Residents in Levenmouth barely had time to get used to living with the world’s largest wind turbine when it seemed to be in the process of being dismantled. http://www.fifetoday.co.uk/news/local-headlines/it-went-up-and-came-down-1-3268006
“Disposal of blades in landfill”/Protect Wild Scotland http://www.protectwildscotland.org/wind/wind-news/letter-disposal-of-blades-in-landfill/
Giant turbines move in to tower over Loch Ness http://www.protectwildscotland.org/wind/wind-news/giant-turbines-move-in-to-tower-over-loch-ness/
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 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 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