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Hinkley and Sizewell will cost us £155 billion over 30 years under the CfD
TweetShareThe government is pressing ahead, in the face of growing difficulties, with its effort to build new nuclear power stations in Britain. So far, it has failed to come clean about what this will actually cost British businesses and householders. … Continue reading
Nuclear power would appear to have acquired the power to destroy logic
TweetShareSome people worry about nuclear power because they fear the risks to human health from radioactivity. Others are concerned about the morality of leaving a legacy of radioactive wastes that will be dangerous for hundreds of thousands of years. Others … Continue reading
Nuclear policy: part of the Government’s omnishambles
TweetShareThe collapse of the Government’s nuclear policy is a somewhat overlooked part of its current omnishambles. In part this is because very few of the journalists writing about nuclear power know much about the subject. Most continue to assert that … Continue reading
Prospects for a Clean Revolution
TweetShareThis blog introduces the topic of a #CleanRevolution that I will be covering in a live Twitter Q&A at 10 o’clock tomorrow morning with Mark Kenber, CEO of The Climate Group. It is not yet widely understood by politicians, policy makers … Continue reading
Why Nuclear Power makes No Sense for the UK
TweetShareI will be running a series of Briefings along with Tony Juniper, Jonathon Porritt and Charles Secrett, following our letter of 12th March to the Prime Minister warning him that his plans for another generation of nuclear reactors are ill-conceived … Continue reading
Budget blog 2: Wolf ingnores evidence!
TweetShareMartin Wolf is one of the world’s most trusted, authoritative and influential economic commentators. A central reason for his ascent to such a height has been the rigour of his thinking. He is, above all, the champion of public policy … Continue reading
Budget Blog: Death of greenest government ever
TweetShareWhat Cameron put together Osborne is now taking apart. Detoxifying the Conservative Party while in Opposition has been the Prime Minister’s greatest political success. It got him his current job. It also got the Chancellor the opportunity to present budgets. … Continue reading
David King’s misplaced enthusiasm over nuclear
TweetShareEnthusiasm has a way of blinding you to glaring inconsistencies in your arguments. David King is an enthusiast for nuclear power. As chief scientist he was an important influence in persuading the government to buy into the clever French plan … Continue reading
Nuclear letter to David Cameron, offering him the advice he isn’t getting from DECC
TweetShareThis story was covered in the BBC News and The Guardian, and mentioned in The Telegraph. Download attachments here for the letter and the note. Environmentalists have studied the nuclear industry for over forty years. They have consistently concluded that it had … Continue reading
Blog: No More Nukes?
TweetShareFor more on this topic, click here to see my Political Commentary in the ENDS Report. It is just David Cameron’s bad luck to have chosen to back a nuclear future for Britain at a moment when it is becoming increasingly … Continue reading
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