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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 […]

HOW TO DIG A POLITICAL HOLE

On October 10, 2013 By admin

The Bill intended to regulate lobbying is now completing its Commons phase and will return to the Lords on October 22nd. As has been widely pointed out this Bill does little to control business lobbying but will prevent Britain’s voluntary sector from campaigning effectively during the year before […]

Energy lobby insiders will lead cold war against Labour

On October 7, 2013 By admin

By Damian Carrington and Terry Macalister – The Observer Sunday 6 October 2013 Tom Burke, a former head of Friends of the Earth who worked as special adviser to several Conservative ministers, said: “The secondments are pernicious, but the real power […]

Tom Burke LBC Radio Climate Discussion IPCC Report

On October 2, 2013October 2, 2013 By admin

LBC Radio 27th Spetember 2013 2pm Discussing the IPCC AR5 report and the impact of climate change on LBC radio with James Delingpole Columnist for The Telegraph and The Spectator. Tom Burke: “The fact of the matter is that Price Waterhouse Coopers, one […]

Tom Burke BBC News Climate Discussion IPCC Report

On October 1, 2013October 2, 2013 By admin

BBC News 27th September 2013 7pm Tom Burke, Environmental Policy Adviser and founding director of E3G, on BBC News discussing climate change, the IPCC Report and the role of two groups ‘the climate makers’ and ‘the climate takers’ in the future of climate, energy […]

Renewables threaten fossil fuel interests

On September 26, 2013 By admin

This article was first published in the September edition of the ENDS Report. A good 93% of Britons think the climate is changing. Such was the finding of a recent pollby the blog Carbon Brief. This is as close as polling can ever get to ‘everyone’. Nor […]

Labour’s plan to reform our broken energy market deserves cross-party support

On September 26, 2013 By admin

This article first appeared in the New Statesman September 2013 BY TOM BURKE PUBLISHED 25 SEPTEMBER 2013 16:33 Ed Miliband’s energy price freeze met with a predictable, if not always credible, response from the energy industries. Led by Angela […]

ED’S BIG IDEA

On September 25, 2013September 25, 2013 By admin

‘If we win the election 2015 the next Labour government will freeze gas and electricity prices until the start of 2017.’ This was meant to be an eye-catching, applause generating line and it was. And deservedly so. This is a brave commitment. It will be spun by the […]

FUTURE IMPERFECT: THE COLLISION OF CLIMATE AND CARBON

On September 18, 2013 By admin

BY TOM BURKE This article first appeared in the Montrose Journal September 2013 Two epochal forces are shaping this century. One is economic, the $6 trillion dollar investment that will be made in developing fossil fuel assets over the next decade. The other is physical, the immutable behaviour of carbon […]

The Independent View: No real choice on nuclear

On September 9, 2013 By admin

This article was written for the Liberal Democrat Voice and first appeared on their website. By Tom Burke | Mon 9th September 2013 – 8:45 am Atoms are not the only fission products of nuclear power. This is […]