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Letters to PM warned of the risks of going ahead with Hinkley Point
In March 2012, on the anniversary of Fukushima, I drafted a letter to the Prime Minister that was signed by myself and three other former Directors of Friends of … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Domestic, Economics, Economics, Energy, Energy Efficiency, European, Finance, In the media, Nuclear
Tagged David Cameron, EDF, energy, EPR, finance, FoE, Friends of the Earth, Fukushima, Hinkley, Hinkley C, Hinkley Point, nuclear, PM, power station, Prime Minister, reactor, risk
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The future of Hinkley Point – BBC News
Delays, rising costs and now a rift at the top of EDF, the giant French company we are relying on to build a new Nuclear power station to replace this one at Hinkey Point. The chief financial … Continue reading
Posted in BBC, Business, Economics, Energy, Energy Security, Finance, In the media, Interviews, Nuclear
Tagged BBC News, bills, consumers, costs, EDF, energy, Hinkley, Hinkley Point, investment, nuclear, power station, risk, security, Thomas Piquemal
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THE POWER OF DREAMS
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 … Continue reading
Posted in Blog, Climate Change, Economics, Energy, Energy Efficiency, Energy Security, Environment, The Guardian
Tagged bills, Britain, carbon, carbon emissions, carbon pollution, competitiveness, consumer, consumers, cost, DECC, demand, dependence, economy, EDF, electricity, electricity bills, emissions, energy bills, energy demand, EU, Europe, gas, Hinkley, Hinkley Point, investment, levy, nuclear, nuclear energy, nuclear reactor, nuclear tax, onshore wind, policy, pollution, power station, reactor, renewable energy, Renewables, Russia, solar, subsidies, subsidy, Ukraine, wholesale electricity price, wind
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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 … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Campaigning, Domestic, Economics, Energy, Energy Security, European, Nuclear, Politics, The Human Cost
Tagged bills, British taxpayers, Charles Secrett, David Cameron, EDF, electricity, electricity bills, electricity demand, energy crunch, EPR, European Commission, European Pressurised Reactor, fossil fuel, Fukushima, George Monbiot, Hinkley, Hinkley C, Hinkley Point, Jonathon Porritt, nuclear, nuclear industry, nuclear power policy, nuclear reactors, Nuclear Waste, policy failure, power station, Prime Minister, pro-nuclear, reactors, Renewables, risk, Sizewell, The Guardian, thorium reactors, Tom Burke, Tony Juniper
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