PARIS, Feb. 3 (UPI) — A split over France’s ban on shale gas development has emerged within the government, with one minister supporting an experimental type of “clean fracking. http://www.upi.com/Business_News/Energy-Resources/2014/02/03/French-minister-supports-allowing-clean-shale-gas-fracking/UPI-25851391403720/?spt=rln&or=1
A government agency set up to protect Scotland’s heritage has shocked windfarm opponents by failing to object to plans for a development close to a Highland beauty spot. http://www.pressandjournal.co.uk/Article.aspx/3561083
I am writing this to the sound of Atlantic waves crashing against the cliffs and gales blasting the windows of my home. It has been a rough winter here in Lewis and it ain’t over yet. http://www.energyvoice.com/2014/02/chickens-finally-coming-home-roost/
Alan Jones is a vigorous critic of the wind energy scam and its health impacts. He is, as well, a champion of the “little guy” against big business and big, brutal, dumb government. http://www.windturbinesyndrome.com/2014/life-in-a-windfarm-is-a-torture-that-doesnt-end-australia/
ROB EDWARDS Holyrood ministers are coming under pressure to launch a £1.5 billion scheme to store energy using “liquid air” batteries and other technologies to help meet future power needs. An expert report due out this week by the left-leaning Jimmy Reid Foundation calls for a radical rethink by the Read more
. WE live in a dangerous world. Fracking for deep shale gas deposits is becoming the Great White Hope of these islands. It is in a long line of dubious “solutions” to our energy supply. Now, don’t get me wrong. Shale gas has far more potential than wind, waves, tides, Read more