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No Need for Nuclear. The renewables are here – Conway Hall, London 17 June 2017
There is a very broad National consensus about what we want our energy policy to do, what the goal of British Energy Policy should be. It should be affordable, it should be secure and it should be low-carbon, … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Changing the Politics, Climate Change, Domestic, Economics, Economics, Energy, Energy, Energy Efficiency, Energy Security, Fake News, Finance, Hinkley, Nuclear, People, Policy, Politics, renewables, Sustainability, The Human Cost
Tagged bills, carbon, communities, economy, energy, energy policy, energy transition, Hinkley, just transition, low-carbon, nuclear, policy, politics, Renewables, technology
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Sky News – Discussing Al Gore’s new film on climate change “An Inconvenient Sequel” – 11 Aug 17
Sky news: With me now in the studio is Tom Burke, a former senior adviser to the foreign secretary’s special representative on climate change, and now the chairman of third generation environmentalism, which encourages sustainable development. First of … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Campaigning, Changing the Politics, Cities, Climate Change, Conflict, Domestic, Economics, Economics, Energy, Energy, Energy Efficiency, Energy Security, Environment, Finance, In the media, International, Interviews, Migration, Oil and Gas, People, Policy, Poverty, renewables, Security, Sky News, Sustainability, Trump
Tagged Al Gore, beinconvenient, business, carbon, cities, climate, climate change, climate impacts, climate risk, conflict, crops, decarbonisation, decarbonise, economy, efficiency, energy, energy efficiency, Exxon, food, G20, Inconvenient Sequel, oil, Paris Agreement, policy, politics, Renewables, security, shareholders, Sky News, States, technology, Trump, water, White House
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BBC Radio 5 Live – Government announces independent review of energy prices – 6 Aug 17
5 Live: The government has launched an independent review into the cost of energy, days after British Gas raised energy prices by twelve and a half percent. The study is being carried out by Oxford University professor Dieter … Continue reading
Posted in BBC, Business, Changing the Politics, Climate Change, Domestic, Economics, Economics, Energy, Energy, Energy Efficiency, Energy Security, Environment, Finance, In the media, Interviews, Oil and Gas, Policy, Politics, Poverty, renewables, Sustainability
Tagged BBC, BBC 5 Live, British Gas, carbon, climate, climate change, consumers, customers, emissions, energy, energy bills, energy efficiency, energy policy, energy price, fuel poverty, gas industry, grants, infrastructure, investment, low income, policy, review, savings, smart grid, zero carbon
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BBC News – What can the energy price review achieve? – 06 Aug 17
BBC News: The government has asked for and independent review of the energy market, just days after British Gas announced it is putting up its standard electricity price by twelve and a half percent. Theresa May did pledge … Continue reading
Posted in BBC, Business, Changing the Politics, Cities, Climate Change, Domestic, Economics, Economics, Energy, Energy, Energy Efficiency, Energy Security, Environment, Finance, In the media, Interviews, Oil and Gas, Policy, Poverty, Public Services, renewables, Security, Sustainability, The Human Cost
Tagged buildings, carbon, climate, climate change, economy, emissions, energy, energy bills, energy efficiency, energy industry, energy review, fuel poverty, government, infrastructure, investment, policy, price cap, savings, wholesale price, zero emissions
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BBC News – Government launches an independent review into the cost of energy prices
BBC News: An independent review into the cost of energy is being launched by the government, just days after British Gas raised standard electricity prices by twelve and a half percent. The review will examine how prices can be … Continue reading
Posted in BBC, Business, Changing the Politics, Cities, Climate Change, Domestic, Economics, Economics, Energy, Energy, Energy Efficiency, Energy Security, Environment, Finance, In the media, Interviews, Policy, Politics, Poverty, renewables, Security, Sustainability
Tagged BBC, BBC News, British Gas, building regulations, cities, climate, climate change, consumers, Dieter Helm, E3G, economy, electricity, energy bills, energy efficiency, energy policy, fuel poverty, government, infrastructure, investment, price cap, utilities, wholesale price
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Al Jazeera – Earth Overshoot Day marks unprecedented environmental damages – 2 Aug 17
Al Jazeera: I am joined now by Tom Burke, he is chairman of the environmental think tank E3G, and has advised a number of senior British politicians, thanks so much for being with us. How surprising is it … Continue reading
Posted in Al Jazeera, Business, Changing the Politics, Climate Change, Economics, Economics, Energy, Energy, Energy Efficiency, Energy Security, Environment, In the media, International, Migration, Oil and Gas, People, Politics, Poverty, renewables, Security, Sustainability, The Human Cost
Tagged agriculture, Al Jazeera, carbon, climate, climate change, crops, Earth Overshoot Day, economy, emissions, energy, environment, farming, food, fossil fuel, natural resources, news, population growth, resources, security, soil, water
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Britain’s first 24 hours without coal for 135 years – Sky News
It was a real birthday present for the earth yesterday that we saw the first day in 135 years when Britain wasn’t producing any electricity from coal. I think that is a pretty remarkable day, and it … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Campaigning, Changing the Politics, coal, Economics, Economics, Energy, Energy Efficiency, Energy Security, Environment, In the media, Interviews, Policy, Sky News
Tagged Britain, carbon, climate, coal, decarbonisation, economy, electricity, emissions, health, jobs, low-carbon, NHS, Renewables, Sky News, smart meter, Trump
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The UK has formally signed up to the Paris climate change agreement – Sky News
Sky News: The UK has formally signed up to the first climate change agreement that covers every country on earth. It comes as there is uncertainty over America’s role in the Paris Agreement. Donald Trump had … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Changing the Politics, Cities, Climate Change, Domestic, Economics, Economics, Energy, Energy Efficiency, Energy Security, Environment, Finance, In the media, International, Interviews, People, Politics, renewables, Security, Sky News, Sustainability, The Human Cost
Tagged air pollution, bills, carbon, China, climate, climate change, electric vehicles, Elon Musk, emissions, energy, energy efficiency, energy revolution, Energy Transition Commission, investment, low-carbon, opportunity, Paris Agreement, Paris Deal, rattification, renewable energy, Renewables, Tesla, transition, Trump, UK, US
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IEA projection of oil consumption peak goes against what many in the industry believe – Share Radio
Share Radio: Let’s take a look at oil, because oil consumption is tipped to peak no sooner than 2040, even if the Paris climate agreement is implemented, that is according to the … Continue reading
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Tagged Air BNB, batteries, climate, economy, electric vehicles, Elon Musk, emissions, finance, fossil fuel, gas, global warming, IEA, investment, low-carbon, oil, oil price, OPEC, opportunity, Paris, pension, petrol, pressure, Renewables, revenues, risk, security, Shell, tax, transport, Trump, Uber, vehicles
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2016 is set to be the hottest year on record – BBC News – 14 Nov 16
BBC News: Let’s talk to Tom Burke, Chairman of the environment think tank E3G, also a former government advisor on climate change. Thanks for being with us. So, 2016 looks … Continue reading
Posted in BBC, Business, Climate Change, Economics, Economics, Energy, Energy Security, In the media, International, People, Politics, renewables, Security, Sustainability
Tagged 2 degrees, America, BBC News, carbon, China, climate, climate change, economy, electric vehicles, emissions, energy, energy revolution, Kyoto, leadership, money, opportunity, Paris Agreement, Renewables, temperature, Trump
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