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WATCH: Daniel Hannan – “The fallacy of green jobs”. http://www.conservativehome.com/video/2013/12/watch-danhannanmep-the-fallacy-of-green-jobs.html

The European Union is paying green campaign groups millions of pounds effectively to lobby itself. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/10532853/European-Union-funding-90m-green-lobbying-con.html

Documents submitted to Department of Energy and Climate Change raise questions regarding future energy policy http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2013/dec/21/nuclear-plants-energy-plans

A COMPANY involving two major donors to the pro-Union Better Together campaign has been accused of trying to shortchange a Highlands community out of millions of pounds. http://www.heraldscotland.com/politics/referendum-news/no-vote-donors-caught-in-wind-farm-payments-row.23013322

The Scottish Government is to hold a summit on the crisis over developing large windfarms on the islands. There are serious fears that developers will walk away because the returns will not be so lucrative. It follows the UK government’s shock decision not to increase the subsidy for onshore windfarms Read more

David Cameron has called on European leaders to press ahead with fracking after seeing off the threat of new EU restrictions on the industry. http://www.thegwpf.org/go-ahead-fracking-brussels-vows-regulation/

Power-packed returns as wind and solar power nets Guinness Alternative Energy 11% gains http://www.theguardian.com/money/2013/dec/21/investing-windfall-best-investment-fund-wind-solar

Magnus Gardham Political Editor THE last week before Holyrood’s Christmas break is always a headache for political journalists. It is not that MSPs are not busy, but the mad scramble to clear the decks before the halls can be decked means it is rarely a time for big Government announcements Read more