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Sky News – Climate change and Obama’s trip to the Arctic
I think giving people a picture of what’s happening now on the planet is really important, and remember what Obama is talking about is what’s happening in Alaska, but it’s also happening in the glaciers in the Himalayas, in … Continue reading
Posted in Campaigning, Changing the Politics, Cities, Climate Change, Energy, Energy Efficiency, Environment, European, In the media, International, Interviews, Oil and Gas, People, Politics, renewables, Sky News
Tagged Alaska, alternative energy, America, authority, carbon, cities, climate change, contradiction, credibility, emissions, energy, energy efficiency, environmentalists, Europe, fossil fuel, glaciers, global warming, green, green policies, green policy, hypocrisy, ice, leadership, low carbon energy, low-carbon, melt, Obama, Paris 2015, president, Prime Minister, Renewables, sea level rise, Shell, Whaling
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Sky News – Obama gives Shell the go ahead for Arctic drilling
Obama is going to Alaska because Alaska is on the front line of climate change, and it is where we are seeing the impacts of a changing climate on human beings really dramatically already, right now. Obama … Continue reading
Posted in Campaigning, Climate Change, Economics, Energy, Energy Security, Environment, In the media, International, Interviews, Oil and Gas, Politics, SKY NEWS, Sky News, The Human Cost
Tagged Alaska, animals, Arctic, climate change, coastal, drilling, environment, environmentalists, erosion, fish, fossil fuel, Obama, oil, sea level rise, Shell, temperature, walruses
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SOMETHING IS HAPPENING HERE
This piece first appeared in Business Green. Environmentalists have long been vulnerable to their own passions. At times this can make us sound shrill and self-righteous. On other occasions it can blind us to political traps. … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Business Green, Campaigning, Climate Change, Corporate Governance, Domestic, Economics, Energy, Energy Security, Environment, European, International, Oil and Gas, Politics, renewables, Sustainability
Tagged agriculture, America, bills, business model, carbon, carbon neutral, carbon price, carbon pricing, Christiana Figueres, climate, climate change, Clinton, consumer, decarbonisation, deforestation, dogma, economy, emissions, energy policy, environmentalists, Europe, Financial Times, investment, leadership, low-carbon, Obama, oil, oil industry, policy, political, pollution, Renewables, risk, tax, taxes, technology, threat, trap, UNFCCC, weather, weather events, zero carbon
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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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CHANGING THE GAME – A PROGRAMME FOR GOVERNMENT
E3G is publishing ‘Changing the Game’ a 10 point programme for government that will put the environment to work for the economy. For too long Britain’s environmentalists have asked British Governments to do more for the environment. … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Changing the Politics, Climate Change, Domestic, Economics, Energy, Energy Efficiency, Energy Security, Environment, European, Nuclear, Oil and Gas, People, renewables, Sustainability, The Human Cost
Tagged air pollution, Bank of England, battery, Big 6, bills, borrowing, Britain, business, capacity, carbon tax, cars, cities, climate, climate change, competitive, consequences, consumer, cost, demand, disease, economy, efficiency, efficient, electric vehicles, electricity, emissions, energy, Energy Act, energy bills, environment, Environment Agency, Environmental Audit Committee, environmental community, environmentalists, Europe, European, fairness, family, finance, fuel, fuel poverty, future, gas, Green Investment Act, grid parity, growth, homes, honesty, households, housing, incentives, infrastructure, insurance, investment, jobs, NHS, nuclear, Parliament, pensions, policy, political, pollution, prosperity, protection, public, Renewables, resources, risk, safety, security, smart, solar, stability, strategy, tax, technology, transparent, treasury, turbulent, value, volatility, winter fuel
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How to break the political silence on the environment
This piece was first published in the Guardian A YouGov poll published last week found that 40% of voters wanted to hear more about the environment. They also wanted to hear more about education, pensions, foreign … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Campaigning, Changing the Politics, Climate Change, Domestic, Economics, Energy, Energy Efficiency, Energy Security, Environment, In the media, People, Sustainability, The Guardian
Tagged air pollution, alcoholism, bills, biodiversity, blame, Britain, British, budget, budgets, business, carbon, care, cold homes, community, competitive, consumers, costs, economy, education, efficiency, election, emissions, energy, energy efficiency, environment, environmentalists, Europe, European, fuel poverty, future, green, homes, housing, income, insulation, jobs, NHS, obesity, pensions, people, politicians, population, prosperity, public services, regulations, renewable energy, Renewables, savings, security, values, vehicles, vote, voters, wages
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Viewpoint: Can we risk another Fukushima?
This article first appeared as a guest post for Greenpeace Energydesk By Tom Burke, Founding director of E3G 21ST NOV 2013 This article also appeared in The Ecologist One of the more opportunistic responses to the meltdown at Fukushima … Continue reading
Posted in Energy, Energy Security, Nuclear
Tagged accident, body count, China, climate goals, compensation, consequences, costs, death, emissions, emissions targets, energy policy, environmentalists, Fukushima, Japan, meltdown, nuclear, nuclear energy, nuclear power, opposition, public confidence, reactor, safety, Tepco
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