Greenest Government Ever Rejects EU Demand To Halt Deep Water Drilling
Friday, 09 July 2010 13:30
James Herron, The Wall Street Journal
The U.K. government Thursday rejected a call from a top European Union official that all deep water oil drilling should be suspended until the cause is known of the rig explosion that triggered a huge oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico.
"Unless we are satisfied that the emergency plans for all wells, and in particular those with extreme...
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Russell Review: What's It Mean For The Bloke On The Bus?
Wednesday, 07 July 2010 15:45
Andrew Orlowski
The University of East Anglia's enquiry into the conduct of its own staff at its Climatic Research Unit has highlighted criticisms of the department and staff conduct - but clears the path for the individuals concerned to carry on.
The CRU played an important role in writing the UN's IPCC summaries on climate science, so the issue is far from a...
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Investigation Into Climategate Inquiries Announced
Wednesday, 07 July 2010 15:17
Dr. Benny Peiser
The Global Warming Policy Foundation has criticised the Independent Climate Change Email Review for a lack of openness and transparency in its inquiry. In response, the GWPF has announced that it has commissioned its own investigation into the way the three Climategate inquiries have been set up, how they were conducted an how they arrived at...
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Obama Administration Prepares Legal Challenge Of UK's Climate Tax Plan
Monday, 05 July 2010 14:33
James Murray, BusinessGreen
The coalition government's plan to reform aviation taxes in order to better encourage airlines to cut carbon emissions could face a legal challenge after it emerged the US government has already begun lobbying against the move.
The Sunday Times reported yesterday that the US embassy in London has privately called on the coalition to water down...
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UK Government Showers Wind Firms With $10 Million Giveaway
Monday, 05 July 2010 10:10
James Murray, BusinessGreen
The coalition may have been at pains to let everyone know that the government's coffers are empty and as such the Labour era of industrial grants has come to an end. But it appears some sections of the low carbon economy can still expect to benefit from government largesse, just so long as they promise to deliver rapid and sizable economic...
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Bird Killers Switched Off
Sunday, 04 July 2010 15:51
The Sunday Telegraph
A primary school has been forced to switch off a £20,000 wind turbine because it keeps killing passing seabirds.
The rotary blades on the 30ft (9m) structure have struck at least 14 birds in the past six months.
The turbine, at Southwell Community Primary School, Portland, was installed 18 months ago thanks to a grant from the Department of...
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Will This Eco Island Sink The Green Dream?
Friday, 02 July 2010 09:20
Jane Fryer, Daily Mail
Please spare a thought this morning - as you pop the kettle on, put some bread in the toaster and dither over whether to load the washing machine, do a spot of vacuuming, or soak in a hot bath - for the 87 residents of the very small Isle of Eigg in the Inner Hebrides.
Because thanks to an energy shortage on what claims to be the 'world's...
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Growing Doubts About Green Bank Dreams
Thursday, 01 July 2010 10:57
Fiona Harvey, Financial Times
Doubts were raised over prospects for funding the government's planned green investment bank, as businesses welcomed the proposals yesterday but said they lacked detail.
The bank - an idea originally from the Conservatives but adopted by Labour and the Liberal Democrats before the general election - would put the UK economy on a low-carbon...
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BBC Panorama: Is The Climate Around Global Warming Changing?
Wednesday, 30 June 2010 13:55
Rob Lyons, Spiked
Monday’s Panorama was the BBC’s most balanced look yet at the real ambiguities of climate science and policy.
It didn’t start well. Monday night’s edition of Panorama, entitled ‘What’s Up With the Weather?’ aimed to examine British attitudes to climate change and the state of the science in the wake of both ‘Climategate’ and...
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