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OF OIL AND STONES
This blog first appeared in Business Green Sheikh Yamani, a former Saudi oil minister, is famous for having pointed out that the stone … Continue reading
Posted in Blog, Business, Business Green, Changing the Politics, Climate Change, Economics, Economics, Energy, Energy Efficiency, Energy Security, Finance, International, Nuclear, Oil and Gas, Politics, Security
Tagged BP, business, coal, commodities, consumers, COP21, decarbonisation, decarbonise, disruption, economy, efficiency, energy, Exxon, fossil fuel, future, gas, hydro, IEA, industries, International Energy Agency, investment, nuclear, oil, policy investors, Renewables, Saudi, Saudi Arabia, security, Sheikh Yamani, Shell, Telegraph, transport, Yamani
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Even if the global warming scare were a hoax, we would still need it – The Telegraph
This article was first published in The Telegraph China is the low-carbon superpower and will be the ultimate enforcer of the COP21 climate deal in Paris By Ambrose Evans-Pritchard Chinese scientists have published two alarming … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Campaigning, Changing the Politics, Climate Change, Economics, Economics, Energy, Energy Efficiency, Energy Security, European, Finance, International, Nuclear, Oil and Gas, renewables, Security, The Telegraph
Tagged Antarctic, Arctic, Beijing, carbon, carbon budget, carbon emissions, China, Chinese, climate, climate deal, climate sceptics, CO2, coal, coastal, Communist Party, COP21, decarbonisation, economics, economy, electricity, emissions, emissions trading, energy, Europe, finance, fossil Industry, funds, gas, glaciers, global warming, Goldman Sachs, GoldWind, growth, Hinkley, Hinkley Point, infrastructure, investment, Japan, LED, low-carbon, Mekong, melt, natural gas, nuclear, oil, onshore wind, Paris, permafrost, President Xi, recession, renewable energy, Renewables, Russian gas, security, Shanghai, solar, technology, The Telegraph, Tibetan, US, vehicles, warming, water, wind, Yangtze, Yellow River
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What Paris means for fossil fuels
As the dust settles after the historic adoption of the Paris 2015 agreement, E3G shares a short blog series exploring what Paris means to different sectors, regions and constituencies. For a long time the fossil fuel industries have … Continue reading
Posted in Blog, Business, Campaigning, Climate Change, Corporate Governance, Economics, Economics, Energy, Environment, Finance, International, Oil and Gas, People, Politics, renewables, Security, Sustainability
Tagged ambition, Bank of England, business, businesses, carbon, CEOs, clean energy, climate, climate change, climate summit, coal, commercial, commitment, COP21, cost, decarbonising, economic, economy, emissions, energy, energy market, events, experience, extreme weather, finance, financial, Financial Stability Board, fossil fuel, fuel, gas, government, investment, leaders, low-carbon, Mark Carney, media, Obama, oil, oil companies, opportunity, Paris, political, politics, refugees, risk, stability, stranded assets, technology, transport, Unilever, vehicles, weather
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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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