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Helen McArdle News Reporter AN INDEPENDENT Scotland will slash air passenger duty (APD) in half and eventually scrap it altogether in a bid to lure international airlines into setting up more direct long-haul flights to destinations in North America and the Asia Pacific region, according to plans outlined in the Read more

Only those lucky enough to be hibernating will have been able to miss today’s publication of the Scottish Government’s White Paper on independence. The BBC’s Newsnight Scotland programme is appealing for members of the public to join a studio audience for its next debate on independence issues in the wake Read more

HoC Energy and Climate Change Committee /MPs question Ofgem on energy prices http://www.parliamentlive.tv/Main/Player.aspx?meetingId=14297

Ever-rising energy prices are the product of green attacks on our consumption habits. http://www.spiked-online.com/newsite/article/why_greens_love_high_fuel_bills/14333#.UpRujjZFCpp

Shares in a Highland community wind co-operative are selling faster than similar projects in other parts of the UK. http://www.energyvoice.com/2013/11/high-demand-join-scots-wind-co-operative-project/

Developer RWE Innogy is pulling the plug on the 240-turbine Atlantic Array project, the Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) told the BBC. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-devon-25095868

By Jeevan Vasagar wind power project in Germany©Alamy Economies of scale: Germany’s wind power project is a huge undertaking Before Germany’s big shift to renewable energy, electricity for industry was produced where it was needed; near the manufacturing heartlands of the Ruhr and greater Stuttgart. But now that nuclear reactors Read more

Study says fracking would dramatically reduce reliance on expensive energy imports and create a million new jobs. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/newsbysector/energy/oilandgas/10473418/Shale-could-add-3-trillion-to-Europes-economies.html