PLANS for a five-turbine windfarm at Woodlands Farm near Dingwall have been submitted with Highland Council planners. http://www.ross-shirejournal.co.uk/News/Ross-wind-farm-plans-lodged-as-showcase-staged-to-explain-scheme-13012014.htm
Voters could be forgiven for being puzzled about what the Prime Minister’s real position is on climate change and renewable energy. http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/news/iainmartin1/100254049/green-energy-despite-talks-of-a-coalition-bust-up-wind-farm-subsidies-are-here-to-stay/
So now we know yet another reason why the BBC is so biased in its reporting on climate change: because in 2006 the Labour government effectively paid it to be so. It was a £67,000 grant from the Department for International Development (DFID) which paid for the notorious, secret high-level Read more
The funding for the 2006 BBC climate change seminar came from a government department. The funds were channelled through environmental lobbyists who were organising the seminar. It is possible that the government department that provided the funds had some input about the topics selected for the seminars. http://www.thegwpf.org/tony-newbery-bbcs-disclosed-foi-documents/
The BBC is dragged into a row over its coverage of climate change after spending thousands of pounds trying to keep details of an “eco conference” attended by top executives secret. http://www.thegwpf.org/row-bbc-climate-change-seminar-cover-up/
European commissioners are considering scrapping a binding target for renewable energy for 2030, a move that would please big utility companies but infuriate environmentalists. http://www.thegwpf.org/green-fury-eu-considers-scrapping-binding-renewables-targets/
Councils that give the green-light to ’fracking’ projects will be allowed to keep millions of pounds more in tax revenue, David Cameron has announced. http://www.energyvoice.com/2014/01/extra-tax-cash-councils-give-fracking-go-ahead-says-prime-minister/
HUNDREDS of huge wind turbine blades could end up having to be buried at the end of their working life. http://www.eveningexpress.co.uk/news/local/wind-turbine-blades-could-be-buried-at-end-of-working-life-1.175753