EU – Page 6 – Tom Burke

Tusk – not as bad for climate as it first appears?

On September 4, 2014September 4, 2014 By admin

This piece first appeared on the E3G website The appointment of Polish Prime Minister, Donald Tusk, to replace Van Rompuy as President of the European Council has provoked jitters within Europe’s environment community. No-one would ever have described Poland […]

THE POWER OF DREAMS

On July 10, 2014 By admin

This piece first appeared in The Guardian on Thursday 10th July It has always been difficult to see what was attractive about the proposed deal with EDF to build a nuclear reactor at Hinkley Point in Somerset. To bring this […]

SPEECH AT E3G TENTH ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION – THE DECK AT THE NATIONAL THEATRE – JULY 2ND 2014.

On July 7, 2014 By admin

REMARKS BY MR TOM BURKE CBE AT THE TENTH ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION FOR E3G, THE DECK AT THE NATIONAL THEATRE, JULY 2ND 2014. First of all, let me thank you all for coming this evening. We are celebrating […]

Cities lead the energy transition

On May 1, 2014 By admin

This article first appeared in Revolve Magazine on April 29, 2014 The message at Energy Cities’ annual rendez-vous was clear: cities are the interface with citizens and by default (since cities are growing exponentially around the world) they are the mandatory motors of innovative change to realize the urban energy […]

Shale gas: four myths and a truth

On March 19, 2014March 19, 2014 By admin

Some argue that the solution to rising energy prices and energy security concerns lies not in cutting demand for energy imports by improving energy efficiency whilst […]

On Killing Dragons

On November 27, 2013 By admin

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 government that is simultaneously increasing the planning constraints on wind […]