I believe the PM’s green pledge was sincere, and his record has been good. The battle has been with the Treasury – and the autumn statement will show who is winning http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2013/nov/24/david-cameron-flunk-green-test-energy
Britain faces difficult choices about its future energy supplies yet every proposal meets strenuous, sometimes hostile, objections. For The Editors, a programme that sets out to ask challenging questions, I wanted to find out why everyone was so angry about energy. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-24985531
Interesting news from across the pond: The U.S. government for the first time has enforced environmental laws protecting birds against wind energy facilities, winning a $1 million settlement from a power company that pleaded guilty to killing 14 eagles and 149 other birds at two wind farms in the western Read more
Powerpoint presentation from the Friends of Science converted to PDF
Developed countries and fast-growing economies have reached a last-minute compromise to avert a breakdown of U.N. climate talks in Warsaw. China and India had clashed with the U.S. and other developed countries Saturday over the wording of draft decisions with guidelines on when countries should present commitments for a new Read more
China and India said they want to see revisions to one of the key texts outlining the conclusions of the United Nations climate talks, a move that threatens to unravel an agreement at the conference in Warsaw. Envoys from the two countries rejected the use of the word “commitments” to Read more
“WIND Turbine Plan — PERMISSION is being sought for two wind turbines in the hills between Greenock and Loch Thom. The turbines are proposed for Scroggy Bank and would be 30-metres high at the hub and 45-metres high at the blade tip. The application is pending consideration by Inverclyde Council Read more
Wind turbine makers GE has confirmed it has launched a “thorough investigation” into one of its flagship models after a series of blade failures. The latest mechanical breakdowns occurred last week when 48.7m-long blades fell off TWO separate GE 1.6-100 wind turbines at different locations in the US in the Read more