There’s no doubt at all that we have the technology, and if we wanted to, we could deploy it in…
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The future of nuclear power in Britain
REMARKS BY TOM BURKE AT THE SPRU CONFERENCE ON NUCLEAR POWER AND THE MILITARY CHURCH HOUSE LONDON NOVEMBER 28TH 2018…
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WHAT THE MID-TERMS MEAN FOR THE CLIMATE
The mid-term elections in the US are widely seen as having been something of a referendum on Trump. If so,…
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Nuclear costs have always been unmeetable – ITV – Border TV
Nuclear costs have always been unmeetable, in comparison with renewables, in comparison with energy efficiency, and other ways to meet…
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Climate change is happening faster, and it is nastier than we thought – Sky News
I remind people that climate change is a disease, in a way it’s a bit like diabetes, it can be…
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Extreme weather events and Climate Attribution – Sky News
Significant weather events are becoming more frequent, and you can see in the records that extreme weather events are happening…
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Tom Burke remembering his friend Lord Peter Melchett who has died at the age of seventy – Radio 4 – Last Word – 7 September 2018.
What Peter really did was take Greenpeace into the big league. He was an extraordinary person who combined a deep…
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Tom Burke – E3G – One Planet Summit – Channel 4 News – 12 Dec 17
What’s going to make the difference in people’s lives, is what happens in the real economy. What we’ve…
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SMALL BITES NO.3
On November 23rd, Financial Times Energy Editor, Andrew Ward, wrote, ‘energy consumers face paying £30bn above market prices for…
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China’s increased emissions – BBC World News Business Report – 15 Nov 17
I think what matters about the suggested increase in emissions this year, is whether it is a blip,…
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