20% of the EU’s budget will go towards fighting climate change, climate commissioner Connie Hedegaard announced in Warsaw today. http://www.rtcc.org/2013/11/19/eu-directs-20-of-budget-to-climate-change-on-eve-of-un-finance-meeting/
Developing countries threaten to walk out of UN talks in Warsaw over failure to reach agreement on financial recompense http://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2013/nov/19/climate-talks-wealthy-countries-bill-weather-disasters-un-warsaw
* Investigation centres on wind farm in southern Italy * Wind farm seen controlled by Calabrian mafia clan * Suspects believed to have helped mob launder money http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/11/19/hsh-investigation-idUSL5N0J43K220131119?rpc=401&feedType=RSS&feedName=rbssEnergyNews&rpc=401
By Cheryl Peebles The siting of a wind turbine beside East Fife FC’s stadium has been kicked into touch amid fears spectators could have been killed. The 265ft structure was to have stood in the car park of New Bayview, in Methil, 148 feet from the football ground. A warning Read more
By Peter Johnson The American billionaire Donald Trump will wade into the legal battle over the proposed Viking Energy windfarm – if he gets permission at an Edinburgh hearing tomorrow. Trump Organization and Trump’s Aberdeenshire golf course have jointly moved to become involved in Sustainable Shetland’s petition against the Viking Read more
http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b03kg9yn/The_Andrew_Marr_Show_17_11_2013/ Climate Change is the subject from about 10 minutes into the programme to about 15 minutes. Tim Montgomerie dismisses “windmills” as an “immature technology” which are not doing the job and suggests the need to find a realistic solution to cutting carbon emissions.
The last twenty years of international climate negotiations have achieved almost nothing and have done so at enormous economic cost. Japan’s courageous announcement that it is scrapping its unrealistic targets and focusing instead on development of green technologies could actually be the beginning of smarter climate policies. Japan has Read more
Wind power company Dong invests billions in Germany as it rethinks its commitment to Britain http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/newsbysector/energy/10457619/Dong-Energy-to-build-offshore-wind-farms-in-Germany.html