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Conservative government facing heavy criticism for cutting green subsidies and investment – Sky News – 13 Dec 15
Sky News: The government’s energy policy has come under fire and has been described as illegal, just a day after world leaders agreed a historic plan to tackle climate change. David Cameron was among many who praised the … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Campaigning, Changing the Politics, Climate Change, Domestic, Economics, Economics, Energy, Energy Efficiency, Energy Security, Environment, Finance, Interviews, Nuclear, Oil and Gas, renewables, Sky News, The Human Cost
Tagged carbon, carbon budget, cars, Chancellor, climate, Climate Change Act, coal, COP21, emissions, environment, finance, fossil fuel, Green Deal, green economy, greenhouse emissions, greenhouse gas, growth, investment, jobs, low-carbon, nuclear, pollution, solar, subsidy, wind
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Historic climate agreement reached at COP21 – BBC News – 12 Dec 15
BBC: The final draft agreement for climate change has been presented to delegates at UN Summit in Paris. It proposes a legally binding agreement to limit global warming to no more than two degrees Celsius. With … Continue reading
Posted in BBC, Business, Cities, Climate Change, Conflict, Economics, Economics, Energy, Energy Efficiency, Environment, Finance, In the media, International, Interviews, Oil and Gas, Politics, renewables, Security, Sustainability, The Human Cost
Tagged banks, batteries, business, carbon, Citibank, cities, climate, climate change, climate summit, coal, conflict, COP21, Copenhagen, Cumbria, deutsche bank, diplomacy, economy, electric vehicles, Elon Musk, energy, finance, fossil fuels, fuels, Goldman Sachs, government, growth, IEA, invest, investment, low-carbon, migration, opportunity, Paris, Renewables, smart, Syria, technology, Tesla
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Can we really fix climate change? – LBC Radio – 07 Dec 15
LBC: Let’s talk first to Tom Burke, environmentalist and former government advisor on the environment. Tom, good evening to you. Tell is about this summit. There are lots of important people there, it’s a big … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Campaigning, Changing the Politics, Cities, Climate Change, Economics, Economics, Energy, Energy Efficiency, Environment, Finance, In the media, International, Interviews, LBC, Oil and Gas, People, Radio, renewables, Sustainability, The Human Cost
Tagged Amber Rudd, Beijing, bills, business, carbon, China, cities, climate finance, coal, communities, community, COP21, cost, economy, electric cars, electric vehicles, energy, energy efficiency, environment, finance, floods, government, health, India, investment, low-carbon, money, oil, opportunity, Paris, policy, political will, politics, pollution, real economy, renewable energy, Renewables, risk, smog, solar, Summit, sustainable, technology, transition, weather
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Do people care enough about climate change? – LBC Radio – 29 Nov 15
LBC: Tom Burke, Chairman and founding Director of environmental think tank E3G, and former government advisor. Morning Tom, why do people not care enough about the environment? Tom Burke: I think people do care … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Campaigning, Climate Change, Economics, Economics, Energy, Energy Efficiency, Energy Security, Environment, Finance, International, LBC, Oil and Gas, People, renewables, Sustainability
Tagged bills, climate, climate change, coal, energy, energy bills, energy efficiency, environment, fossil fuel, gas, government, oil, Paris, protest, recycling, Renewables
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Obama’s climate plan on Sky News – 03/08/15
It is really important that America has now set itself out to lead on climate, and to demonstrate leading by taking action. It has been a laggard, and therefore other countries have been able to hide … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Campaigning, Climate Change, Economics, Energy, Energy Efficiency, Energy Security, European, In the media, International, Interviews, Oil and Gas, Sky News
Tagged ambition, carbon, clean air policy, climate action, climate change, climate plan, coal, Democrat, EU, Europe, fossil fuel, gas, industry, leadership, legacy, Obama, oil, policy, Renewables, Republican, Sky News, targets, US
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Solar is set to transform the global energy market – Podcast – Today Program BBC Radio 07/04/2015
We have had a very inconsistent approach to renewables and deploying renewables in Britain. We are really starting to miss out and get left behind because of that inconsistency by government. It’s … Continue reading
Posted in BBC, Business, Changing the Politics, Climate Change, Economics, Energy, Energy Efficiency, Energy Security, Environment, In the media, International, Interviews, Radio, renewables
Tagged battery, BBC, Britain, business, coal, competitive, cost, deutsche bank, economy, EDF, efficiency, electric vehicles, energy bills, energy market, energy storage, energy transition, farms, finance, gas, grid parity, growth, IEA, investment, Nick Butler, nuclear, off grid, radio, Renewables, security, solar, solar battery, solar energy, solar panel, solar panels, solar power, subsidies, technology, Today Program, transformation, vehicles, Wood Mackenzie
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OF NIGHTMARES AND PARROTS
This piece was first published in BusinessGreen Let me introduce you to the mysterious world of triads. This is not, however, an article about the exotic world of Hong Kong’s ill-famed criminal gangs. This is about … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Campaigning, Climate Change, Economics, Energy, Energy Efficiency, Energy Security, In the media, Oil and Gas, Politics, renewables, Sustainability
Tagged air pollution, bills, Britain, business, coal, consumer, cost, decarbonisation, decarbonise, demand, Demand Side Balancing Reserve, DSBR, economy, efficiency, efficient, electricity, electricity bills, emergency, energy, energy bills, energy efficiency, energy security, Financial Times, FT, gas, health, media, National Grid, nightmare, nuclear, nuclear power, nuclear reactor, nuclear reactors, pollution, power, profits, renewable energy, Renewables, security, solar, supply, Tanya Pawley, triads, UK, wind, winter
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Tusk – not as bad for climate as it first appears?
This piece first appeared on the E3G website The appointment of Polish Prime Minister, Donald Tusk, to replace Van Rompuy as President of the European Council has provoked jitters … Continue reading
Posted in Blog, Climate Change, E3G, Energy, Energy Efficiency, Energy Security, Environment, European, In the media, Oil and Gas, Politics
Tagged ambition, climate change, climate policy, climate security, coal, Donald Tusk, E3G, efficiency, energy, energy efficiency, energy policy, energy security, Energy Union, environment, EU, Europe, European Commission, European Council, fossil fuel, gas, Junker, leadership, Merkel, policy, Polish, Putin, Russian gas, spin, Ukraine, Van Rompuy
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THE FUTURE IS COMING READY OR NOT
The following speech talks about the looming collision between $6 trillion of investment in oil and gas over the next ten years and the agreement by governments to keep the rise in global temperature below 2°C. This collision will … Continue reading
Posted in Blog, Business, Climate Change, Economics, Energy, Energy Security, Oil and Gas, Politics, Speeches, The Human Cost
Tagged Brussels, carbon, carbon dioxide, carbon neutral, climate, climate policy, coal, collision, debt, demand, dilemma, disease, economy, education, efficiency, electricity, energy, energy security, food security, fossil fuel, future, G7, gas, globailsation, Green Mountain, growth, health, imagination, ingenuity, investment, leadership, migration, Norway, oil, opportunity, population, poverty, prosperity, risk, security, warming, water security
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After you Claude
Britons only generate 1.42% of the world’s carbon emissions. No-one else is doing much to reduce their emissions. We are doing a lot and should not do more until everyone … Continue reading
Posted in Blog, Business, Climate Change, Domestic, Economics, Energy, Energy Efficiency, Energy Security, European, Oil and Gas, Politics
Tagged air, Britain, Cabinet, Cameron, carbon, carbon dioxide, carbon emissions, carbon neutral, carbon neutral economy, China, climate, coal, David Cameron, Denmark, economic, economies, economy, emissions, emissions targets, Germany, global, IPCC, renewable, renewable energy, Renewables, Romania, targets, treasury, UK
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