AUSTRALIA will be represented by a diplomat rather than a senior minister at international climate talks in Poland next week aimed at securing an agreement to cut global carbon emissions. http://www.theaustralian.com.au/national-affairs/policy/australia-snubs-global-climate-talks-as-greg-hunt-stays-home-to-repeal-carbon-tax/story-e6frg6xf-1226754823154
Lib Dem leader to warn Tories not to abandon green policies as Treasury pushes for cutting carbon budget against expert advice http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2013/nov/07/nick-clegg-energy-carbon-budget-speech
A couple in northern France has won a legal battle to have 10 wind turbines taken down because they spoil the “bucolic and rustic” view from their 18th century chateau http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/france/10431598/French-couple-win-legal-battle-to-take-down-wind-farms-spoiling-their-view.html
A wind turbine that cost the Welsh government £48,000 to buy has been generating an average of just £5 worth of electricity per month. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-24844182
Finance Secretary John Swinney has expressed confidence that an independent Scotland would have no trouble selling its excess renewable energy to England. http://www.thecourier.co.uk/news/local/fife/john-swinney-says-independent-scotland-could-sell-energy-to-england-1.149846?utm_medium=twitter&utm_source=twitterfeed
Wind turbines alongside Millbrook Road West in Southampton could come down http://www.dailyecho.co.uk/news/10787998.Wind_turbines_could_be_torn_down/
“Climate change” has become a “substitute religion” for people with a “nakedly political” agenda which has less to do with saving the planet than it does with reining in economic growth and wealth redistribution. http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/news/jamesdelingpole/100244606/ex-australian-pm-john-howard-sticks-it-to-the-greenies/
The Shadow Minister for Energy and Climate Change, Julie Elliott MP, has highlighted Labour’s commitment to support job creation in the fast-growing renewable energy sector. http://www.renewableuk.com/en/news/press-releases.cfm/labour-calls-for-new-uk-manufacturing-hubs