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Britain must consider the option of leaving the European Union because David Cameron is unlikely to secure anything more than minor adjustments to the relationship, the former head of the CBI says. Writing in The Times, Lord Jones of Birmingham, the former director-general of Britain’s biggest business lobbying organisation, calls Read more
Senior figures in Greenpeace and Friends of the Earth support nuclear power to help cut carbon emissions but dare not speak out because they fear losing their jobs, according to environmentalists. The green groups, founded 40 years ago partly to oppose nuclear power, are presenting a united front but have Read more
The US shale boom will make the country the biggest oil producer by 2016 Tim Webb The world faces an oil supply crunch over the next decade because of Opec’s mistaken belief that burgeoning US shale oil production has made new projects redundant, the International Energy Agency has warned. In Read more
Payments worth £8.8 million went to pensioners in Spain Katie Gibbons British taxpayers are spending more than £20 million each year on winter fuel payments to people living across Europe. Iain Duncan Smith, the Work and Pensions Secretary, blamed a sharp increase on a “ridiculous” ruling by the European Court Read more
The Scottish government’s decision not to hold a public inquiry into plans for 11 offshore wind turbines near Donald Trump’s golf resort was “entirely reasonable”, a court has heard. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-north-east-orkney-shetland-24945302
On October 31 in the Lower Saxony capital of Hanover there was a parliamentary plenum. Dr. Gero Hocker, speaker for Energy, Environment and Climate Protection of the Free Democrat Party, made a speech calling on his parliamentary colleagues to acknowledge the facts on climate. – http://notrickszone.com/
TYCOON Trump is challenging the offshore windfarm project claiming it will spoil the view from his luxury course in Aberdeen Bay. http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/scottish-news/decision-hold-no-inquiry-plans-2791192
Potential objectors to Knockendurrick Wind Farm are being “picked off” by the firm behind the bid. http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/local-news/cash-silence-claim-turbines-2790238