May 2013 – Tom Burke

CONTRA BUTLER – A response to Nick Butler’s FT blog

On May 29, 2013May 31, 2013 By admin

I will be publishing an occasional blog mainly focused on climate policy in response to misleading or erroneous things written by prominent people. In a recent blog, ( Financial Times, May 23rd 2013 ) Nick Butler bemoaned the collapse of the European carbon price. It was, he said, […]

The environment is off the metro-land agenda – ENDS Report June 2013

On May 28, 2013May 30, 2013 By admin

This column features in the recently published ENDS Report A review of the weak environmental machinery of the government is needed to counter the growing influence of the Treasury. Whether the UK Independence Party’s surge in the local elections really is the seismic event in British politics that the […]

The futility of trying to control climate change through a carbon price

On May 13, 2013 By admin

The shale gas story illustrates beautifully the futility of trying to control climate change through a carbon price. Put the price of carbon up with one hand with your climate policy and a whole bunch of very clever and determined people go to work to make money by driving it […]

NUCLEAR NONSENSE 2

On May 7, 2013 By admin

Actually, this should properly be called more of the same nuclear nonsense. Writing in the Guardian Michael Hanlon on May 2nd describes in some detail the rate of closure of Britain’s existing nuclear power stations. This is a primary cause of ‘an energy crisis that is anything but […]