ENDS Report 432, p. 51, January 2011. The growth and green agendas are at last converging. How smooth their meeting will be depends on the government’s ability to pursue multiple policies that work with, not against, each other. A hard lesson from nearly 40 years of environmentalism is that there […]
Tom Burke’s political commentary: This killer bill will weaken environmental regulation
Published in ENDS Report 430, p. 70, November 2010. The alarming Public Bodies Bill gives ministers sweeping powers to abolish or change regulatory and advisory bodies set up by act of Parliament. Fraudsters and conjurers are both skilled in the art of misdirection. They are masters at deceiving you into […]
Tom Burke’s political commentary: The risks that mining can’t dig its way out of
ENDS Report 429, p. 52, October 2010. With its big environmental impacts and need for huge upfront investments, the global mining industry needs political and policy stability more than ever before. I was in Western Australia in early October. I had been invited to speak at the Minerals Council of […]
Tom Burke’s political commentary: corporate culture, risk and responsibility: navigating the abyss
Tom Burke’s political commentary: Cameron’s big test: the green investment bank
Slouching toward Karachi
Published on ENDS Report Blogs, on 25th August 2010. Pakistan is experiencing the worst floods in its history. 20 million people have been displaced. Many have died. More will die. The waters have washed away more than homes and livelihoods, they have washed away years of investment in the public […]
Tom Burke’s political commentary: Nuclear companies open new front in fight for government subsidies
Tom Burke’s political commentary: Don’t just kick BP but learn all the lessons from the Gulf oil-spill disaster
Tom Burke’s political commentary: The many lessons from BP’s agony
Tom Burke’s political commentary: Can blending blue and yellow really make green?
ENDS Report 424, p. 51, May 2010. The distribution of seats in the new coalition cabinet might concern some environmentalists, but the Conservative and Liberal Democrat green ministers should not find it too hard to work together Cabinet creation is an arcane process. The rapid shuffling of seats and the bottoms […]