By Peter Johnson The American billionaire Donald Trump will wade into the legal battle over the proposed Viking Energy windfarm – if he gets permission at an Edinburgh hearing tomorrow. Trump Organization and Trump’s Aberdeenshire golf course have jointly moved Read more
http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b03kg9yn/The_Andrew_Marr_Show_17_11_2013/ Climate Change is the subject from about 10 minutes into the programme to about 15 minutes. Tim Montgomerie dismisses “windmills” as an “immature technology” which are not doing the job and suggests the need to find a realistic solution Read more
The last twenty years of international climate negotiations have achieved almost nothing and have done so at enormous economic cost. Japan’s courageous announcement that it is scrapping its unrealistic targets and focusing instead on development of green technologies could Read more
Wind power company Dong invests billions in Germany as it rethinks its commitment to Britain http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/newsbysector/energy/10457619/Dong-Energy-to-build-offshore-wind-farms-in-Germany.html
Steag GmbH started Germany’s first new power plant fueled by hard coal in eight years, allowing the generator and energy trader to take advantage of near record-low coal prices that have widened profit margins. http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-11-15/steag-starts-germany-s-first-coal-fired-power-plant-in-8-years.html
Coal power can be part of the solution to tackling global warming, the UN climate chief told a major coal industry summit on Monday. http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2013/nov/18/un-climate-chief-coal-global-warming
It’s been remarkable and quite disturbing to see the success that MPs have had in blaming the energy companies for price rises that are the direct result of their own policies. Labour says that energy companies risk being seen in Read more
The apparent ‘flatlining’ in global warming, much cited by climate change sceptics, is explained by the failure to record temperature rises in the Arctic – which have been dramatic, a new study shows http://www.independent.co.uk/