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Making John Redwood angry – it’s nothing personal

On February 24, 2014 By admin

This article first appeared in Business Green on the 17th February 2014 I recently made John Redwood MP very cross. He was so cross he accused me of making ‘a very unpleasant personal attack’ on him. He was mistaken. I did no such thing. I did, however, […]

Discussing Climate Change on LBC Radio – 13th February 2014

On February 17, 2014 By admin

Discussing climate change on LBC Radio with Nick Ferrari on 13th February 2014 “The climate is changing because we are putting greenhouse gasses into the atmosphere, in some places that will lead to warming, in some places it will lead to drying and in some place it will lead […]

It can’t be easy being George Monbiot

On December 9, 2013 By admin

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 […]

Tom Burke LBC Radio Climate Discussion IPCC Report

On October 2, 2013October 2, 2013 By admin

LBC Radio 27th Spetember 2013 2pm Discussing the IPCC AR5 report and the impact of climate change on LBC radio with James Delingpole Columnist for The Telegraph and The Spectator. Tom Burke: “The fact of the matter is that Price Waterhouse Coopers, one […]

Tom Burke BBC News Climate Discussion IPCC Report

On October 1, 2013October 2, 2013 By admin

BBC News 27th September 2013 7pm Tom Burke, Environmental Policy Adviser and founding director of E3G, on BBC News discussing climate change, the IPCC Report and the role of two groups ‘the climate makers’ and ‘the climate takers’ in the future of climate, energy […]

FUTURE IMPERFECT: THE COLLISION OF CLIMATE AND CARBON

On September 18, 2013 By admin

BY TOM BURKE This article first appeared in the Montrose Journal September 2013 Two epochal forces are shaping this century. One is economic, the $6 trillion dollar investment that will be made in developing fossil fuel assets over the next decade. The other is physical, the immutable behaviour of carbon […]

The Independent View: No real choice on nuclear

On September 9, 2013 By admin

This article was written for the Liberal Democrat Voice and first appeared on their website. By Tom Burke | Mon 9th September 2013 – 8:45 am Atoms are not the only fission products of nuclear power. This is […]

Locked into business as usual in a changing world – ENDS Report August 2013

On August 23, 2013August 23, 2013 By admin

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. But it is bad for business and the economy. We […]