Category Archives: Europe

Trump, the Paris Climate Agreement, and the G20 – BBC News

Posted on July 7, 2017 by tomburke

    BBC News:  Theresa May has talked about the collective message she hopes will be delivered to Donald Trump on the Paris Climate Agreement. She thinks that it is possible that the US might change its mind, do you … Continue reading →

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‘Climate, Responsibility and Risk’ – REMARKS BY MR TOM BURKE CBE AT THE ESG INVESTMENT FORUM

Posted on October 28, 2016 by tomburke

                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 →

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Sky News – How significant is it that the US and China have ratified the Climate Deal?

Posted on September 6, 2016 by tomburke

  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 →

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HINKLEY DECISION GRINDS TO A HALT

Posted on August 1, 2016 by tomburke

      On Thursday 21st July the Prime Minister dined with Francois Hollande in Paris. On the same day, EDF announced a meeting of its Board had been called for the 28th of July. A press release stated simply … Continue reading →

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Hinkley is a big economic problem – Sky News

Posted on July 29, 2016 by tomburke

    The National Infrastructure Commission just pointed out a while ago that with better use of our existing energy generation capacity we could avoid four Hinkleys, and save 8 billion pounds. McKinsey pointed out that if we just took … Continue reading →

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Hinkley Point – BBC News

Posted on July 28, 2016 by tomburke

    Hinkley will actually slow down, and make much more expensive the pace at which we can decarbonise our economy and therefore avoid the dangers of climate change. So there are much better things to do, that we can … Continue reading →

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Hinkley Point – BBC Radio 4 – Today Program

Posted on July 28, 2016 by tomburke

      There is no doubt that we need electricity, we just don’t need the electricity from Hinkley at enormous cost. It’s very unreliable, we are not sure that this type of reactor will actually work. There are much … Continue reading →

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ET TU BRUTE

Posted on July 5, 2016 by tomburke

      Assassination is rare in Britain. But do not doubt that the political knife slipped into Boris Johnson’s back was anything other than a carefully crafted assassination. It began, supposedly, with a leak. Mr Gove’s wife, Daily Mail … Continue reading →

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ON MEDDLING WITH EUROPE

Posted on June 27, 2016 by tomburke

                                      ‘You don’t know what you’ve got ‘til it’s gone Joni Mitchell   The Second World War welded Britain into a united … Continue reading →

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Tribute to Jo Cox – ‘Where we see intolerance we must drive it out of our politics’

Posted on June 17, 2016 by tomburke

    Here is the full text of David Cameron’s speech. I first met Jo in Darfur in 2006 where she was doing what she was brilliant at, which was looking after and saving the lives of vulnerable refugees. And … Continue reading →

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