Here is an article I wrote for the Guardian on Lomborg’s ‘junk economics’ back in 2004. Lomborg is still writing nonsense and junk economics, no surprise there. The real question is why is the FT still publishing him despite his claims being comprehensively debunked? […]
President Obama makes canny carbon move – ENDS Report
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
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 […]
ENDS REPORT – What is killing bees?
This column features in the recently published ENDS Report ‘Neonicitinoid’ is more than a difficult word to roll your tongue around. The neonicitinoids are a class of neuro-active insecticides that came into widespread use in the late nineties. They are now at the heart of a debate that again pits […]
Tom Burke’s political commentary: Trying to square the carbon price circle
Climate change: what needs to be done
Spotlight: Climate Change Published in the British Medical Journal 2012; 344:e1358, on 19th March 2012. If we are to meet the challenge of generating political will, the climate conversation must involve everyone, from all professions and all walks of life. Political will is built into the base of society; it is […]
Coalition review: energy and climate change
Published in The House Magazine, No.1411, Volume 36, on 15th March 2012. The Coalition Review looks into how far the government has stuck to the Coalition Agreement in key policy areas. This week Lord Turnbull, Michael Meacher, and I each assess how the government has done on energy and tackling […]
Nuclear power will fail to achieve what George Monbiot wants
Published in The Guardian, 16th March 2012. Jonathon Porritt, Tony Juniper, Charles Secrett and I wrote a letter this week to David Cameron, highlighting the key economic and political issues with pursuing a pro-nuclear power policy. In response, George Monbiot and others wrote their own letter to the Prime Minister. […]
Tom Burke’s Political Commentary: Nucléaire nouvelle génération. Non merci!
Renewed push for nuclear power
Below is my letter to The Guardian on the threatened resurgence of nuclear, written with Dr Paul Dorfman (Nuclear Consulting Group) and John Sauven (Greenpeace UK), published on 8 February, 2012. To see the collection of other letters to The Guardian on the same subject follow this link. Proponents of […]