Foreign office cut climate diplomacy budget by 39%, ahead of crucial summit for climate deal in Paris, RTCC reports http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2014/aug/01/uk-slashes-climate-change-diplomacy-budget
What should be our reaction to daft stories like the one recently reported in the Daily Mail about the 60ft wind turbine put up by the Welsh government outside its offices in Aberystwyth to proclaim to the world just how ‘green’ it is? http://www.dailymail.co.uk/debate/article-2713830/Lunacy-sea-As-Ministers-agree-world-s-biggest-wind-farm-Brighton-Britain-succumbed-catastrophic-folly.html
By Cameron Brooks New guidelines have been produced to help developers, planning bosses and consultees get a better idea of how wind turbines will look on the landscape. Conservation agency Scottish Natural Heritage (SNH) and Heads of Planning Scotland (HoPS) have drawn up the guidance to assist planning authorities and Read more…