Energy Bill – Tom Burke

Environmentalist

Labour’s plan to reform our broken energy market deserves cross-party support

On September 26, 2013 By admin

This article first appeared in the New Statesman September 2013 BY TOM BURKE PUBLISHED 25 SEPTEMBER 2013 16:33 Ed Miliband’s energy price freeze met with a predictable, if not always credible, response from the energy industries. Led by Angela […]

ED’S BIG IDEA

On September 25, 2013September 25, 2013 By admin

‘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 is a brave commitment. It will be spun by the […]

Nuclear power would appear to have acquired the power to destroy logic

On May 23, 2012May 23, 2012 By admin

Some people worry about nuclear power because they fear the risks to human health from radioactivity. Others are concerned about the morality of leaving a legacy of radioactive wastes that will be dangerous for hundreds of thousands of years. Others again are concerned about the risks of proliferating nuclear weapons […]