Category Archives: ENDS Report

Tom Burke’s political commentary: Trying to square the carbon price circle

Posted on March 26, 2012 by tomburke

TweetSharePublished in ENDS Report, issue 446, March 2012. Economists like things to be simple. All the world is a market and the men and women merely rational agents. If each plays his part pursuing self-interest then all will be well … Continue reading →

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Tom Burke’s Political Commentary: Nucléaire nouvelle génération. Non merci!

Posted on February 22, 2012 by tomburke

TweetSharePublished in the ENDS Report, March 2012 March 11th marks the first anniversary of the nuclear meltdown at Fukushima. For 100,000 unfortunate Japanese this brought a sudden end to life as  they knew it. They will never return to their … Continue reading →

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Tom Burke’s political commentary: Durban talks were not a failure for climate policy

Posted on January 23, 2012 by tomburke

TweetShareENDS Report 444, p. 45, January 2012. The latest round of UN climate talks made important progress in a number of areas, including Green Fund governance and the Clean Development Mechanism. Durban did not fail. That is by far and … Continue reading →

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Tom Burke’s political commentary: A tune that bodes ill for environment and growth

Posted on December 20, 2011 by tomburke

TweetSharePublished in ENDS Report 443, p. 52, 20 December, 2011. On Europe and the environment, Cameron and Osborne have advanced arguments in the past month that will only serve to drive a wedge between the Coalition parties. The law of … Continue reading →

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Tom Burke’s political commentary: Eurozone turmoil and climate inaction: the twin crises of political will

Posted on November 22, 2011 by tomburke

TweetShareENDS Report 442, p. 55, November 2011. The chance to avoid a dangerous rise in temperatures seems likely to be lost in the upcoming UN climate talks in Durban. December, it is turning out, is actually the cruellest month. It … Continue reading →

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Tom Burke’s political commentary: Euro travails and climate inaction – twin crises of political will

Posted on November 14, 2011 by tomburke

TweetShareENDS Report. Published on 14 November 2011. The chance to avoid a dangerous rise in temperatures seems likely to be lost in UN climate talks in Durban in the coming weeks. But the prospects for meaningful progress are scant, as … Continue reading →

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Tom Burke’s political commentary: From the greenest government ever… to our very own Tea Party

Posted on October 24, 2011 by tomburke

TweetShareENDS Report 441, p. 55, October 2011. Cameron came to power amid a plethora of greenery that convinced many that the Tories are not the ‘nasty party’. But coalition policy shows every sign of a conviction that green gets in … Continue reading →

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Tom Burke’s political commentary: These plans for planning need urgent rethinking

Posted on September 27, 2011 by tomburke

TweetShareENDS Report 440, p. 54, September 2011. The government’s national planning policy framework is bad news for business, the environment and for its own green economy ambitions There is almost certainly a good case to be made for simplifying the … Continue reading →

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Tom Burke’s political commentary: Nixon’s environmentalism is a lesson from history

Posted on July 26, 2011 by tomburke

TweetShareENDS Report 438, p. 55, July 2011. Under President Richard Nixon, the US led the world in environmental protection. But his ideologically driven heirs in the Tea Party threaten to destroy this legacy. Modern environmentalism began in the US. In … Continue reading →

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Tom Burke’s political commentary: the facts behind the Daily Mail’s energy fury

Posted on June 29, 2011 by tomburke

TweetShareENDS Report 437, p. 62, June 2011. Despite the inflated claims of the middlebrow press, there are genuine concerns about how green taxes will affect future energy bills. The Daily Mail does not knowingly let the facts get in the … Continue reading →

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