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August 28, 2013

Britain needs to embrace shale – Struan Stevenson

It used to be trendy to join protests against new motorway extensions. So-called environmentalists climbed trees and set up camps to block the bulldozers. Now, the latest focus for the green protesters and their celebrity backers is shale gas. Anti-fracking groups are mobilising across the UK, feverishly protesting that shale Read more…

By SAS Volunteer, 9 years ago

BPI warns energy costs are deterring UK investment/Herald Scotland

EXECUTIVES at British Polythene Industries have warned high energy costs in the UK are putting the company off making major capital investments in its domestic market. http://www.heraldscotland.com/business/company-news/bpi-warns-energy-costs-are-deterring-uk-investment.1377683192

By SAS Volunteer, 9 years ago

Vattenfall submits plans for £190m wind farm/BBC News

Swedish energy firm Vattenfall has submitted plans for a £190m 50-turbine wind farm in the south west of Scotland to the Scottish government. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-scotland-business-23867100

By SAS Volunteer, 9 years ago

UN ruling will not threaten wind farms, industry says/Buisness Green

Trade body unfazed by tribunal declaring UK’s renewable energy plans may be in breach of Aarhus Convention http://www.businessgreen.com/bg/news/2291250/un-ruling-will-not-threaten-wind-farms-industry-says

By SAS Volunteer, 9 years ago

Firm reveals early plans for windfarm in Glen Isla/The Courier

A windfarm comprising 22 turbines of up to 125 metres in height could be proposed for the border of Angus and Perthshire. http://www.thecourier.co.uk/news/local/angus-the-mearns/firm-reveals-early-plans-for-windfarm-in-glen-isla-1.124316

By SAS Volunteer, 9 years ago

Hadyard Hill has to constrain power output/Carrick Gazette

The Hadyard Hill wind farm near Dailly was closed down for a period earlier this month. http://www.carricktoday.co.uk/news/local-headlines/hadyard-hill-has-to-constrain-power-output-1-3063086

By SAS Volunteer, 9 years ago

Global Warming Stopped in 1998 Say Top German Scientists and Friends of Science

A team of prominent German climatologists finds that global warming stopped fifteen years ago, in stark contrast to computer models and New York Times predictions of climate change calamities. Friends of Science say climate change computer models used in IPCC reports are not a reliable basis for climate change policies; Read more…

By SAS Volunteer, 9 years ago

UK Government May Abandon Unilateral CO2 Targets/GWPF

The coalition is heading for a bitter new row over green energy as senior Tories seek to unpick carbon targets which stand in the way of Britain building more than 40 gas-fired power stations. http://www.thegwpf.org/uk-government-abandon-unilateral-co2-ttargets/

By SAS Volunteer, 9 years ago

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