Stephen Tindale

Stephen Tindale

Obituary 1963–2017
The EU should be much bolder on energy efficiency

The EU should be much bolder on energy efficiency

12 October 2010
The most pain-free way for European governments to fight climate change is to use energy more efficiently. At a recent energy conference hosted by the European Commission, it struck me that the EU still has a poverty of ambition when it comes to energy efficiency.
Wind turbines

The EU must support clean energy, not dirty coal

02 August 2010
The EU aspires to be a world leader in reducing carbon emissions. It seeks to develop renewable sources of energy and new ways of making coal and gas cleaner.
Carbon capture and storage: What the EU needs to do

Carbon capture and storage: What the EU needs to do

12 February 2010
Coal will be the biggest single source of electricity for decades to come. Yet the EU is doing far too little to encourage the take-up of carbon capture and storage, a technology which could make coal a low-carbon fuel.
The EU must do more on climate change

The EU must do more on climate change

01 February 2006
The EU, like the rest of the world, faces no greater threat than climate change. There are two – equally bleak – scenarios for Europe if greenhouse gas emissions are not cut quickly and substantially.