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Brexit battle: how tech crew We Are Europe is making the ‘in’ campaign go viral

On April 30, 2016 By admin

Originally published in the Evening Standard As the Brexit debate rages on social media, one east London tech crew is making the remain campaign go viral, says Joy Lo Dico Better together: We are Europe supporters Monday night in a bar near Silicon Roundabout: the craft beers were flowing, […]

WE ARE EUROPE – WHAT ARE YOU #INFOR?

On April 28, 2016April 29, 2016 By admin

…the travel, our rights, better cities and clean air; 70 years of peace; women and men, parents and kids; the right to love whoever we want; science, art, music and culture; our spare time and our work time; action on climate change and the fight against global poverty; food and […]

How significant is the signing of the Paris Agreement? – BBC Newshour – 22 April 16

On April 22, 2016April 22, 2016 By admin

BBC: Tom Burke is Chair of the British environmental think tank E3G and a former advisor tot he UK government on climate change. How significant does he think today’s signing really is? Tom Burke: I think that it’s enormously significant. […]

Within the EU, Britain can take the lead on tackling climate change

On April 19, 2016 By admin

This piece first appeared in The Guardian Letter from John Gummer, Chris Huhne, Adair Turner, Craig Bennett, Tom Burke, Amy Cameron, Michael Jacobs, John Sauven, Matthew Spencer, James Thornton and Crispin Tickell Britain has shown great diplomatic leadership on climate change and successive […]

BBC World News – Is Hinkley dead? – 8 March 16

On March 15, 2016 By admin

BBC: Professor Tom Burke is the chairman of the environmental think tank E3G, he joins me now in the studio, welcome to you. Where do you think this project is floundering? Tom Burke: Well, as I listen to the President and the Prime Minister talk about how […]

Is nuclear power a ticking time bomb? – France24 Debate – 8 Mar 16

On March 10, 2016 By admin

I think that you really want to consider much more than just the body count of deaths when you look to evaluate a complicated problem like this. This has been a social catastrophe, the people who used to live near Fukushima […]

Tom Burke talks to LBC about nuclear power, Hinkley Point and EDF – 07 Mar 16

On March 9, 2016 By admin

Clive Bull: A top EDF boss has resigned over the company’s plans to build Britain’s first new nuclear power plant for decades. There is an ongoing row over the 18 billion pound cost, part of which China is paying for. The government wants to […]

The End of Oil? – BBC World Service – Newshour Extra – 8 Jan16

On January 8, 2016January 11, 2016 By admin

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 economic growth. So it’s not succeeded in doing that, and […]

The extraordinary weather that the country is experiencing – Sky News – 19 December 15

On January 1, 2016January 3, 2016 By admin

Sky News: Well let’s stay with that story about this extraordinary weather that the country is experiencing. We are joined now by Tom Burke, the chairman and founding director of the environmental think tank E3G. Tom thanks very much indeed for joining us. There’s this thing that we are having to […]

Why are we so bad at responding to floods? – Tom Burke – LBC – 28 Dec 15

On January 1, 2016January 1, 2016 By admin

LBC: Lets speak to Tom Burke, he’s an environmentalist, and a former government adviser on the environment. Good morning Tom. Do you think that the government was warned about this or not? Tom Burke: Well I think that its very interesting that the Prime […]