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Category Archives: Oil and Gas
Discussing government failure in controlling air pollution – Radio 4 – 2 Feb 17
This is the consequence of complete failure by the government to tackle a problem that it has known about for a long time. It is now in breach of our own … Continue reading
Posted in BBC, Campaigning, Changing the Politics, Cities, Domestic, Economics, Energy, Energy Efficiency, Environment, In the media, Interviews, Oil and Gas, People, Politics, Radio, The Human Cost
Tagged air, air pollution, Birmingham, bypass, carbon, cars, communities, community, control, Cornwall, diesel, emissions, government, health, homes, law, London, pollution, Radio 4, risk, traffic, vehicles
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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
Posted in Business, Changing the Politics, Climate Change, Economics, Economics, Energy, Energy Efficiency, Energy Security, Finance, In the media, Interviews, Oil and Gas, People, Politics, Radio, renewables, Security, Sustainability
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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‘Climate, Responsibility and Risk’ – REMARKS BY MR TOM BURKE CBE AT THE ESG INVESTMENT FORUM
REMARKS BY MR TOM BURKE CBE AT THE ESG INVESTMENT FORUM, AMBA HOTEL, CHARING CROSS, OCTOBER 26TH 2016. ‘Climate, Responsibility and Risk’ Thank you for inviting me to speak to … Continue reading
Posted in Brexit, Business, Changing the Politics, Climate Change, Conflict, Domestic, Economics, Economics, Energy, Energy Efficiency, Energy Security, Environment, EU, Europe, Finance, HFC, International, Oil and Gas, People, Politics, renewables, Security, The Human Cost
Tagged 2 degrees, Brexit, carbon, climate, climate change, climate crisis, crisis, economic crisis, economy, energy, Energy Union, environment, ESG, EU, finance, fossil fuel, global economy, HFCs, investment, low-carbon, money, nationalism, policy, Renewables, risk, safe, security, stability, transition, urgency
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Sky News – How significant is it that the US and China have ratified the Climate Deal?
Sky News: Two of the world’s biggest polluters the US and China have ratified the Paris agreement on climate change. The move is being hailed as a major breakthrough, but does it go far enough? Tom Burke is the … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Changing the Politics, Domestic, Economics, Economics, Energy, Energy Efficiency, Energy Security, Environment, Europe, Finance, In the media, International, Interviews, Oil and Gas, People, Politics, renewables, Sky News, Sustainability
Tagged 2 degrees, adaptation, carbon, China, clean, climate, climate change, coal, competition, cost, economy, emissions, energy, fossil fuel, fossil Industry, industry, investment, jobs, losers, momentum, obstacles, opportunity, Paris Agreement, policy, politics, pollution, ratify, Renewables, risk, smart, technology, transition, US, winners
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BBC News – China and US ratify Paris Climate Deal
BBC News: It’s been reported this morning that China has announced that it will formally ratify the Paris Climate Change Agreement, paving the way for a joint US / China statement on global warming later today. The country … Continue reading
Posted in Articles by Publication, BBC, Business, Campaigning, Changing the Politics, Climate Change, Economics, Economics, Energy, Energy Efficiency, Energy Security, Environment, Finance, In the media, International, Interviews, Oil and Gas, People, Politics, renewables, Sustainability
Tagged carbon, China, climate, climate change, climate deal, cost, economy, emissions, energy, industry, investment, momentum, Obama, opportunity, Paris Agreement, Renewables, risk, technology, transition, US, Xi
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Climate Change Activists Should Be Nervous About Brexit
BY EVAN POPP With voters in the United Kingdom heading to the polls June 23 to decide whether or not to leave the European Union, polls are showing a close vote in the offing between those who want … Continue reading
Posted in Brexit, Campaigning, Changing the Politics, Climate Change, Domestic, Economics, Economics, Energy, Energy Security, Environment, EU, Europe, European, Finance, In the media, Oil and Gas, Referendum, renewables, Sustainability, The Human Cost, Think Progress
Tagged Brexit, campaign, campaigners, carbon, climate, climate change, E3G, economy, emissions, environment, ETS, EU, Europe, European Union, fracking, gas, infrastructure, investment, Leave, low-carbon, oil, refugee, refugees, Renewables, skeptics, subsidies, sustainable, transition
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If we’re to win the climate struggle, we must remain in Europe
Concerted EU diplomacy helped secure a landmark agreement at the Paris climate change summit. We should not leave the field just as the battle is turning. Our security and prosperity … Continue reading
Posted in Brexit, Business, Campaigning, Changing the Politics, Climate Change, Conflict, Domestic, Economics, Economics, Energy, Energy Efficiency, Energy Security, Environment, EU, Europe, European, Finance, Oil and Gas, People, Politics, Referendum, renewables, Security, Sustainability, The Guardian, The Human Cost
Tagged assets, battle, borders, Brexit, Britain, British, carbon, challenge, clean, climate, climate change, coal, communities, decentralised, diplomacy, economy, efficient, effort, energy, energy system, EU, Europe, European Union, fossil fuel, gas, greenhouse gas emissions, mobilised, national interest, oil, prosperity, public good, Remain, security, sovereignty, struggle, sustainability, sustainable, transition, UK, urgent, value
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Trump cannot derail global climate deal – Climate News Network
This piece was first published on the Climate News Network May 20, 2016, by Alex Kirby Even if he wins the US presidency, Donald Trump will be unable to halt international progress towards a low-carbon economy, … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Campaigning, Changing the Politics, Climate Change, Economics, Economics, Energy, Environment, Finance, In the media, International, Oil and Gas, People, Politics, renewables
Tagged ALL PARTY PARLIAMENTARY CLIMATE CHANGE GROUP, China, climate, climate change, denier, Donald Trump, economy, elections, emissions, global warming, Kyoto, low-carbon, Paris Agreement, policy, Reuters, Trump
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OF OIL AND STONES
This blog first appeared in Business Green Sheikh Yamani, a former Saudi oil minister, is famous for having pointed out that the stone … Continue reading
Posted in Blog, Business, Business Green, Changing the Politics, Climate Change, Economics, Economics, Energy, Energy Efficiency, Energy Security, Finance, International, Nuclear, Oil and Gas, Politics, Security
Tagged BP, business, coal, commodities, consumers, COP21, decarbonisation, decarbonise, disruption, economy, efficiency, energy, Exxon, fossil fuel, future, gas, hydro, IEA, industries, International Energy Agency, investment, nuclear, oil, policy investors, Renewables, Saudi, Saudi Arabia, security, Sheikh Yamani, Shell, Telegraph, transport, Yamani
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The End of Oil? – BBC World Service – Newshour Extra – 8 Jan16
The drop in oil price is not doing something that a lot of people thought that it would do, when it fell that low, which is to create a big stimulus to … Continue reading
Posted in BBC, Business, Campaigning, Changing the Politics, Cities, Climate Change, Conflict, Economics, Economics, Energy, Energy Efficiency, Environment, European, Finance, International, Oil and Gas, People, Politics, renewables, The Human Cost
Tagged agreement, America, Britain, business, capitalism, car, carbon, cars, cheaper, climate, climate change, conflict, corporations, cost, economic, economy, electric, environment, environmental, Europe, extreme weather, fossil fuel, gas, governments, growth, impact, industry, investment, leadership, low-carbon, market, Merkel, Obama, oil, oil price, Paris, pension, political, public, Renewables, revenue, revenues, risk, security, solar, stability, States, tax, technologies, technology, tension, transition, vehicles, weather, wind
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