Downing Street officials and their counterparts in Berlin held discussions after Germany sought help to delay the introduction of caps on carbon dioxide emissions that could harm BMW, Mercedes-Benz and Audi. http://www.thegwpf.org/britain-germany-secret-pact-defy-eu-climate-laws/
Department for Energy and Climate Change took 1,600 internal flights Critics say ministers and officials should let the train take the strain Embarrassing for department which tells the public to cut emissions Coalition split over the Cameron’s to review green levies on energy bills http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2454554/Climate-change-ministry-spends-300-000-DOMESTIC-flights-UK-coalition-row-erupts-green-energy-policies.html
Coucils across Scotland are now dealing with seven windfarm applications a day. http://www.thecourier.co.uk/news/scotland/call-to-end-windfarm-obsession-1.140932
A series of objections have been lodged by the Ministry of Defence to a proposed wind farm close to Hermitage Castle. In a letter to Scottish Borders Council, the MoD’s Defence Infrastructure Organisation, which deals with consultations on wind farms, said the effect of the turbines on air traffic control Read more
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Migrating pink-footed geese and whooper swans have forced Cuadrilla Resources to beat an unplanned retreat from one of its fracking sites in Lancashire. Migrating pink-footed geese and whooper swans have forced Cuadrilla Resources to beat an unplanned retreat from one of its fracking sites in Lancashire. The presence of the Read more
The CEOs of 10 utilities companies, which together own half of Europe’s electricity generating capacity, are calling for an end to subsidies for wind and solar energy, which they say add too much power to a market already struggling with overcapacity. The CEOs in the so-called Magritte Group also call Read more
Francis Elliott and Tim Webb Reducing green levies on energy companies to reduce household bills would land the Government in court, David Cameron has been warned. An inflation-busting price hike yesterday — the first of a number expected from the main energy companies in the near future — has intensified Read more