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HINKLEY GREEN LIGHT A MASSIVE STRATEGIC MISTAKE, SAYS CLIMATE CHANGE THINK TANK
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE : Wednesday 14th September 2016 E3G Press Release Following reports today that the Government is about to give the green light to the Hinkley Point C … Continue reading
Posted in Articles by Publication, Business, Campaigning, Changing the Politics, Climate Change, Domestic, Economics, Energy, Energy Efficiency, Energy Security, Environment, Finance, In the media, International, Nuclear, People, Politics, renewables, Security, Sustainability, The Human Cost
Tagged carbon, cheaper, China, cleaner, climate, competitive, Dong Energy, E3G, EDF, emissions, energy, energy bills, energy policy, energy security, expensive, faster, France, government, Hinkley, Hinkley Point C, investment, mistake, nuclear, Renewables, security, smarter, technology
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Hinkley delay is a really big deal – BBC News
I am finding it extremely difficult to think what could have caused such a massive dislocation, not just to our relations with other countries, as we have heard they are all going to be upset, but also to … Continue reading
Posted in BBC, Business, Changing the Politics, Domestic, Economics, Economics, Energy, Energy Efficiency, Energy Security, European, Finance, In the media, Nuclear, People, Politics, The Human Cost
Tagged China, economy, EDF, energy, energy efficiency, energy security, France, Hinkley, investment, nuclear, Renewables, safety, security
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Why Hinkley is a very risky bet – BBC Radio Wales
This is not where we expected to be this morning, and it is very difficult to imagine what the government will discover in a few weeks time that it doesn’t already know. So I think that it is … Continue reading
Posted in BBC, Business, Domestic, Economics, Economics, Energy, Energy Efficiency, Energy Security, Environment, European, Finance, In the media, Nuclear, People, Politics, renewables, The Human Cost
Tagged BBC, budget, consumers, economy, electricity, energy, energy bills, energy security, Hinkley, investment, jobs, nuclear, Renewables, risk
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Tom Burke talks to LBC about nuclear power, Hinkley Point and EDF – 07 Mar 16
Clive Bull: A top EDF boss has resigned over the company’s plans to build Britain’s first new nuclear power plant for decades. There is an ongoing row over the 18 billion pound cost, part … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Campaigning, Changing the Politics, Climate Change, Domestic, Economics, Economics, Energy, Energy Efficiency, Energy Security, Environment, European, Finance, In the media, International, Interviews, LBC, Nuclear, Radio, renewables
Tagged bills, Britain, Chancellor, China, climate change, consumers, cost, economy, EDF, electricity, energy, energy efficiency, energy policy, energy security, environment, finance, fossil fuel, France, Fukushima, Germany, government, Hinkley, Hinkley C, Hinkley Point, investment, Japan, nuclear, nuclear energy, nuclear weapons, power, renewable energy, Renewables, safety, solar, wind
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Why nuclear is a bad deal for Britain – BBC Politics Today – 21 October 15
Nuclear is the cuckoo in the nest it squeezes the others out of the energy market. The reason why we are doing what we are doing, making so many policy changes in energy efficiency and renewables, and eliminating billions … Continue reading
Posted in BBC, Business, Changing the Politics, Domestic, Economics, Economics, Energy, Energy Efficiency, Energy Security, Environment, European, Finance, In the media, Nuclear, renewables, Sustainability, The Human Cost
Tagged bills, Britain, business, China, economy, EDF, efficiency, electricity, energy, energy bills, energy efficiency, energy security, Hinkley, investment, nuclear, Renewables, solar, wind
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Why Hinkley is a very bad deal for Britain – BBC News
Here at Hinkley Point alongside existing reactors is where George Osborne wants to build a new nuclear power station in Britain. It will be built by EDF, a French state owned electricity company, and will cost 24 and … Continue reading
Posted in BBC, Business, Domestic, Economics, Economics, Energy, Energy Efficiency, Energy Security, Environment, European, Finance, In the media, Nuclear, People, Politics, renewables, Video blog
Tagged BBC, BBC News, Britain, budget, China, consumer, economy, EDF, electricity, energy, energy bills, energy efficiency, energy security, expensive, Hinkley, Hinkley Point, investment, nuclear, pollution, subsidy
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Nuclear Cost – Letter to The Times, October 19 2015
The Times, letters, October 19 2015 To slash and burn renewable investment for the sake of costly support for new nuclear plants is unwise Sir, George Osborne assumes that energy demand … Continue reading
Posted in Changing the Politics, Economics, Economics, Energy, Energy Efficiency, Energy Security, Finance, In the media, Nuclear, renewables, Sustainability, The Human Cost, The Times
Tagged bills, carbon, China, economy, energy, energy bills, energy security, EU, George Osbourne, Hinkley, Hinkley C, Hinkley Point, investment, jobs, low-carbon, nuclear, nuclear reactor, reactor, Renewables, security, subsidies, UK, value
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Climate Security: The Next ‘Battle Ground’? – Atlantic Council event – June 17, 2015
I will be speaking at the Atlantic Council event Climate Security: The Next ‘Battle Ground’? on June 17, 2015 in Washington DC. As the international community heads to COP21 in Paris this December, much of the public … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Campaigning, Changing the Politics, Climate Change, Domestic, Economics, Energy, Energy Efficiency, Energy Security, Environment, European, International, Politics, renewables, Sustainability, Talks
Tagged action, climate, climate change, Climate Diplomacy Day, community, conflict, COP21, economy, energy, energy security, environment, EU, European Union, global, local, national security, risk, security, threat
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Revealed: BP’s close ties with the UK government – The Guardian
I was quoted extensively in a piece The Guardian wrote on the extent of BP’s influence on government policy and how their intimate relationship is at odds with UK commitments to reduce carbon emissions. “About 1.5% of … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Changing the Politics, Climate Change, Corporate Governance, Domestic, Economics, Energy, Energy Efficiency, Energy Security, European, Interviews, Oil and Gas, People, Politics, Sustainability, The Guardian
Tagged Bill Gates, bills, BP, British, business, carbon, carbon emissions, climate, climate change, DECC, Department of Energy and Climate Change, divest, drilling, E3G, economy, emissions, energy, energy security, EU, exploration, Foreign Office, fossil fuel, freedom of information, gas, government, Guardian, Gulf, health, investment, John Ashton, Keep it in the ground, oil, pension, profit, public health, Rio Tinto, sanctions, shares, Shell, treasury, Unilever, Wellcome Trust, Whitehall
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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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