Nuclear – Page 7 – Tom Burke

CHANGING THE GAME – A PROGRAMME FOR GOVERNMENT

On May 6, 2015May 7, 2015 By admin

E3G is publishing ‘Changing the Game’ a 10 point programme for government that will put the environment to work for the economy. For too long Britain’s environmentalists have asked British Governments to do more for the environment. It is now time to turn the tables and tell […]

APRES MOI LE DELUGE

On May 5, 2015 By admin

Louis XV’s mordant phrase aptly captures the legacy of the Coalition government’s electricity policy. The new government, whatever its composition, will inherit a policy that achieved a rare feat. It united investors, generators, customers, commentators and environmentalists on energy policy. […]

WHOM THE GODS DESTROY

On April 20, 2015April 20, 2015 By admin

Despite frequent headlines suggesting otherwise, EDF has not yet agreed to buy two nuclear reactors from its sister French state-owned company Areva. The British Government has yet to sign a contract to purchase the electricity the reactors will produce. Without that contract EDF will not make the […]

US and China emissions agreement – BBC World Service – 12 November 2014

On November 16, 2014November 17, 2014 By admin

Here is an interview I did recently for the BBC World Service discussing why the emissions agreement between the US and China is so important. “This is really important because the real problem with climate change is not so much technology […]

STANDING OUR GROUND

On September 27, 2014October 14, 2014 By admin

This piece was first published by Friends Of The Earth here On a very cold morning forty years ago I got into a bright red Mini outside the FoE offices in Poland Street. Together with John Price, an Australian physics PhD, I was about to set […]

CHINA NIGHTMARE

On July 3, 2014 By admin

This piece first appeared in Business Green The prospect of the Chinese becoming owners, managers and even constructors of nuclear power stations in Britain has caused anxiety in some unexpected places. Both the right and the left, united in their […]

FALLON’S FALLACY

On December 18, 2013 By admin

There is a presentational trick that skilled politicians practice. It grasps that most people are more affected by the tone than the content of a speech. This is an especially important skill to have mastered when you want to want to say something controversial. Then a soft […]

It can’t be easy being George Monbiot

On December 9, 2013 By admin

By Jonathon Porritt 5th December 2013 This article first appeared in Jonathon Porritt’s blog and in The Ecologist The Letter referred to in this article is the one that Jonathon Porritt, Tony Juniper, Charles Secrett and I wrote to David Cameron, highlighting the key economic and political issues with pursuing a pro-nuclear […]

On Killing Dragons

On November 27, 2013 By admin

This article first appeared in the November Issue of The Ends Report Consistency is becoming the rarest of phenomena in public discourse. We have a government that is simultaneously increasing the planning constraints on wind […]

Viewpoint: Can we risk another Fukushima?

On November 21, 2013December 6, 2013 By admin

This article first appeared as a guest post for Greenpeace Energydesk By Tom Burke, Founding director of E3G 21ST NOV 2013 This article also appeared in The Ecologist One of the more opportunistic responses to the meltdown at Fukushima was that of nuclear advocates claiming that since there were […]