The last twenty years of international climate negotiations have achieved almost nothing and have done so at enormous economic cost. Japan’s courageous announcement that it is scrapping its unrealistic targets and focusing instead on development of green technologies could actually be the beginning of smarter climate policies. Japan has Read more
Wind power company Dong invests billions in Germany as it rethinks its commitment to Britain http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/newsbysector/energy/10457619/Dong-Energy-to-build-offshore-wind-farms-in-Germany.html
Steag GmbH started Germany’s first new power plant fueled by hard coal in eight years, allowing the generator and energy trader to take advantage of near record-low coal prices that have widened profit margins. http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-11-15/steag-starts-germany-s-first-coal-fired-power-plant-in-8-years.html
Coal power can be part of the solution to tackling global warming, the UN climate chief told a major coal industry summit on Monday. http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2013/nov/18/un-climate-chief-coal-global-warming
It’s been remarkable and quite disturbing to see the success that MPs have had in blaming the energy companies for price rises that are the direct result of their own policies. Labour says that energy companies risk being seen in the same light as “greedy bankers”. But when the dust Read more
The apparent ‘flatlining’ in global warming, much cited by climate change sceptics, is explained by the failure to record temperature rises in the Arctic – which have been dramatic, a new study shows http://www.independent.co.uk/
Lobby group EEF calls on chancellor to scrap green taxes as part of series of measures which it says will support recovery http://www.theguardian.com/politics/2013/nov/18/george-osborne-energy-business-chancellor
A PLAN for a massive new opencast coal mine near Edinburgh looks likely to get the green light this week, despite fierce opposition from environmental groups and outrage from local residents. http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/environment/plan-for-opencast-coal-mine-near-capital-set-to-be-approved.22709325