Unless you’re a reader of the Guardian Environment’s recently added section “Sacrifice your children to Mother Gaia. It’s the only way!”, you’ll probably never have heard of the man who co-edits it, Dana Nuccitelli. But you’ll certainly be familiar with his most famous bogus statistical artefact: the one he created Read more
Cuadrilla is moving machinery into place to start drilling an exploratory oil well near the village of Balcombe in Sussex within the next few days, in its first UK venture outside Lancashire. http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2013/jul/23/caudrilla-drill-oil-sussex
SSE Renewables, the renewable energy development division of SSE, has revised its Strathy South wind farm proposal, which is currently in planning, and submitted an addendum to the Scottish Government for a much reduced scheme. http://www.northern-times.co.uk/News/Strathy-Wind-Farm-turbine-numbers-decreased-but-tip-height-increased-23072013.htm
Wind farm companies have warned Alex Salmond they must be allowed to build on wild land and near homes if his green energy targets are to be met. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/scotland/10198540/Wind-farm-companies-warn-against-wild-land-ban.html
An estate owner and Scotland’s leading bird charity are at loggerheads over allegations his plans for a wind farm will kill up to a dozen golden and sea eagles. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/scotland/10198549/RSPB-Wind-farm-could-kill-a-dozen-eagles.html
By John Kay The blame for the UK’s impending power crisis will lie squarely with prevaricating politicians The origins of Britain’s impending energy crisis go back half a century. The Beatles were in their heyday, the young Harold Wilson was a freshly elected prime minister committed to “the white heat Read more
New planning policies could block wind power developments in most of the country, a leading green energy group has claimed. Changes proposed by Scottish Government ministers could jeopardise progress towards green energy and climate change targets, and threaten £2 billion-worth of future investment, according to Scottish Renewables which represents the Read more
The shale gas industry was born in the USA and to a very large extent that is where it remains. The impediment isn’t the lack of resources beyond North America – because in all probability there are vast quantities of the stuff in shale formations around the world. http://conservativehome.blogs.com/the-deep-end/2013/07/shale-gas-is-a-global-resource-but-all-eyes-are-on-britain.html