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Tag Archives: Coalition
FRAMING THE PARIS END-GAME BY NICK MABEY
Much of the media reporting of the Paris climate change talks in Paris is still characterising the bargain as being between rich and poor countries. This is a lazy and outdated view of what is really happening. This excellent … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Campaigning, Changing the Politics, Climate Change, Economics, Economics, Energy, Energy Efficiency, Energy Security, Environment, In the media, International, Oil and Gas, People
Tagged agreement, alliances, ambition, carbon, China, climate, climate justice, Coalition, costs, democratic, diplomacy, emissions, energy, energy policy, EU, Europe, European, geopolitical, growth, India, investment, Kyoto, LDC, leaders, leadership, media, Modi, Obama, Paris, Paris Agreement, policy, political, politics, poor, public, renewable energy, Renewables, responsibility, rich, South Africa, US, warming, Xi
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So the country voted blue, did we go green? – Sky News – 5 December 15
Sky: Tom Burke is the Chairman and founding Director of the Environmental Think Tank E3G, and he joins me in the studio. So the country voted blue did we go green? Tom Burke: We didn’t go … Continue reading
Posted in Campaigning, Changing the Politics, Climate Change, Corporate Governance, Domestic, Economics, Economics, Energy, Energy Efficiency, Energy Security, Environment, Finance, In the media, International, Interviews, Nuclear, Oil and Gas, People, renewables, Sky News, Sustainability
Tagged air, air pollution, carbon, Chancellor, climate, climate change, Coalition, conservative, COP21, economy, emissions, gas, green, green economy, green growth, growth, jobs, London, nuclear, Paris, poll, pollution, treasury
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SQUARING THE CIRCLES
This piece was first published by the Energy and Carbon Blog Amber Rudd’s appointment as Secretary of State for Energy and Climate has been welcomed by environmentalists. This is partly out of relief. There was a real risk … Continue reading
Posted in Blog, Business, Campaigning, Changing the Politics, Climate Change, DECC, Domestic, Economics, Energy, Energy Efficiency, Energy Security, Environment, European, International, Politics
Tagged Amber Rudd, bills, budget, carbon emissions, Chancellor, clean energy, Climate Act, climate change, Climate Change Comittee, Coalition, community, cuts, DECC, democracy, electricity, electricity bills, energy, Energy Act, energy bills, energy efficiency, energy policy, energy security, environmentalists, Eric Pickles, farmland, fracking, fuel poverty, gas, Green Deal, homes, impact, infrastructure, insulate, investment, investors, jobs, MP, NHS, onshore wind, Parliament, Prime Minister, public, Renewables, revolution, risk, roof top solar, security, shale gas, solar, subsidies, subsidy, tax, Thatcherite, Tory, Whitehall, wholesale gas price, wind farms
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APRES MOI LE DELUGE
Louis XV’s mordant phrase aptly captures the legacy of the Coalition government’s electricity policy. The new government, whatever its composition, will inherit a policy that achieved a rare feat. It … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Campaigning, Climate Change, Economics, Energy, Energy Efficiency, Energy Security, Nuclear, renewables, Sustainability
Tagged bills, Britain, business, climate, Coalition, consumers, customers, decarbonisation, DECC, demand, EDF, electricity, Electricity Act, energy, energy policy, Europe, European, European Law, finance, Hinkley, Hinkley Point, investment, nuclear, policy, Renewables, tax, threat, treasury, wages, wholesale
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What environmental issues does the next government need to address?
What environmental issues does the next government need to address? With representatives of the main parties set to outline their green agenda, this week we look at the key policies and areas the … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Campaigning, Changing the Politics, Climate Change, Domestic, Economics, Energy, Energy Efficiency, Energy Security, Environment, Interviews, renewables, Sustainability
Tagged business, Cameron, carbon, Coalition, communities, community, competitive, Conservatives, decentralisation, decentralised, economics, economy, efficiency, energy, environment, global, government, green, green agenda, growth, inequality, investment, Labour, local, NHS, PLMR, policy, regulation, Renewables, resources, sustainability, UKIP
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WHAT’S IN A WORD?
One of the less hysterical criticisms of Ed Miliband’s intention to freeze energy prices for 20 months has been to call it ‘unworkable’. This was the word used by John Major when he intervened in the debate – … Continue reading
Posted in Domestic, Energy, Energy Security, Oil and Gas, People, Politics
Tagged austerity, Big 6, business, campaigners, carbon support price, climate change, Coalition, companies, Conservatives, consumer bills, consumer spending, consumers, costs, ECO, economic recovery, economy, Ed Miliband, efficiency, efficiency measures, electricity, energy bills, energy freeze, energy policy, energy price freeze, energy prices, environment, fuel poverty, gas, global gas prices, green tax, green taxes, headlines, hedge, Hedging, House of Commons, Houses of Parliament, John Major, Liberal Democrats, Mail, Miliband, misinformation, Murdoch, policies, poorest, price freeze, profit margin, profits, recycled, renewable, renewable energy, Renewables, taxes, Telegraph, The Mail, The Telegraph, Tory, wages, wholesale electricity prices
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On Killing Dragons
This article first appeared in the November Issue of The Ends Report Consistency is becoming the rarest of phenomena in public discourse. We have a … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Economics, ENDS Report, Energy, Energy Security, European, Nuclear, Oil and Gas, Politics
Tagged air pollution, Brussels, businesses, Coalition, conservative, contradiction, economics, election, electricity, energy, energy bills, environment, environment policy, environmental legislation, EU, EU membership, export market, fracking, green, green policies, growth, hospital admissions, influence, investment, money saving, negotiations, NGO, NHS, nuclear, policy, premature death, price freeze, quality of life, referendum, Review of Competences, Whitehall, wind farms
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BEHIND THE NUCLEAR SMOKE AND MIRRORS
There is an important question to be asked of Mr Davey. If there is no public subsidy for Hinkley C why are you having to make an application to the Brussels for state … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Energy, Nuclear, Oil and Gas
Tagged Brussels, Chinese, Coalition, consumers, Davey, economy, EDF, elecricity, energy, energy bills, Germany, Hinkley, investors, nuclear, nuclear power stations, profit, value
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ED’S BIG IDEA
‘If we win the election 2015 the next Labour government will freeze gas and electricity prices until the start of 2017.’ This was meant to be an eye-catching, applause generating line and it was. And deservedly so. This … Continue reading
Posted in Economics, Energy, Energy Security, Politics
Tagged business, Coalition, community, consumer, decarbonisation, demand, efficiency, electricity, energy, Energy Bill, energy bills, finance, globally, Green Deal, infrastructure, investment, locally, market, policy, renewable, smarter
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The Independent View: No real choice on nuclear
This article was written for the Liberal Democrat Voice and first appeared on their website. By Tom Burke | Mon 9th September 2013 – 8:45 am Atoms are … Continue reading