2013 – Page 3 – Tom Burke

FUTURE IMPERFECT: THE COLLISION OF CLIMATE AND CARBON

On September 18, 2013 By admin

BY TOM BURKE This article first appeared in the Montrose Journal September 2013 Two epochal forces are shaping this century. One is economic, the $6 trillion dollar investment that will be made in developing fossil fuel assets over the next decade. The other is physical, the immutable behaviour of carbon […]

The Independent View: No real choice on nuclear

On September 9, 2013 By admin

This article was written for the Liberal Democrat Voice and first appeared on their website. By Tom Burke | Mon 9th September 2013 – 8:45 am Atoms are not the only fission products of nuclear power. This is […]

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 […]

More nonsense and ‘junk economics’ from Lomborg

On July 31, 2013 By admin

Here is an article I wrote for the Guardian on Lomborg’s ‘junk economics’ back in 2004. Lomborg is still writing nonsense and junk economics, no surprise there. The real question is why is the FT still publishing him despite his claims being comprehensively debunked? […]

Don’t underestimate rightwing desperation in media attacks on greens

On July 26, 2013 By admin

This article first appeared in the Guardian Friday 26 July 2013 14.16 BST The gloves are off. In recent days, a sustained attack on environmentalism has been mounted in the UK media. The Times, the Telegraph and the Financial Times have all […]

President Obama makes canny carbon move – ENDS Report

On July 23, 2013 By admin

This article appears in the ENDS Report 462, August 2013, pp. 8-9 23 July 2013 12:49 BST By addressing the issue of “carbon pollution”, the US president is cleverly enabling climate action. But there is still little chance of leadership on international policy. See full article here: President Obama makes […]