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An Unsquared Circle
In her Easter message, the Prime Minister spoke of ‘the opportunities that lie ahead’ for post-EU Britain. Neither she nor any of her Ministers have ever set out … Continue reading
Posted in Brexit, Business, Business Green, Domestic, Economics, Economics, Energy, Environment, EU, European, Finance, In the media, International, Oil and Gas, Policy, Politics, The Human Cost
Tagged Britain, business, carbon, choice, Congress, delusion, environment, environmental protection, EU, free trade, goods, health, investment, opportunity, regulation, single market, trade, trade policy, uncertainty, US
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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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What can we expect from COP21? – BBC World Service – Newshour
It’s just under a month before the start of COP21, the Paris climate change conference, at which global powers will try to achieve a universal and legally binding treaty to … Continue reading
Posted in BBC, Business, Changing the Politics, Climate Change, Corporate Governance, Domestic, Economics, Economics, Energy, Energy Efficiency, Energy Security, Environment, European, Finance, In the media, International, Interviews, Oil and Gas, Radio, renewables
Tagged 2 degrees, BBC, BBC News, business, carbon, climate, climate change, COP, COP21, customers, economy, emissions, fossil fuel, GHG, government, greenhouse gas, Newshour, obligation, Paris, polling, promises, Renewables, security, tax, trade, treaty
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TTIP: Climate Change Catastrophe? – Speech given at PIEL UK 9th Annual Conference – April 2015
Here is a video of the speech I gave on TTIP and climate change the PIEL UK 9th Annual Conference. Speaker: Tom Burke CBE (Chairman, E3G) 26:52 Q&A Moderator: Professor William Howarth (Professor of Environmental Law, Kent Law … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Climate Change, Domestic, Economics, Energy, Energy Security, Environment, European, International, Oil and Gas, Politics, Talks
Tagged carbon, climate, climate change, economy, energy, environmental, environmental law, fossil fuel, gas, globalisation, growth, investment, legislation, oil, PIEL, trade, TTIP
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TROUBLE AHEAD
This piece first appeared in BusinessGreen # The political argument for trade liberalisation has always been that it is good for the economy. This argument was losing traction even when what was good … Continue reading
Posted in Blog, Business, Business Green, Changing the Politics, Economics, Environment, European, International, Politics
Tagged America, arbitration, business, commercial, compensation, Congress, cost, economy, environment, environmental policy, EU, Europe, European, freedom, Germany, goods, health, investment, Investor State Disputes Settlement, ISDS, law, legislation, nuclear power, policy, public policy, regulations, Regulatory Coherence Council, risk, secrecy, takings, tariffs, trade, trade policy, transatlantic trade, Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership, trust, TTIP, US, Vatenfall
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Written evidence submitted to Environmental Audit Committee on Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership
Written evidence submitted by Tom Burke, Chair of E3G When we met the other week I offered to write to you and set out some of my concerns about the regulatory … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Changing the Politics, Corporate Governance, Domestic, Economics, European, House Of Commons, International, People, Politics
Tagged business, Commons EAC, Congress, consumer, EAC, environment, environment policy, environmental issues, environmental legislation, environmental protection, environmental regulation, EU, European climate legislation, Federal legislation, greenhouse gas emissions, House of Commons, House of the Congress, Houses of Parliament, law, legislation, public policy, Regulatory Coherence Council, Regulatory Cooperation Council, trade, trade liberalisation, trade negotiation, trade regulation, Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership, TTIP, US
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