Blog: Climate

The anti-wind Blobby

Posted by Graham Thompson - 17 June 2013 at 4:49pm
One of John Constable's colleagues
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One of John Constable's colleagues

The Telegraph is yet again trying to pretend that Noel Edmonds’ anti-wind lobby, the cosmically ordered Renewable Energy Foundation, is a reliable source of data. In case you don’t remember, this is the organisation which produces nonsensical made-up ‘reports’ attacking wind power, whilst claiming on their home page to be in the business of promoting renewable energy.<--break->

Article tagged as: climate change, climate sceptics, energy, REF, renewable energy, telegraph

Hey G8, what about the climate?

Posted by Daniel Mittler - 17 June 2013 at 10:06am
Save the Climate hot air balloon
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As leaders of Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Russia, the USA and the UK descend on Northern Ireland for their yearly G8 jamboree, even the most conservative of bodies are calling for urgent action on climate change.

Article tagged as: climate change, g8

Last-ditch attempt to sabotage law for cleaner cars

Posted by Elena Polisano - 14 June 2013 at 4:08pm
Angela Merkel
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Angela has that petrol emotion

Politicians would make terrible magicians. That’s my conclusion after reading a new proposal that sets out how Europe should meet its fuel economy targets for all new cars.

The German government’s proposal is an attempt to con the rest of Europe into playing into the hands of car companies like BMW and Daimler.

Article tagged as: cars, co2 emissions, EU, germany, oil, transport

Russian communities clean up oil spill as company does nothing

Posted by Laura Kenyon - 5 June 2013 at 11:53am
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On Sunday 26 May, oil began flowing down the Kolva River through Komi indigenous land in northern Russia. For a week now, the oil has been coating the river and building up on the banks, with no reaction from Rusvietpetro, the joint venture company of VietPetro and Zarubezhneft, a state-controlled Russian oil company, and no cleanup being organised by the company or even the local authorities.

Article tagged as: climate change, energy, oil, oil spill, russia, rusvietpetro. komi

Energy Bill: too close to call

Posted by Richardg - 4 June 2013 at 2:20pm
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MPs are deciding whether a clean power target should be included in the Energy Bill. Will they back clean renewable power, or a costly, dirty dash for gas?

Article tagged as: climate change, energy, energy bill, renewables, solar, storify, wind

Tweet for victory: #vote4cleanpower

Posted by Richardg - 30 May 2013 at 3:45pm
Tweet for good - let's green the UK's energy supply
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Together, we can secure a clean energy future

We're rounding up a Twitter posse to persuade MPs to back clean power. Will you join us?

Energy Bill Briefing 2013

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30 May, 2013
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Article tagged as: climate, energy, energy bill

George Osborne is putting our energy future at risk. Let's stop him.

Posted by Richardg - 29 May 2013 at 5:30pm
George Osborne
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George Osborne can't take his foot off the gas

For once, we all agree. 82% of people want to see more renewable energy. Yet George Osborne is still trying to keep us hooked on fossil fuels. On Tuesday, MPs must pick a side.

Article tagged as: coal, energy, gas, osborne, renewables, solar, wind

Dear Mrs Merkel, please help - I’m afraid of commitment

Posted by Elena Polisano - 24 May 2013 at 4:36pm
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Of all the shoulders to cry on, it might seem strange to pick the German Chancellor’s. But that’s what the German car association (VDA) did this week when its president Matthias Wissman wrote to her to moan that long-term targets for cleaner cars could strangle the car industry. He asked her to take a strong position against the regulations which are currently being debated in Brussels.

Article tagged as: angela merkel, cars, co2, europe, oil, transport

Balcombe or bullshit?

Posted by Lawrence Carter - 24 May 2013 at 1:54pm
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“I know that everything I say sounds like utter fucking bullshit,” a top Cuadrilla PR executive told me yesterday when I asked him about the risks fracking poses to the sleepy Sussex village of Balcombe.

Article tagged as: Balcombe, climate change, Cuardilla, fracking, gas
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