Category Archives: Energy Security

Video Blog 2: deploying renewables needs political will

Posted on May 17, 2012 by tomburke

TweetShareIn the second of my video blogs with RTCC I argue that we are not deploying renewables fast enough because of a lack of political will. We must think about renewables as being a package of technologies, not individual technologies. … Continue reading →

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Summary of Twitter Q&A with Mark Kenber, CEO The Climate Group

Posted on May 2, 2012 by tomburke

TweetShareMark Kenber and I took part in the first of a series of live Twitter Q&As run by The Climate Group. It was good to see so much interest and engagement. If you missed the discussion yesterday morning, then you can … Continue reading →

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Prospects for a Clean Revolution

Posted on April 30, 2012 by tomburke

TweetShareThis blog introduces the topic of a #CleanRevolution that I will be covering in a live Twitter Q&A at 10 o’clock tomorrow morning with Mark Kenber, CEO of The Climate Group. It is not yet widely understood by politicians, policy makers … Continue reading →

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Wind power industry hits political turbulence in UK

Posted on February 24, 2012 by tomburke

TweetShareI have been quoted in Jeremy Lovell’s article Wind power industry hits political turbulence in UK, published in Climate Wire, on 24th February 2012. To see the full article sign in to Climate Wire here. The article looks at the recent … Continue reading →

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Tom Burke’s political commentary: the facts behind the Daily Mail’s energy fury

Posted on June 29, 2011 by tomburke

TweetShareENDS Report 437, p. 62, June 2011. Despite the inflated claims of the middlebrow press, there are genuine concerns about how green taxes will affect future energy bills. The Daily Mail does not knowingly let the facts get in the … Continue reading →

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Time to stop dithering and press hard on the low-carbon accelerator

Posted on July 1, 2008 by tomburke

TweetSharePublished in ENDS Report (Issue 402, p54), in July 2008 New Labour’s core proposition to voters has been: “Elect us and we will make the economy work well to provide the financial resources to improve public services and reduce poverty.” … Continue reading →

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Crunch time for carbon

Posted on April 1, 2008 by tomburke

TweetSharePublished in The Parliamentary Monitor, April 2008.

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Overthrow of New King Coal

Posted on January 16, 2008 by tomburke

TweetSharePublished in The Guardian, on 16th January 2008. The energy analyst: It may have been a tough decision to take, but the government has got it badly wrong The government’s case for reviving a moribund nuclear industry turns significantly on … Continue reading →

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Carbon markets are not the answer

Posted on September 15, 2007 by tomburke

TweetSharePublished in the Liberal Democrat Autumn 2007 Federal Conference Agenda and Directory, 15th- 20th September 2007. We face a shared dilemma. All of us need to secure reliable access to energy for our economies to grow. Without that growth we … Continue reading →

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Energy and Climate Change – Fuelling the Future

Posted on September 1, 2005 by tomburke

TweetSharePublished in The World Today, the magazine published by The Royal Institute of International Affairs at Chatham House. It appeared in the September 2005 issue (Volume 61, Number 10). Energy security and climate security are two issues that will dominate … Continue reading →

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