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The UK has formally signed up to the Paris climate change agreement – Sky News
Sky News: The UK has formally signed up to the first climate change agreement that covers every country on earth. It comes as there is uncertainty over America’s role in the Paris Agreement. Donald Trump had … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Changing the Politics, Cities, Climate Change, Domestic, Economics, Economics, Energy, Energy Efficiency, Energy Security, Environment, Finance, In the media, International, Interviews, People, Politics, renewables, Security, Sky News, Sustainability, The Human Cost
Tagged air pollution, bills, carbon, China, climate, climate change, electric vehicles, Elon Musk, emissions, energy, energy efficiency, energy revolution, Energy Transition Commission, investment, low-carbon, opportunity, Paris Agreement, Paris Deal, rattification, renewable energy, Renewables, Tesla, transition, Trump, UK, US
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If we’re to win the climate struggle, we must remain in Europe
Concerted EU diplomacy helped secure a landmark agreement at the Paris climate change summit. We should not leave the field just as the battle is turning. Our security and prosperity … Continue reading
Posted in Brexit, Business, Campaigning, Changing the Politics, Climate Change, Conflict, Domestic, Economics, Economics, Energy, Energy Efficiency, Energy Security, Environment, EU, Europe, European, Finance, Oil and Gas, People, Politics, Referendum, renewables, Security, Sustainability, The Guardian, The Human Cost
Tagged assets, battle, borders, Brexit, Britain, British, carbon, challenge, clean, climate, climate change, coal, communities, decentralised, diplomacy, economy, efficient, effort, energy, energy system, EU, Europe, European Union, fossil fuel, gas, greenhouse gas emissions, mobilised, national interest, oil, prosperity, public good, Remain, security, sovereignty, struggle, sustainability, sustainable, transition, UK, urgent, value
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Energy policy post-Paris
Fulfilling our climate change obligations post-COP21 means a complete transformation of our energy system. The shift towards to a smarter, safer, carbon-free and affordable system is set against a challenging landscape of volatile prices, changing demand patterns and … Continue reading
Posted in Brexit, Business, Campaigning, Changing the Politics, Climate Change, Domestic, Economics, Economics, Energy, Energy Efficiency, Energy Security, Environment, EU, Europe, Finance, Referendum, renewables, Security, Talks
Tagged Brexit, carbon, climate, climate change, E3G, emissions, energy, energy transition, EU, Europe, future, Nick Mabey, Paris, policy, referendum, security, technology, Tom Burke, UK
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Within the EU, Britain can take the lead on tackling climate change
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 … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Campaigning, Changing the Politics, Climate Change, Domestic, Economics, Economics, Energy, Energy Efficiency, Energy Security, Environment, European, In the media, Security, Sustainability, The Guardian
Tagged Bremain, Brexit, Britain, carbon, climate, climate change, decarbonisation, decarbonise, economy, emissions, energy, EU, Europe, European Union, floods, influence, lead, leadership, policy, power, Remain, security, The Guardian, threat, UK
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Green policies are not responsible for the Tata steel crisis
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 … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Climate Change, Domestic, Economics, Economics, Energy, Energy Security, Environment, In the media, renewables, The Guardian
Tagged bills, Britain, carbon, carbon price, carbon tax, CCC, China, climate, climate change, Climate Change Act, climate policies, climate policy, Committee on Climate Change, consumer, costs, electricity, emissions, energy, energy market, Europe, green, green levies, levies, policy, Port Talbot, steel, Tata, Tata Steel, taxes, The Guardian, UK
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Is there really a need for Hinkley Point to be built? – World at One – Radio 4 – 16 Feb 16
BBC: So Is there a really need for Hinkley Point to be built? Tom Burke: There isn’t actually, there’s lots and lots more things that we can do. There is no need to replace nuclear with nuclear, or … Continue reading
Posted in BBC, Business, DECC, Domestic, E3G, Economics, Economics, Energy, Energy Efficiency, Energy Security, Finance, In the media, Interviews, Nuclear, Politics, Radio, renewables, Security
Tagged bad deal, BBC, bill payers, bills, Britain, budget, capacity, confidence, delays, efficiency, electricity, energy, energy bills, finance, French, gas, Hinkley, Hinkley Point, late, National Grid, nuclear, nuclear industry, Radio 4, reactor, reliable, Renewables, security, solar, UK, wind
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Nuclear Cost – Letter to The Times, October 19 2015
The Times, letters, October 19 2015 To slash and burn renewable investment for the sake of costly support for new nuclear plants is unwise Sir, George Osborne assumes that energy demand … Continue reading
Posted in Changing the Politics, Economics, Economics, Energy, Energy Efficiency, Energy Security, Finance, In the media, Nuclear, renewables, Sustainability, The Human Cost, The Times
Tagged bills, carbon, China, economy, energy, energy bills, energy security, EU, George Osbourne, Hinkley, Hinkley C, Hinkley Point, investment, jobs, low-carbon, nuclear, nuclear reactor, reactor, Renewables, security, subsidies, UK, value
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OF NIGHTMARES AND PARROTS
This piece was first published in BusinessGreen Let me introduce you to the mysterious world of triads. This is not, however, an article about the exotic world of Hong Kong’s ill-famed criminal gangs. This is about … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Campaigning, Climate Change, Economics, Energy, Energy Efficiency, Energy Security, In the media, Oil and Gas, Politics, renewables, Sustainability
Tagged air pollution, bills, Britain, business, coal, consumer, cost, decarbonisation, decarbonise, demand, Demand Side Balancing Reserve, DSBR, economy, efficiency, efficient, electricity, electricity bills, emergency, energy, energy bills, energy efficiency, energy security, Financial Times, FT, gas, health, media, National Grid, nightmare, nuclear, nuclear power, nuclear reactor, nuclear reactors, pollution, power, profits, renewable energy, Renewables, security, solar, supply, Tanya Pawley, triads, UK, wind, winter
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