August 2013 – Tom Burke

Locked into business as usual in a changing world – ENDS Report August 2013

On August 23, 2013August 23, 2013 By admin

This column was first published in the ENDS Report August 2013 Conservative Party leaders believe declaring war on the environment and aggressively promoting fracking for shale gas is to their advantage. But it is bad for business and the economy. We […]

TALKING POINTS FOR NESTA DYNAMIC DEMAND CHALLENGE WEBINAR AUGUST 14TH 2013

On August 14, 2013 By admin

TALKING POINTS FOR NESTA DYNAMIC DEMAND CHALLENGE WEBINAR AUGUST 14TH 2013 • FOR ALL PRACTICAL PURPOSES ENERGY POLICY IS CLIMATE POLICY • GOVERNMENTS HAVE AGREED THAT 2°C IS THE THRESHOLD OF DANGEROUS CLIMATE CHANGE • THEY HAVE RATIFIED THE UNFCCC AND […]

CONTRA HAYWARD

On August 9, 2013August 9, 2013 By admin

NASA Earth Observatory’s Suomi Satellite captured the night time glow from hundreds of flares from rigs drilled into the Bakken shale oil formation of North Dakota, a 360-million-year-old tectonic plate, creating a light show the size of metropolitan Boston. […]

Fracking Political Map – Greenpeace News Desk

On August 7, 2013August 7, 2013 By admin

Glad to see that my idea of a fracking political map showing shale gas and MPs worked so well, and that it has generated stories in the Mail, FT and Standard. Originally appeared on Greenpeace News Desk – 6TH Aug 2013 Just under half the […]

Connecting the Local to the Global – The 4th Annual Festival of Literature and Thought

On August 6, 2013 By admin

I will be speaking on Connecting the Local to the Global at the Beyond Borders Festival in Scotland on August 17th Books, Border & Bikes – The 4th Annual Festival of Literature and Thought 17th & 18th August 2013 A unique two-day literary festival that brings together internationally […]