsible for more than 700 premature deaths and 73,000 asthma exacerbations among children annually.

When the BBC published their research into to the calamitous state of affairs that has led to £200bn worth of renewable energy projects sitting in the connections queue, everyone looked up. What the research found was so patently ridiculous that you didn’t need to be interested in green energy to pay attention.