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The plot to sack veteran Tory MP Tim Yeo gathered pace last night after 12 members of his constituency party executive issued a public call for him to quit politics. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2541950/Fury-Tory-faithful-MP-Tim-Yeo-dodges-axe.html
Despite Germany’s shift to renewable solar and wind energies, and amid a recession, its carbon emissions rose by 1.8pc last year By Bruno Waterfield Germanys shift to renewable energy was once Angela Merkel’s flagship policy – now it has become her biggest headache. “For me, the most urgent problem is Read more
The UK’s leading wild land conservation charity, the John Muir Trust, has objected to plans for the 17-turbine Nathro Hill windfarm at the head of Glen Lethnot, near the Cairngorms National Park. Developer Eurowind’s plans to build at Garrogie in the Careston Estate are with Scottish ministers. The trust’s policy Read more
Britain is sitting on 50 years’ worth of shale gas and can exploit it safely, but communities near fracking sites will endure significant disruption, according to President Obama’s Energy Secretary. http://www.thegwpf.org/uks-shale-gas-would-50-years/
Energy secretary calls on heads of state to back plan but says renewables target will not be binding http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2014/jan/17/cut-carbon-emissions-ed-davey-tells-eu
The Energy Minister Fergus Ewing has today granted planning consent for a proposed wind farm near Invermoriston in the Highlands. http://news.scotland.gov.uk/News/Wind-farm-to-provide-energy-for-50-900-homes-851.aspx
In the past two years the Blackhill Windfarm Community Fund has boosted groups in Duns and the surrounding area to the tune of nearly £148,000. http://www.berwickshirenews.co.uk/news/local/all-news/blackhill-fund-awards-144-000-to-local-groups-1-3263727
Wind farms off the England and Wales coast should face legal restrictions on height, numbers, location and taxpayer subsidies, Parliament has heard. http://www.standard.co.uk/news/politics/call-on-restrictions-for-wind-farms-9067967.html