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UKIP’s Nigel Farage told ELN today the UK needs “cheap energy” and the Government should “scrap” policy backing wind power. http://www.energylivenews.com/2013/09/20/we-need-cheap-energy-so-scrap-wind-says-ukip-leader/
Top climate scientists working on a landmark UN report were urged to cover up the fact that the world’s temperature has not risen for 15 years, it has been claimed. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/environment/climatechange/10322332/Climate-scientists-urged-to-cover-up-slow-in-global-warming-it-is-claimed.html
Researchers examined public attitudes to climate change and nuclear power in the UK and Japan http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2013/sep/19/numbers-climate-sceptics-rise-uk
Plans have been submitted for a pair of 35m tall wind turbines at Felkington Farm, between Norham and Duddo. http://www.berwick-advertiser.co.uk/news/farming/new-turbine-threat-on-the-horizon-for-duddo-stones-1-3098641
Donald Trump’s legal challenge to an offshore wind farm project will be heard by a court in November. The US businessman opposes the 11-turbine European Offshore Wind Deployment Centre off the Aberdeenshire coast, claiming that it will spoil the view from his nearby luxury golf course. His legal action is Read more
The Scottish Government has to be congratulated on the stonker of the idea to build hundreds of gigantic fans strategically positioned on many of our unproductive hillsides which otherwise just sit there doing nothing. I understand the wind generated by these fans cools the country down, mitigating the effects of Read more
Funding for a range of training programmes to tackle unemployment in the Greenlaw area has been put in place – but will only be available if a proposed wind farm goes ahead. http://www.berwickshirenews.co.uk/news/local/all-news/wind-of-opportunity-to-produce-skilled-workforce-1-3099027
More than 50 objections have been lodged against plans for a new wind farm in Galloway. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-south-scotland-24158999