COUNCILLORS have not objected to the possibility of subsea cables linked to a massive windfarm some 50 kilometres off the East Lothian coastline coming ashore in the county. http://www.eastlothiancourier.com/news/prestonpans/articles/2013/11/14/478706-no-objection-to-offshore-windfarm-cable-plan/
(Sean Kilpatrick / THE CANADIAN PRESS) Bruce Cheadle, The Canadian Press OTTAWA — A large survey of science professionals in the federal public service has found that almost 25 per cent of respondents say they have been directly asked to exclude or alter information for “non-scientific reasons.” Some 71 per Read more
by Glenn Schleede On September 13, 2013, Google announced that it had signed a contract to buy the entire output of the 239 MW Happy Herford “wind farm” that is being developed by Chermac Energy near Amarillo, Texas. The project is expected to begin operation in late 2014. Undoubtedly Chermac Read more
Britain must consider the option of leaving the European Union because David Cameron is unlikely to secure anything more than minor adjustments to the relationship, the former head of the CBI says. Writing in The Times, Lord Jones of Birmingham, the former director-general of Britain’s biggest business lobbying organisation, calls Read more
Senior figures in Greenpeace and Friends of the Earth support nuclear power to help cut carbon emissions but dare not speak out because they fear losing their jobs, according to environmentalists. The green groups, founded 40 years ago partly to oppose nuclear power, are presenting a united front but have Read more
The US shale boom will make the country the biggest oil producer by 2016 Tim Webb The world faces an oil supply crunch over the next decade because of Opec’s mistaken belief that burgeoning US shale oil production has made new projects redundant, the International Energy Agency has warned. In Read more
Payments worth £8.8 million went to pensioners in Spain Katie Gibbons British taxpayers are spending more than £20 million each year on winter fuel payments to people living across Europe. Iain Duncan Smith, the Work and Pensions Secretary, blamed a sharp increase on a “ridiculous” ruling by the European Court Read more