The BBC on global warming is beyond a joke/The Telegraph
Green activists, aided by the state broadcaster, are whipping up support for a new climate treaty http://www.telegraph.co.uk/comment/11595186/The-BBC-on-global-warming-is-beyond-a-joke.html
Time for Tory realism on our suicidal Lib Dem energy policy/The Telegraph
Now the all-Conservative government is free from its Lib Dem millstone, it must start inching back towards reality and common sense http://www.telegraph.co.uk/comment/11595205/Time-for-Tory-realism-on-our-suicidal-Lib-Dem-energy-policy.html
Have your say on wind power in West Lothian council urges/Linlithgow/Gazette
A consultation seeking comments on guidance for wind energy development has been launched. http://www.linlithgowgazette.co.uk/news/local-news/have-your-say-on-wind-power-in-west-lothian-council-urges-1-3766313
David Cameron must reform DECC to keep UK lights on/The Telegraph
Britain’s energy industry has cause to celebrate the resounding Conservative victory in the general election. Under an ill-conceived, Labour-led coalition government — backed by the Scottish nationalists and Greens — the lights would have been in danger of going out across the land before Christmas. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/newsbysector/energy/11593344/David-Cameron-must-reform-DECC-to-keep-UK-lights-on.html
What does Cameron’s election win mean for the environment?/The Guardian
he next five year years will be critical in the international fight to combat global warming, starting with a crunch UN summit in December, and David Cameron is very clear that action is needed. “Climate change is one of the most serious threats facing the world today. It is not Read more
New government faces potential energy crisis, warns expert/The Telegraph
Avoiding a power blackout will be one of the first priorities for whoever forms the next government, a leading consultant has suggested. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/newsbysector/utilities/11589712/New-government-faces-potential-energy-crisis-warns-expert.html
Rowley worried over Little Raith appplication going ahead via ‘back door’ – Central Fife Times
MSP for the Cowdenbeath constituency, Alex Rowley, has this week written to the Minister for Communities, Social Justice and Pensioners Rights, asking for a meeting to discuss the Little Raith Wind Farm extension planning application which he claims is ‘bypassing’ the democratic processes. The MSP has also said Read more
Energy consumers north of the Border still have to contend with a double whammy
IT is good to have a big energy conference in Glasgow covering a wide range of subjects, from the National Grid to sustainable transport (“Renewable energy conference will put an estimated £4.6m into Glasgow economy”, The Herald, May 6). The TV weather maps this spring have regularly demonstrated the Read more