Could Tory MPs lose votes among their base support because of the party's perverse energy policies? The answer is blowing in the wind.
… Tory voters back onshore wind Brendan Montague | 6th March 2023 | News Renewable Energy Onshore Wind Fossil Fuel Economy Economics Editor’s … energy policies? The answer is blowing in the wind. A staggering 83 per cent of people want …
The move amounts to a U-turn on the PM’s opposition to building new turbines onshore as set out in his failed first bid for the Conservative leadership.
… Sunak to allow new onshore wind Amy Gibbons | 6th December 2022 | News Onshore Wind Renewables UK Government Friends Of The … bowed to pressure and will allow new onshore wind farms by committing to consult on how …
The Texas blackouts are the latest deadly consequence of climate breakdown. And a Green New Deal and climate jobs are the solution.
… is no Green New Deal in Texas. There are some wind turbines, that have apparently frozen. But the wind turbines in Canada and Antarctica have … by fossil fuels and privatized energy, not wind trubines. But environmentalists have to …
The North Sea has long supported local economies – and with offshore wind becoming a popular choice of renewable energy.
… Who owns the wind? James Marriott | 22nd December 2022 | … supported local economies – and with offshore wind becoming a popular choice of renewable … half-interested audience sheltering from the wind, his task is to explain the great …
The energy industry is making record profits - but workers on offshore wind farms are being paid pennies and cannot afford to heat their own homes.
… Montague | 6th March 2023 | News Offshore Wind Energy Editor’s Picks beatrice.jpg The … record profits - but workers on offshore wind farms are being paid pennies and cannot … a day, every day of the week to maintain wind farms in the UK are in some cases being …
The Committee on Climate Change is supposed to hold the UK Government's feet to the fire. Here is how it is failing.
… energy capacity of 23 billion watts (23GW) of wind power and 4GW of non-wind ( Fourth Carbon Budget , p107). Actually, … however, by 2019 the UK had achieved 24GW of wind power and 16GW of non-wind (14GW of solar …
… Where the wind blows Sasha Dovzhyk | 20th November 2019 … the Baltic Sea on 28 April. On 29 April the wind changed direction, pushing the … we need to trace again the path of the wind from Chernobyl. Before turning south …
Fraud, counterfeiting, bribery, corruption, sabotage, theft, and other criminal activities are rife in global nuclear industry.
… 2020, including US$142 billion investment in wind and US$149 billion in solar. Investment … the world’s power grids, including 111 GW of wind and 127 GW of solar. There was a net gain … in solar generation, and 12 percent for wind power. Since 2009, levelised cost …
Funding will not 'remotely meet the scale of what’s needed to tackle the unemployment emergency and climate emergency we are facing'.
… the pledge to build a much larger offshore wind industry are very welcome, the government … also encourage the development of onshore wind and commit to ending gas-fired heating in … power every home in the country by offshore wind within 10 years as part of his vision, …
The latest nuclear power ‘renaissance’ is going in reverse.
… more than 100 years ago. Milestones Solar and wind combined have already surpassed nuclear … source of electricity generation ‒ In 2025, wind surpasses nuclear electricity generation … electricity generation, with the share of wind and solar PV doubling to 25 percent. An …
'If it burns, replant. Care for it as long as you can, not because things will get better but because it is the only right thing to do.'
… one tomorrow, into the 40s [Celsius], high winds and a good chance of a dry lightning … dry forest at 40 degrees with potential high winds. “We’ll keep an eye on any warnings and … the night in our camper trailer with the wind howling, worrying if that distant …
Social reform starts at the grassroots: Be the Change, Communicate the Change and Organise the Change.
… remote hills of Wales. At that time not one wind turbine or solar panel was producing … The founders, who began to experiment with wind power and solar power, were considered … in the oil industry believed that one day wind and solar power would be a real resource …
Rishi Sunak, the latest UK prime minister, restores fracking ban in move hailed as ‘victory for common sense’.
… her mistakes and uphold the 2019 manifesto. Wind “So, if he is a man of his word, will he … developing the UK’s huge potential of onshore wind and solar energy production.” Sovereignty … and popular renewables, including onshore wind and solar where there is local support. …
Review of No Miracles Needed: how today’s technology can save our climate and clean our air, by Mark Jacobson.
… proposal for a system powered entirely by wind, water and solar sources (WWS). The … university in California, showing that wind farms, solar panels, hydro, tidal energy … factors including land for solar and wind speeds for wind, and (v) “a mix, for each …
A just transition to a low carbon economy should involve oil companies paying more tax and energy workers having more say.
… of oil and gas production and into offshore wind, in particular, and other twenty-first … and moving to other industries, and offshore wind was the favourite choice. On a webinar … worse. Workers who hope to move to offshore wind jobs are further aggrieved by an unjust, …
Common Wealth think tank argues steel contributes 15 percent of the UK’s greenhouse gases from industry and must be decarbonised.
… materials for low carbon technology such as wind farms. There needs to be an ambitious, … area, said: “We can’t produce the wind turbines, electric cars and railways that … spokesperson said: “Whether for offshore wind farms or electric vehicles, the steel …
Building sustainability into the UK exit strategy from the pandemic is a win-win-win for the climate, public health and the economy.
… plan which includes: quadrupling offshore wind potential over the next 10 years … at present is intermittency and storage. Wind power is only generated when it’s windy, and solar power is only generated when …
The Arctic Ocean’s refreeze has slowed to a crawl following record Siberian fires, polar temperatures topping 100 degrees Fahrenheit, and near record low sea ice extent in September.
… Then in September, unusually strong, warm winds blew in from the south, pushing any … ice out to sea. In the past, a shift in the winds wouldn’t have mattered much. Back in the … year. Likewise, thick ice that withstood high winds and storms decades ago, now is thin and …
More than half of UK oil workers would switch to work on renewable energy if given the opportunity to retrain, new survey shows.
… as they liked, the responses were: Offshore wind 53 percent; Renewables 51 percent; Rig … for 15-20 years. He applied for a job on [a wind farm] and it was going to be offshore. He … have to do the offshore survival course for wind. If he wanted the job he would have to …
Carbon dioxide removal (CDR) systems put more greenhouse gases into the air than they take out.
… would need nearly twice the amount of wind and solar electricity now produced … energy, implies using prodigious amounts of wind and solar power. (As though there are not … gigatonne of carbon dioxide (1/10 GtCO2), all wind and solar power generated in the US in …
China’s national and provincial post-Covid recovery packages will put three times as much cash into fossil fuel projects as into renewable energy.
… UN summit. The highlights were plans to raise wind and solar power generating capacity to … Environmental NGOs said that building wind and solar would not be enough to hit … government is still building solar and wind, “it has effectively abandoned …
Labour government 'would make Britain the first major country in the world to set and achieve the target of zero-carbon power by 2030'.
… Crisis Climate Breakdown Net Zero Solar Wind Energy Editor’s Picks 2.69014074.jpeg … stressed the low cost of solar and wind energy. He said: “That’s why for bills, …
Social movements need to mobilise now and unite people hammered by rising energy bills with protesters who fear climate breakdown.
… small-scale, cheap options such as onshore wind and solar. No funding is allocated to onshore wind or solar; there is just a vague promise … in 2015 by David Cameron to stop onshore wind. Other expensive, long-term investment …
The fossil fuel industry could take important measures to mitigate climate change, but devotes itself to the opposite. The real scandal is their unwillingness to invest in renewables.
… company has made good investments in offshore wind power, the commitment to oil and gas … in one go increase investments in solar, wind, geothermal energy and climate-smart … could refrain from operating solar and wind energy plants themselves and limit …