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Category Archives: E3G
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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Is there really a need for Hinkley Point to be built? – World at One – Radio 4 – 16 Feb 16
BBC: So Is there a really need for Hinkley Point to be built? Tom Burke: There isn’t actually, there’s lots and lots more things that we can do. There is no need to replace nuclear with nuclear, or … Continue reading
Posted in BBC, Business, DECC, Domestic, E3G, Economics, Economics, Energy, Energy Efficiency, Energy Security, Finance, In the media, Interviews, Nuclear, Politics, Radio, renewables, Security
Tagged bad deal, BBC, bill payers, bills, Britain, budget, capacity, confidence, delays, efficiency, electricity, energy, energy bills, finance, French, gas, Hinkley, Hinkley Point, late, National Grid, nuclear, nuclear industry, Radio 4, reactor, reliable, Renewables, security, solar, UK, wind
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Energy Transition Commission – some considerations
Shell and McKinsey have just launched a global initiative called the Energy Transition Commission. Doubts have been raised about whether the Commission as currently constructed has the integrity to make a positive contribution to the debate on how to … Continue reading
Posted in Blog, Business, Campaigning, Changing the Politics, Climate Change, E3G, Economics, Economics, Energy, Energy Security, Environment, Finance, Oil and Gas, People, Politics, The Human Cost
Tagged ambition, Brandt Commission, Brundtland Commission, carbon, climate, commercial, confidence, corporations, economy, energy, energy policy, energy transition, Energy Transition Commission, environment, Financial Times, fossil fuel, FT, future, global, governments, integrity, investment, low-carbon, McKinsey, mining, mining industry, mitigation, policy, pollution, public, risk, safe, safeguards, Shell, threat, transition, trust, UNFCCC
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WHAT NEXT FOR THE ENVIRONMENT?
One useful piece of analysis has emerged from the media froth post-election. Labour lost because they offered nothing to the ‘aspirational middle class’. This is surely right. An awful lot of … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Campaigning, Changing the Politics, Climate Change, Domestic, E3G, Economics, Energy, Energy Efficiency, Energy Security, Environment, European, In the media, People, Politics, renewables, Sustainability, The Human Cost
Tagged affordable, aspirations, bankers, banks, benefits, borrowing, Britain, British, business, carbon, circular economy, community, competitive, Conservatives, consumer, corporations, cost, cuts, decency, deficit, economy, efficiency, election, electric cars, electric vehicles, energy bills, energy security, energy utilities, environment, fears, home owners, housing, incentives, innovation, Labour, media, middle class, Miliband, money, NHS, pension, people, public, Renewables, savings, small business, smart, social housing, solar, solar panels, voters, votes, wages, wealth, zero hours contract
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THE ROAD NOT TAKEN
This essay argues that the oil industry will lose the battle for the future. The growth it expects will not occur. The key issue is whether the world makes an orderly or disorderly transition to a carbon neutral energy … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Changing the Politics, Climate Change, Domestic, E3G, Economics, Energy, Energy Efficiency, Energy Security, Environment, European, International, Oil and Gas, renewables, Sustainability
Tagged batteries, BP, business, business as usual, cannabalistic, carbon, carbon neutral, cars, cheaper, climate, Climate Act, climate change, cost, demand, dividends, economy, electric vehicles, electricity, emerging economies, emissions, energy, energy efficiency, Energy Institute, Energy Union, Europe, finance, fuel, future, gas, geopolitical, government, growth, IEA, income, investment, investors, jobs, leadership, market, motor industry, obstacle, OECD, oil, oil industry, oil price, pension, pension fund, policy, population, revenue, risk, safey, security, Shell, stability, storage, stranded assets, tax, taxes, technology, transformation, transition, transport, treasury, volatility, wages, workforce
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‘IT’S THE ECONOMY STUPID’
When the debate on the Fourth Carbon Budget began in Whitehall in 2012 the Treasury had a clear view. No. Meeting its requirements would be too damaging to Britain’s economy. … Continue reading
Posted in Campaigning, Climate Change, E3G, Economics, Energy, Energy Efficiency, Energy Security, Politics, The Human Cost
Tagged Britain, British, budget, Cambridge Econometrics, carbon, carbon budget, carbon emissions, conservative, decarbonisation, economic, economists, economy, emissions, employment, energy, energy security, families, GDP, IPCC, jobs, oil, policy, tax, treasury, UKIP, wealth, Whitehall, WWF
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Tusk – not as bad for climate as it first appears?
This piece first appeared on the E3G website The appointment of Polish Prime Minister, Donald Tusk, to replace Van Rompuy as President of the European Council has provoked jitters … Continue reading
Posted in Blog, Climate Change, E3G, Energy, Energy Efficiency, Energy Security, Environment, European, In the media, Oil and Gas, Politics
Tagged ambition, climate change, climate policy, climate security, coal, Donald Tusk, E3G, efficiency, energy, energy efficiency, energy policy, energy security, Energy Union, environment, EU, Europe, European Commission, European Council, fossil fuel, gas, Junker, leadership, Merkel, policy, Polish, Putin, Russian gas, spin, Ukraine, Van Rompuy
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