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Tinsdale's revious roles have included being head of communications and public affairs for [[RWE npower renewables]], executive director of [[Greenpeace UK]] and chairman of the [[Greenpeace]] European Unit, adviser to environment minister [[Michael Meacher]], founder of [[IPPR]] Environment Group and adviser to shadow environment secretary [[Chris Smith]]. | Tinsdale's revious roles have included being head of communications and public affairs for [[RWE npower renewables]], executive director of [[Greenpeace UK]] and chairman of the [[Greenpeace]] European Unit, adviser to environment minister [[Michael Meacher]], founder of [[IPPR]] Environment Group and adviser to shadow environment secretary [[Chris Smith]]. | ||
| − | Tindale was a speaker at an [[All-Party Parliamentary Group on Unconventional Oil and Gas]] event in July 2015, held | + | ==Criticising anti-fracking campaigners== |
| + | Tindale was a speaker at an [[All-Party Parliamentary Group on Unconventional Oil and Gas]] event in July 2015, where he stated that he believed green groups were opposed to fracking because 'fundamentally, it is easier in terms of fundraising and campaigning to "oppose" rather than support an issue'. | ||
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| + | The event, which also featured fracking firm [[Cuadrilla]]'s head of commercial operations [[Tony Carruthers]] as a guest speaker, was held shortly after the decision by [[Lancashire County Council]] to reject Cuadrilla's two applications to explore for shale gas in the region. | ||
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Revision as of 00:20, 30 October 2015
Stephen Tindale is a climate and energy consultant and associate fellow at the Centre for European Reform. He also runs the website Climate Answers and is a visiting research fellow at the King’s College London Policy Institute.
Background
Tinsdale's revious roles have included being head of communications and public affairs for RWE npower renewables, executive director of Greenpeace UK and chairman of the Greenpeace European Unit, adviser to environment minister Michael Meacher, founder of IPPR Environment Group and adviser to shadow environment secretary Chris Smith.
Criticising anti-fracking campaigners
Tindale was a speaker at an All-Party Parliamentary Group on Unconventional Oil and Gas event in July 2015, where he stated that he believed green groups were opposed to fracking because 'fundamentally, it is easier in terms of fundraising and campaigning to "oppose" rather than support an issue'.
The event, which also featured fracking firm Cuadrilla's head of commercial operations Tony Carruthers as a guest speaker, was held shortly after the decision by Lancashire County Council to reject Cuadrilla's two applications to explore for shale gas in the region.
Affiliations
- Adviser to the Task Force on Shale Gas headed by his former boss Chris Smith.
