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Trump confirms that he is pulling America out of the Paris Climate Agreement – Al Jareera
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
Posted in Al Jazeera, Business, Campaigning, Cities, Climate Change, coal, Economics, Economics, Energy, Energy, EU, Fake News, Finance, In the media, International, Policy, renewables, Security, Trump
Tagged Al Jazeera, business, China, cities, climate, coal, E3G, energy, G7, India, investment, jobs, markets, mayors, Paris Accord, Paris Agrement, Pars Deal, Renewables, Tom Burke, Trump, US
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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
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
Posted in BBC, Business, Campaigning, Changing the Politics, Cities, Climate Change, coal, Economics, Economics, Energy, Environment, Fake News, In the media, International, Interviews, Oil and Gas, Policy, Security, Trump
Tagged allies, carbon, China, climate, climate change, climate change sceptics, climate diplomacy, coal, economy, EU, Europe, industry, jobs, leadership, Paris Accord, Paris Agreement, Paris Deal, policy, politics, Renewables, security, solar, transition, Trump, US, White House
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Discussing government failure in controlling air pollution – Radio 4 – 2 Feb 17
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
Posted in BBC, Campaigning, Changing the Politics, Cities, Domestic, Economics, Energy, Energy Efficiency, Environment, In the media, Interviews, Oil and Gas, People, Politics, Radio, The Human Cost
Tagged air, air pollution, Birmingham, bypass, carbon, cars, communities, community, control, Cornwall, diesel, emissions, government, health, homes, law, London, pollution, Radio 4, risk, traffic, vehicles
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The UK has formally signed up to the Paris climate change agreement – Sky News
Sky News: The UK has formally signed up to the first climate change agreement that covers every country on earth. It comes as there is uncertainty over America’s role in the Paris Agreement. Donald Trump had … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Changing the Politics, Cities, Climate Change, Domestic, Economics, Economics, Energy, Energy Efficiency, Energy Security, Environment, Finance, In the media, International, Interviews, People, Politics, renewables, Security, Sky News, Sustainability, The Human Cost
Tagged air pollution, bills, carbon, China, climate, climate change, electric vehicles, Elon Musk, emissions, energy, energy efficiency, energy revolution, Energy Transition Commission, investment, low-carbon, opportunity, Paris Agreement, Paris Deal, rattification, renewable energy, Renewables, Tesla, transition, Trump, UK, US
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Will flood exercises better prepare us? – Sky News – 12 Sep 16
Sky News: The Environment agency is beginning to prepare for the winter months ahead, they are training with new barriers, pumps, vehicles and drones to test their flood responses. Well, joining me now is … Continue reading
Posted in Changing the Politics, Cities, Climate Change, Domestic, Economics, Economics, Energy, Finance, In the media, Interviews, People, Politics, Sky News, Sustainability, The Human Cost
Tagged climate, climate change, coastal, communities, community, damage, E3G, emergency, Environment Agency, ethical investment, extreme weather, flood defences, flood plains, flood response, flooding, floods, forests, infrastructure, insurance, investment, rain, risk, rivers, sea level, Tom Burke, water, weather, woods
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ON MEDDLING WITH EUROPE
‘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
Posted in Brexit, Business, Campaigning, Changing the Politics, Cities, Domestic, E3G, Economics, Economics, Energy, EU, Europe, European, Finance, In the media, Migration, People, Politics, Poverty, Referendum, The Human Cost
Tagged Brexit, Britain, change, choice, choices, Churchill, city, confusion, consequences, conservative, constitution, democracy, discontent, education, empire, England, environment, EU, future, Hitler, Leave, media, misery, newspapers, plan, referendum, Remain, Scotland, war, welfare, welfare state, youth
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It’s a cruel deceit to blame all our problems on immigration
By Owen Jones Brexiters cynically attribute social ills to incomers. Those who believe them may soon face a harsh truth Our country is simmering with anger and frustration. There is no shortage of social grievances that, long … Continue reading
Posted in Brexit, Business, Campaigning, Changing the Politics, Cities, Domestic, Economics, Economics, Energy, EU, Europe, Finance, In the media, Migration, People, Politics, Poverty, Referendum, The Guardian, The Human Cost
Tagged anger, blame, Brexit, frustration, housing, immigration, jobs, London, population, poverty, public services, referendum, Remain, Stockport, truth, UKIP, vote
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The End of Oil? – BBC World Service – Newshour Extra – 8 Jan16
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 … Continue reading
Posted in BBC, Business, Campaigning, Changing the Politics, Cities, Climate Change, Conflict, Economics, Economics, Energy, Energy Efficiency, Environment, European, Finance, International, Oil and Gas, People, Politics, renewables, The Human Cost
Tagged agreement, America, Britain, business, capitalism, car, carbon, cars, cheaper, climate, climate change, conflict, corporations, cost, economic, economy, electric, environment, environmental, Europe, extreme weather, fossil fuel, gas, governments, growth, impact, industry, investment, leadership, low-carbon, market, Merkel, Obama, oil, oil price, Paris, pension, political, public, Renewables, revenue, revenues, risk, security, solar, stability, States, tax, technologies, technology, tension, transition, vehicles, weather, wind
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Why are we so bad at responding to floods? – Tom Burke – LBC – 28 Dec 15
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 … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Changing the Politics, Cities, Climate Change, Domestic, Economics, Economics, Energy, Environment, Finance, In the media, International, Interviews, LBC, People, Radio, The Human Cost
Tagged business, climate, climate change, drought, environment, extreme weather, flood plains, flooded, flooding, floods, government, houses, insurance, rain, risk, river, temperature, warmer, water, weather, wildfires
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Are extreme weather events becoming the norm? Tom Burke – Sky News – 30 Dec 15
Sky News: Now let’s return to the floods now and find out what is causing all of this? Let’s talk to environmentalist and former government adviser Tom Burke, who is in central London, Good morning to you. … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Changing the Politics, Cities, Climate Change, Domestic, Economics, Economics, Energy, Environment, Finance, In the media, International, Interviews, People, Politics, Security, Sky News, Sustainability, The Human Cost
Tagged Britain, business, carbon, carbon emissions, cities, climate, Climate Change Committee, COP21, deforestation, drought, emissions, environment, Environment Agency, events, extreme events, finance, flood, flood defences, flood plains, floods, government, homes, impact, insurance, MET office, Paris, risk, rivers, Sky News, Summit, trees, weather, wildfires
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