Published in ENDS Report (Issue 406, p53), in November 2008. The US is back. The missing voice from the world’s environmental conversation has returned. It has been missing for a long time. Longer than you think. It is nearly 30 years since the world last looked to the US for […]
Tom Burke’s Political Commentary: All ‘joined-up’ for another move of the deckchairs?
Time to stop dithering and press hard on the low-carbon accelerator
Published in ENDS Report (Issue 402, p54), in July 2008 New Labour’s core proposition to voters has been: “Elect us and we will make the economy work well to provide the financial resources to improve public services and reduce poverty.” The founding premise of this proposition has now collapsed. The […]
Tom Burke’s Political Commentary: Argument is one thing, government is another
Tom Burke’s Political Commentary: Wake up – high food and oil prices are here to stay
Tom Burke’s Political Commentary: Infrastructure wars – the real battle begins
Published in the ENDS Report (Issue 398, p55), in March 2008. When the railways were built in the nineteenth century their developers faced the problem of acquiring the land where they could go. The solution was robust. Over 250 private bills were driven though Parliament usurping existing property rights for […]