Published in The House Magazine, No.1411, Volume 36, on 15th March 2012. The Coalition Review looks into how far the government has stuck to the Coalition Agreement in key policy areas. This week Lord Turnbull, Michael Meacher, and I each assess how the government has done on energy and tackling […]
Nuclear power will fail to achieve what George Monbiot wants
Published in The Guardian, 16th March 2012. Jonathon Porritt, Tony Juniper, Charles Secrett and I wrote a letter this week to David Cameron, highlighting the key economic and political issues with pursuing a pro-nuclear power policy. In response, George Monbiot and others wrote their own letter to the Prime Minister. […]
David King’s misplaced enthusiasm over nuclear
Enthusiasm has a way of blinding you to glaring inconsistencies in your arguments. David King is an enthusiast for nuclear power. As chief scientist he was an important influence in persuading the government to buy into the clever French plan to make British householders and businesses subsidise Areva and EDF, […]
Nuclear letter to David Cameron, offering him the advice he isn’t getting from DECC
This story was covered in the BBC News and The Guardian, and mentioned in The Telegraph. Download attachments here for the letter and the note. Environmentalists have studied the nuclear industry for over forty years. They have consistently concluded that it had little to offer a world meeting the twin challenges of […]
Interview on Newsnight: the future of nuclear
Last Friday, 9th March, I was interviewed by Newsnight in the build up to the one year anniversary of Fukushima. I discussed the economic flaws of building nuclear plants in the UK, where the risk will be held- unjustly- by the British home owner and British businesses, not the French government. Follow this link below […]
Wind power industry hits political turbulence in UK
Tom Burke’s Political Commentary: Nucléaire nouvelle génération. Non merci!
Blog: No More Nukes?
Is the planning system holding back economic growth?
I have been quoted (below) giving my reaction to the report Inexpensive Progress which is released today. The report was carried out by Vivid Economics, and commissioned by the Campaign to Protect Rural England (CPRE), the National Trust and the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB). To access […]
Renewed push for nuclear power
Below is my letter to The Guardian on the threatened resurgence of nuclear, written with Dr Paul Dorfman (Nuclear Consulting Group) and John Sauven (Greenpeace UK), published on 8 February, 2012. To see the collection of other letters to The Guardian on the same subject follow this link. Proponents of […]