Tories blow cold on onshore wind/Sunday Post
A ban on onshore wind farms is set to feature in the Conservative Party Manifesto for next year’s General Election. http://www.sundaypost.com/news-views/uk/tories-blow-cold-on-onshore-wind-1.304779
How did the IPCC’s alarmism take everyone in for so long?/The Telegraph
When future generations come to look back on the alarm over global warming that seized the world towards the end of the 20th century, much will puzzle them as to how such a scare could have arisen. They will wonder Read more
Tory threat to ‘eradicate’ wind farms would hit consumers in the pocket /Newsnet Scotland
Reports that the Conservatives may pledge to ‘eradicate’ wind turbines around the UK could mean a rise in energy bills and power shortages, the SNP has said. http://www.newsnetscotland.com/index.php/scottish-economy/9003-tory-threat-to-eradicate-wind-farms-would-hit-consumers-in-the-pocket
Academic says planned Tay wind farms are ‘great opportunity’/STV News (video)
The chairman of the Tay Estuary Forum says planned wind farms for the area are a “great opportunity.” http://news.stv.tv/tayside/270562-academic-rob-duck-says-planned-tay-wind-farms-are-great-opportunity/
‘Small wind farms Trojan horses for bigger schemes’ – Scotland on Sunday
by ILONA AMOS CAMPAIGNERS fighting plans to erect turbines on a landmark hillside in the North-East of Scotland have accused developers of using the planning system in an “undemocratic” way to win permission for larger wind farms. Members of Save Read more
IPCC Science At Work: U.S. Administration Seeks Changes To ‘Skewed’ Data In UN Climate Draft/GWPF
U.S. President Barack Obama’s administration is concerned that a crucial United Nations report on climate science may be too harsh in assessing the cost of fighting global warming. Such a finding may lower the incentive for the world to reduce Read more
How farting kangaroos might save the world/The Telegraph
Flatulent cattle, we know, make global warming worse. Their belching and farting– and that of sheep and other ruminants – produces up to a quarter of the world’s emissions of methane, the second most important greenhouse gas, more than 20 Read more
Conservatives to promise ban on new onshore windfarms/The Guardian
The Conservative party is planning to pledge in its manifesto for next year’s general election that it will introduce a moratorium on future onshore windfarms from 2020 on the grounds that they have now become “self-defeating”. http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2014/apr/04/conservatives-promise-ban-new-onshore-windfarms