Articles – Page 37

Magic and Misdirection

On December 9, 2013December 9, 2013 By admin

This article first appeared in the December edition of BusinessGreen magazine One of the more stressful moments in Britain’s history occurred in the spring of 1940. Churchill had just become Prime Minister. Rommel’s tanks were at Calais. France was about to […]

Shooting Labour’s energy freeze fox

On December 5, 2013 By admin

You could not make this up. In order to cut energy bills the government has just announced it will cut one of its top policies to, uh, cut energy bills. Of course, that is not what it is saying. But […]

Remarks by Tom Burke CBE – All Party Parliamentary Climate Change Group (APPCCG) – House Of Commons

On November 29, 2013December 6, 2013 By admin

REMARKS BY TOM BURKE CBE AT THE ALL PARTY PARLIAMENTARY CLIMATE CHANGE GROUP (APPCCG), COMMITTEE ROOM 12, HOUSE OF COMMONS, WEDNESDAY 27TH NOVEMBER 2013. There are a number of ways in which climate change is unusual among the problems we face. We know exactly what we need […]

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 […]

Retrofitting the Green Deal

On November 21, 2013November 21, 2013 By admin

What the government needs to do to rescue the Green Deal An excerpt from a report written by Nicholas Schoon on behalf of BioRegional and The Association for the Conservation of Energy. Recommendations Incentives for retrofits and closing the Green Deal funding gap 1. Government needs to […]

German wholesale prices have fallen by 50% since 2008 – why not in Britain?

On November 7, 2013November 7, 2013 By admin

By Catherine Mitchell, IGov Team, 6th November, 2013 This article first appeared on the IGov New Thinking For Energy website. When in doubt announce another review. In this case, the Energy Market Review – even though […]

Third or fourth time lucky

On October 25, 2013 By admin

This article first appeared in Business Green October 2013 There is only one decision that really matters about future nuclear reactor building in Britain and that has not yet been taken. From the amount of media hoopla surrounding the announcement on Hinkley C you could be forgiven […]

BEHIND THE NUCLEAR SMOKE AND MIRRORS

On October 21, 2013October 21, 2013 By admin

There is an important question to be asked of Mr Davey. If there is no public subsidy for Hinkley C why are you having to make an application to the Brussels for state aids clearance? The most important decision in this issue is […]

OPENING STATEMENT OF MR TOM BURKE CBE TO THE INDEPENDENT COMMISSION ON CIVIL SOCIETY AND DEMOCRATIC ENGAGEMENT

On October 14, 2013October 25, 2013 By admin

I am giving evidence to the Independent Commission on Civil Society and Democratic Engagement this afternoon. A diverse coalition of prominent charities, campaign groups, academics, think tanks and online networks has launched an independent Commission in response to concerns about the Government’s Lobbying Bill. The Commission on Civil Society […]