Residents unite to fight windfarm plans – Press & Journal Nearly 100 Strathbogie residents have banded together to fight plans they believe will turn the area into “windfarm alley”. Peter Oosterhof, of the Gartly Wind Partnership, wants to build eight 250ft turbines at Hill of Corskie, Gartly, near Huntly. The Read more
Why should the most northerly parts of Scotland with the most potential for renewable energy pay up to 10 times more to connect to the national grid than southern England? The islands off the north and west of Scotland hold the UK’s best renewable resources, yet for more than a Read more
Two cheers for George Osborne’s latest announcement on tax breaks for frackers. Actually, maybe one cheer, because I can see at least a couple of things seriously wrong with it. http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/news/jamesdelingpole/100227264/osbornes-tax-breaks-for-frackers-at-once-too-much-and-too-little-and-far-far-too-late/
A report before Perth and Kinross Council’s development management committee recommended the refusal of the three 74m-high turbines on land at Tillyrie Hill. http://www.perthshireadvertiser.co.uk/perthshire-news/local-news-perthshire/perthshire/2013/07/19/73103-33625748/
Over at ClimateDepot.com, Marc Morano is calling this a “credential scandal.” That’s a good way of characterizing Tony Thomas’ revelation that the chairman of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) is, as usual, misleading the public. http://nofrakkingconsensus.com/2013/07/18/the-ipcc-chairmans-fake-second-phd/
“THAT report is going to scare the wits out of everyone,” said Yvo de Boer recently. He is a former United Nations chief climate negotiator and was talking about the forthcoming fifth assessment by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). With two months to go before the assessment is Read more
This past week, three relatively high-profile climate contrarians took something of a scientific and reputational beating. http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/climate-consensus-97-per-cent/2013/jul/19/climate-change-contrarian-wretched-week
Environmental groups furious as chancellor sets 30% rate for shale gas producers in bid to enhance UK energy security http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2013/jul/19/george-osborne-tax-break-fracking-shale-environment