The next meeting of the Scottish Parliament Cross Party Group on Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency (SPREEE) is due to take place on Thursday 30 October at 12.30pm in Committee Room 4 of the Scottish Parliament. http://www.scottishenergynews.com/holyrood-mps-to-debate-future-of-scottish-renewables/
If action is not taken now, the next government will have to explain why it let Britain’s lights go out http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/energy/11157454/An-energy-policy-that-makes-little-sense.html
Villagers in Rhu have opposed a proposed five turbine wind farm – because they believe any cash generated by the project will not be spent in the village. http://www.helensburghadvertiser.co.uk/news/thisweek/articles/2014/10/13/512264-rhu-villagers-unite-against-wind-farm-proposals/
The Climate Change Act 2008, which ties Britain into stringent environmental measures, should be suspended – and then scrapped – if other countries refuse to agree legally binding targets, says Owen Paterson MP By Christopher Hope, Senior Political Correspondent Britain will struggle to “keep the lights on” unless the Government Read more
I SUSPECT that virtually all rational human beings would agree with Norman McNab (Letters, October 7) that “wild places are a priceless asset”, in normal climatic circumstances. However such circumstances no longer prevail. Given that an incomparable and seemingly permanent (until recently) wild place is rapidly being lost due to Read more
There is no way of meeting the Climate Change Act’s targets, except by closing down Britain’s entire economy http://www.telegraph.co.uk/comment/11155315/Global-warming-Can-Owen-Paterson-save-us-from-an-unimaginable-energy-disaster.html
By Michael Alexander RSPB Scotland has expressed major concerns about the granting of consent for four offshore windfarms in the Firth of Forth by Scottish ministers. The developments threaten Scotland’s internationally important marine wildlife and in particular, large colonies of gannet, kittiwake, puffin and razorbill that breed along the Read more
The Government will face pressure on ending attractive windfarm subsidies as North East peers come together for a House of Lords debate. http://www.thejournal.co.uk/north-east-analysis/analysis-news/pressure-ending-windfarm-subsidies-north-7918621