ENDS Report – Tom Burke

Are Dominic Raab’s green ambitions ‘all just stuffing’? – Ends Report

On June 13, 2019June 14, 2019 By admin

By Jocelyn Timperley Hardline brexiteer Dominic Raab, currently fourth of the seven remaining contenders to become the UK’s next prime minister, this week attempted to position himself as a pro-environment candidate. In an apparent attempt to broaden his appeal, the former Brexit secretary on Monday stated his plans to make […]

On Killing Dragons

On November 27, 2013 By admin

This article first appeared in the November Issue of The Ends Report Consistency is becoming the rarest of phenomena in public discourse. We have a government that is simultaneously increasing the planning constraints on wind […]

Renewables threaten fossil fuel interests

On September 26, 2013 By admin

This article was first published in the September edition of the ENDS Report. A good 93% of Britons think the climate is changing. Such was the finding of a recent pollby the blog Carbon Brief. This is as close as polling can ever get to ‘everyone’. Nor […]

Locked into business as usual in a changing world – ENDS Report August 2013

On August 23, 2013August 23, 2013 By admin

This column was first published in the ENDS Report August 2013 Conservative Party leaders believe declaring war on the environment and aggressively promoting fracking for shale gas is to their advantage. But it is bad for business and the economy. We […]

President Obama makes canny carbon move – ENDS Report

On July 23, 2013 By admin

This article appears in the ENDS Report 462, August 2013, pp. 8-9 23 July 2013 12:49 BST By addressing the issue of “carbon pollution”, the US president is cleverly enabling climate action. But there is still little chance of leadership on international policy. See full article here: President Obama makes […]

The environment is off the metro-land agenda – ENDS Report June 2013

On May 28, 2013May 30, 2013 By admin

This column features in the recently published ENDS Report A review of the weak environmental machinery of the government is needed to counter the growing influence of the Treasury. Whether the UK Independence Party’s surge in the local elections really is the seismic event in British politics that the […]

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

On March 26, 2012March 27, 2012 By admin

Published 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 with the world. This core belief has taken a bit […]

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

On February 22, 2012March 13, 2012 By admin

Published 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 homes. For the Japanese taxpayer, there is now a bill […]

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

On January 23, 2012March 13, 2012 By admin

ENDS 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 away the most important outcome from the latest round of […]

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

On December 20, 2011March 13, 2012 By admin

Published 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 unintended consequences catches up with all political leaders eventually. In […]