Blog: Huhne’s resignation a blow for climate change
Will the government push for economic growth at the expense of environmental protection?
I have been quoted in Damian Carrington‘s most recent Environment Blog for The Guardian, Environmental protection rules may be headed for government shredder. The blog covers Oliver Letwin’s proposition to replace all of the current environmental guidance including that on pollution, waste, and wildlife, with one 50-page document. To see […]
Tom Burke’s political commentary: Durban talks were not a failure for climate policy
Cameron’s policy cannibalism: economic policy eating environment policy
Published by the Green Alliance, in January 2012. A toxic conjunction of incompetence and ideology has all but destroyed David Cameron’s promise to lead the ‘greenest government ever.’ In doing so the Coalition has wasted a rare opportunity to align the economy and the environment. Instead, it has chosen to […]
Do people’s views on nuclear stem from Dr No?
Tom Burke’s political commentary: A tune that bodes ill for environment and growth
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 […]
Tom Burke’s political commentary: Eurozone turmoil and climate inaction: the twin crises of political will
Tom Burke’s political commentary: Euro travails and climate inaction – twin crises of political will
ENDS 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 governments are distracted and constrained by the current economic crisis […]
EDF fined for spying on Greenpeace nuclear campaign
I have been quoted in BBC Environmental correspondent Richard Black’s latest blog, EDF fined for spying on Greenpeace nuclear campaign, on the politics and tactics surrounding nuclear, appearing on 10 November 2011. He is writing in response to the decision by a French court to fine EDF 1.5 million Euros and send […]