We Are Europe – You need to apply to postal vote by THIS FRIDAY! #POSTIT

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  You need to apply to postal vote by THIS FRIDAY! Tweet this Share on Facebook  Did you know the recommended deadline to mail your postal vote application is this Friday 3rd June? Nor does anyone else. Do it now at j.mp/PostItEU Although the postal voting deadline is technically 5pm on […]

Trump cannot derail global climate deal – Climate News Network

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  This piece was first published on the Climate News Network   May 20, 2016, by Alex Kirby       Even if he wins the US presidency,  Donald Trump will be unable to halt international progress towards a low-carbon economy, a British expert says.   LONDON, 20 May, 2016 – […]

Energy policy post-Paris

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    Fulfilling our climate change obligations post-COP21 means a complete transformation of our energy system. The shift towards to a smarter, safer, carbon-free and affordable system is set against a challenging landscape of volatile prices, changing demand patterns and expanding technology options. This backdrop is further complicated by June’s […]

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

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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?

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…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

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                    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

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  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 […]

Green policies are not responsible for the Tata steel crisis

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By Karl Mathiesen This article was published by The Guardian   Analysis of the figures show Port Talbot may actually have been profiting from efforts to reduce carbon emissions     There was a slew of comment over the weekend regarding the role that Britain’s carbon reduction efforts played in Tata […]

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

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      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 […]

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

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            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 […]