policy – Page 9 – Tom Burke

Why the EU’s electricity market design proposal actually matters

On April 21, 2016 By admin

By Simon Skillings | E3G This piece was originally published by EurActiv The European Commission’s vision of an Energy Union with citizens at its core, where consumers take ownership of the energy transition, is to be applauded but needs to be followed up with genuine policy change, […]

Within the EU, Britain can take the lead on tackling climate change

On April 19, 2016 By admin

This piece first appeared in The Guardian Letter from John Gummer, Chris Huhne, Adair Turner, Craig Bennett, Tom Burke, Amy Cameron, Michael Jacobs, John Sauven, Matthew Spencer, James Thornton and Crispin Tickell Britain has shown great diplomatic leadership on climate change and successive […]

Green policies are not responsible for the Tata steel crisis

On April 6, 2016April 6, 2016 By admin

By Karl Mathiesen This article was published by The Guardian Analysis of the figures show Port Talbot may actually have been profiting from efforts to reduce carbon emissions There was a slew of comment over the weekend regarding the role that Britain’s carbon reduction efforts played in Tata […]

Hinkley Point C nuclear deal contains £22bn ‘poison pill’ for taxpayer

On March 18, 2016 By admin

‘If the SoSIA is signed it will change the argument over Hinkley. Instead of being an argument about why we should kill this white elephant – which the government has comprehensively lost – it will become an argument about not being able to afford the bullets to kill the […]

BBC World News – Is Hinkley dead? – 8 March 16

On March 15, 2016 By admin

BBC: Professor Tom Burke is the chairman of the environmental think tank E3G, he joins me now in the studio, welcome to you. Where do you think this project is floundering? Tom Burke: Well, as I listen to the President and the Prime Minister talk about how […]

Can we really fix climate change? – LBC Radio – 07 Dec 15

On December 9, 2015December 9, 2015 By admin

LBC: Let’s talk first to Tom Burke, environmentalist and former government advisor on the environment. Tom, good evening to you. Tell is about this summit. There are lots of important people there, it’s a big deal. There is also quite a lot of scepticism. Are […]

FRAMING THE PARIS END-GAME BY NICK MABEY

On December 7, 2015 By admin

Much of the media reporting of the Paris climate change talks in Paris is still characterising the bargain as being between rich and poor countries. This is a lazy and outdated view of what is really happening. This excellent article by my colleague Nick Mabey paints a much more […]

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