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It’s a cruel deceit to blame all our problems on immigration
By Owen Jones Brexiters cynically attribute social ills to incomers. Those who believe them may soon face a harsh truth Our country is simmering with anger and frustration. There is no shortage of social grievances that, long … Continue reading
Posted in Brexit, Business, Campaigning, Changing the Politics, Cities, Domestic, Economics, Economics, Energy, EU, Europe, Finance, In the media, Migration, People, Politics, Poverty, Referendum, The Guardian, The Human Cost
Tagged anger, blame, Brexit, frustration, housing, immigration, jobs, London, population, poverty, public services, referendum, Remain, Stockport, truth, UKIP, vote
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WE ARE EUROPE – WHAT ARE YOU #INFOR?
…the travel, our rights, better cities and clean air; 70 years of peace; women and men, parents and kids; the right to love whoever we want; science, art, music and culture; our spare time and our work time; action on … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Campaigning, Climate Change, Conflict, Domestic, Economics, Economics, Energy, Energy Efficiency, Energy Security, Environment, European, Finance, In the media, Politics, renewables, Security, Sustainability, The Human Cost
Tagged air, art, Bremain, Brexit, business, carbon, climate, climate change, conservation, economy, education, emissions, energy, environment, equality, EU, Europe, European Union, family, farmers, food, freedom, human rights, investment, jobs, music, peace, pollution, poverty, referendum, Remain, Renewables, rights, science, security, trade, travel, vote, work, youth
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Can something substantive be achieved at COP21? – BBC 5 Live – 30 Nov 15
BBC: Now let’s speak to Tom Burke, Chairman of environmental think tank E3G. He was government special advisor to the climate secretary John Gummer, and attended the Rio Earth Summit and the first of … Continue reading
Posted in BBC, Business, Campaigning, Cities, Climate Change, Corporate Governance, Economics, Economics, Energy, Energy Efficiency, Energy Security, Environment, Finance, In the media, International, Interviews, Oil and Gas, People, Politics, Radio, renewables, Sustainability
Tagged carbon, changing climate, climate change, COP21, Copenhagen, economy, electricity, emissions, energy, finance, green economy, insurance, investment, Kyoto, low-carbon, Paris, poverty, progress, technology
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NO-ONE HOME
This piece first appeared in BusinessGreen There is no-one at home in Britain’s political parties. Increasingly they are empty shells with ever fewer members. On a good day less than 400,000 people belong to all our political … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Business Green, Changing the Politics, Cities, Climate Change, Economics, Energy, Energy Efficiency, Energy Security, Environment, Politics, renewables, Sustainability
Tagged activism, Britain, business, carbon, carbon emissions, Charles Landry, cities, citizens, city, climate, climate change, climate policy, CO2, communities, cost, creative, creative cities, creative city, creativity, customers, damages, development, Earth Summit, economic growth, economy, efficiency, emissions, environment, environmental, Fragile City, governments, green, growth, investment, leadership, MPs, National Trust, policy, political parties, political party, politics, population, poverty, Renewables, resources, risk, Risk Nexus, RSPB, spin, sustainable, sustainable cities, sustainibility, taxes, The Fragile City, Transition Towns, unions, voters, wealth
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THE FUTURE IS COMING READY OR NOT
The following speech talks about the looming collision between $6 trillion of investment in oil and gas over the next ten years and the agreement by governments to keep the rise in global temperature below 2°C. This collision will … Continue reading
Posted in Blog, Business, Climate Change, Economics, Energy, Energy Security, Oil and Gas, Politics, Speeches, The Human Cost
Tagged Brussels, carbon, carbon dioxide, carbon neutral, climate, climate policy, coal, collision, debt, demand, dilemma, disease, economy, education, efficiency, electricity, energy, energy security, food security, fossil fuel, future, G7, gas, globailsation, Green Mountain, growth, health, imagination, ingenuity, investment, leadership, migration, Norway, oil, opportunity, population, poverty, prosperity, risk, security, warming, water security
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Locked into business as usual in a changing world – ENDS Report August 2013
This column was first published in the ENDS Report August 2013 Conservative Party leaders believe declaring war on the environment and aggressively promoting fracking for shale gas is to their advantage. … Continue reading
Posted in Articles, Campaigning, Changing the Politics, ENDS Report, Energy, Energy Security, In the media
Tagged biogas, business, conservative, demand, demonisation, economy, energy, environment, fracking, gas, hostility, media, oil, policy, poverty, Renewables, reputation, risk, shale, solar, strategy, subsidies, tax, Tory, unemployment, war
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