April 27, 2014

Can Europe credibly threaten Russia with energy sanctions? The answer, at least in the short term, is no. http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/80ed21b6-c0cd-11e3-bd6b-00144feabdc0.html#axzz304vKS5M9

A politically sensitive part of the latest report by the world’s leading authority on climate change was gutted at the insistence of government officials, one of the study’s authors has revealed. http://www.thegwpf.org/ipcc-report-was-watered-down-by-government-officials-lead-author-confirms/

The people who worry about energy bills, the squeezed middle, have the most to lose and the least to gain when it comes to Tory announcements on the subject of onshore wind turbines. http://www.independent.co.uk/voices/comment/tory-energy-policy-is-designed-for-the-few-not-the-many-9292294.html?origin=internalSearch

We may think we are so used to politicians trying to pull the wool over our eyes that we accept that this is just what politicians do. But we are still right to think that deliberately trying to deceive people is wrong – on some occasions more than others. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/energy/windpower/10789454/Why-does-Ed-Davey-want-to-keep-us-in-the-dark.html

Three universities are to help Scotland meet its carbon emission reduction targets through a number of new cutting edge projects. http://news.scotland.gov.uk/News/-20-million-for-carbon-reduction-bd5.aspx

Local conservationists have warned wildlife will suffer if the council gives the green light to a wind farm application south of Jedburgh http://www.thesouthernreporter.co.uk/lifestyle-leisure/outdoors/concerns-over-green-hairstreak-survival-at-proposed-wind-farm-1-3385298

By Graeme Strachan A community council has urged the local authority to reject an Angus wind turbine application. Ferryden and Craig Community Council chairman Gordon Paterson has lodged a complaint against the construction of three turbines at Rossie Moor. A string of objections has already been registered following the application Read more