Nuclear – Page 6 – Tom Burke

Is there really a need for Hinkley Point to be built? – World at One – Radio 4 – 16 Feb 16

On February 17, 2016February 19, 2016 By admin

BBC: So Is there a really need for Hinkley Point to be built? Tom Burke: There isn’t actually, there’s lots and lots more things that we can do. There is no need to replace nuclear with nuclear, or indeed with gas. We’ve got so many more options, that […]

OF OIL AND STONES

On February 5, 2016February 5, 2016 By admin

This blog first appeared in Business Green Sheikh Yamani, a former Saudi oil minister, is famous for having pointed out that the stone age did not end because we ran out of stones. […]

Even if the global warming scare were a hoax, we would still need it – The Telegraph

On December 17, 2015December 17, 2015 By admin

This article was first published in The Telegraph China is the low-carbon superpower and will be the ultimate enforcer of the COP21 climate deal in Paris By Ambrose Evans-Pritchard Chinese scientists have published two alarming reports in a matter of weeks. Both conclude that the […]

What were the key factors in getting a deal in Paris? – BBC News – 13 Dec 15

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BBC: With us now is Tom Burke who is Chairman of the Environmental Think Tank E3G, and a former government advisor on climate change. Tom thanks very much for coming in. What were your first thoughts when you heard the green gavel go down and they had […]

Conservative government facing heavy criticism for cutting green subsidies and investment – Sky News – 13 Dec 15

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Sky News: The government’s energy policy has come under fire and has been described as illegal, just a day after world leaders agreed a historic plan to tackle climate change. David Cameron was among many who praised the deal made in Paris as a huge step forward in […]

So the country voted blue, did we go green? – Sky News – 5 December 15

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Sky: Tom Burke is the Chairman and founding Director of the Environmental Think Tank E3G, and he joins me in the studio. So the country voted blue did we go green? Tom Burke: We didn’t go green. I think the coalition was a bit greener that […]

Why nuclear is a bad deal for Britain – BBC Politics Today – 21 October 15

On October 21, 2015 By admin

Nuclear is the cuckoo in the nest it squeezes the others out of the energy market. The reason why we are doing what we are doing, making so many policy changes in energy efficiency and renewables, and eliminating billions of pounds of investment, is to make sure that there […]

Why Hinkley is a very bad deal for Britain – BBC News

On October 21, 2015October 21, 2015 By admin

Here at Hinkley Point alongside existing reactors is where George Osborne wants to build a new nuclear power station in Britain. It will be built by EDF, a French state owned electricity company, and will cost 24 and a half billion pounds, that’s more than Crossrail and the […]

Nuclear Cost – Letter to The Times, October 19 2015

On October 19, 2015 By admin

The Times, letters, October 19 2015 To slash and burn renewable investment for the sake of costly support for new nuclear plants is unwise Sir, George Osborne assumes that energy demand will increase (“Nuclear deal with China is threat to UK […]

WHAT’S IN A WORD 3

On September 13, 2015September 14, 2015 By admin

John Hutton is Chairman of the Nuclear Industries Association. On August 24th he told the Radio 4 Today audience that “The nuclear programme is going to be built without any state funding at all”. Sitting next to him in the studio I nearly fell off my […]