Next month the Government will produce a map of the best places in Britain to drill for shale gas. A lot of politicians – Conservatives in particular – will hate it. The latest data will confirm what is already well known: that the country’s vast onshore reserves are buried not Read more
A cross-party committee of MPs has delivered the strongest blow yet to the green deal, the government’s flagship programme for energy efficiency, calling it “unattractive and uncompetitive”. http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2013/oct/08/green-deal-energy-uncompetitive-mps
The windfarm at Crystal Rig, 10 miles south of Dunbar, is to be extended with the addition of 11 new turbines. http://www.berwickshirenews.co.uk/news/local/all-news/crystal-rig-windfarm-set-to-be-extended-1-3131515
STRAITON residents have forked out £20,000 to try and save their village from being overshadowed by huge wind turbines. – http://www.ayradvertiser.com/news/carrick/articles/2013/10/08/474024-straiton-residents-raise-20k-to-fight-wind-farm/
Each household will contribute an average of £70 towards schemes Tories condemn the size of the bill as an ‘appalling waste of money’ http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2243192/Senior-Tories-blast-plan-pledge-2bn-UK-taxpayers-help-Third-World-green.html
Okay, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change does not do so in as many words. But in addition to being more confident than ever (despite a 16-year pause in warming and the growing mismatch between model projections and observations) that most recent warming is man-made, they are also more confident Read more
UK business leaders said the energy crunch meant spot prices for electricity were likely to go even higher. The British Chambers of Commerce said that unless ministers took some “long term” decisions British manufacturers might be forced to relocate overseas. http://www.thegwpf.org/man-made-energy-crisis-manufacturers-forced-relocate-obroad/
In a Britain weary from years of rising costs and static incomes a promise of relief for household finances was bound to be greeted with cheers. Conservatives did not seem to know how to react. First, they condemned Miliband’s interference in energy markets as “Seventies-style socialism”; then, when they could Read more