We cannot succeed in making the climate safe without democracy. Attacks on democracy are therefore attacks on a safe climate wherever they occur. To stay in power despots must destroy the machinery nations use to learn from their mistakes. There is no mistake free path to a net zero world. […]
Is nuclear power a ticking time bomb? – France24 Debate – 8 Mar 16
Tom Burke talks to LBC about nuclear power, Hinkley Point and EDF – 07 Mar 16
Letters to PM warned of the risks of going ahead with Hinkley Point
ON TURNING GOOD NEWS INTO BAD
CHINA NIGHTMARE
It can’t be easy being George Monbiot
By Jonathon Porritt 5th December 2013 This article first appeared in Jonathon Porritt’s blog and in The Ecologist The Letter referred to in this article is the one that Jonathon Porritt, Tony Juniper, Charles Secrett and I wrote to David Cameron, highlighting the key economic and political issues with pursuing a pro-nuclear […]
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 was that of nuclear advocates claiming that since there were […]
The role of nuclear power in a post-Fukushima world
This piece was written in the aftermath of Fukushima. Some people may find the current spat between Guardian eco-warriors’ Monbiot and Vidal, entertaining. I doubt that I am alone in finding it both distracting and somewhat offensive. I take considerable objection to Monbiot’s use of the royal ‘we’ to apologise […]