Category Archives: Campaigning

Sky News – Discussing Al Gore’s new film on climate change “An Inconvenient Sequel” – 11 Aug 17

Posted on August 11, 2017 by tomburke

    Sky news: With me now in the studio is Tom Burke, a former senior adviser to the foreign secretary’s special representative on climate change, and now the chairman of third generation environmentalism, which encourages sustainable development. First of … Continue reading →

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Trump confirms that he is pulling America out of the Paris Climate Agreement – Al Jareera

Posted on June 1, 2017 by tomburke

    Al Jazeera: With me in the studio is Tom Burke who is Chairman of the climate think tank E3G… In making this decision President Trump has gone against his Secretary of State, his defence Secretary and his National Security … Continue reading →

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What impact will it have if Trump does pull out of the Paris Climate Deal? – Al Jazeera

Posted on June 1, 2017 by tomburke

    Al Jazeera: Joining me now in the studio is Tom Burke, who is the chairman of the climate think tank E3G. So, we are awaiting and announcement from President Donald Trump, but reports suggest that he will indeed … Continue reading →

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How much damage will it do if Trump does pull the US out of the Paris Agreement? BBC World News Television

Posted on June 1, 2017 by tomburke

  BBC World News: Let’s get more analysis now on this in the Studio with me is Tom Burke, environmentalist and Chairman of E3G. Thank you so much for joining us Tom. Isn’t it interesting, who would have thought that … Continue reading →

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Britain’s first 24 hours without coal for 135 years – Sky News

Posted on April 22, 2017 by tomburke

        It was a real birthday present for the earth yesterday that we saw the first day in 135 years when Britain wasn’t producing any electricity from coal. I think that is a pretty remarkable day, and it … Continue reading →

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Socking The Puppet – The decline in the legitimacy of Britain’s political parties

Posted on April 18, 2017 by tomburke

                  The Government is increasingly seeking to constrain dissenting voices from civil society organisations by limiting their ability to inform the electorate, constraining their role in the planning system and closing off … Continue reading →

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A WAR ON REASON

Posted on March 20, 2017 by tomburke

                Below is a paragraph everyone should read. It will seem quite familiar, if slightly out of true, as if from a half forgotten newspaper article. It is in fact from a 35 … Continue reading →

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Discussing government failure in controlling air pollution – Radio 4 – 2 Feb 17

Posted on February 1, 2017 by tomburke

                  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 →

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Donald Trump will have to deal with climate change – Sky News

Posted on January 3, 2017 by tomburke

      Sky News: The adventurer Sir David Hempleman-Adams has called on politicians to stop stalling and keep their promises to slow climate change. It was after he witnessed the impact of global warming during an expedition to the … Continue reading →

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HFC deal signed – Channel 4 News – 15 Oct 16

Posted on October 21, 2016 by tomburke

      Tom Burke: What we are seeing (with HFCs) is exactly what happened with CFCs with the ozone hole, which is when the big countries got in and developed the alternatives, and began to develop them in large … Continue reading →

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