Major funders of the pro-fossil fuel Global Warming Policy Foundation are always keen to speak out against public support for renewable energy, writes Brendan Montague. So how come they're so keen to help themselves to a fortune in farm subsidies?
… Wind farm subsidies bad, farm subsidies good? … | 10th August 2013 Comment Energy Renewables Wind Economics Farming UK wind-turbines-co-durham-cut.jpg Major funders …
A stones throw from where Cuadrilla lost its bid to develop a fracking operation in Lancashire, a solar farm has just won planning permission with widespread local support, writes Ben Lucas. However a 194-turbine offshore wind farm near the Isle of Wight has been refused planning consent.
… | 11th September 2015 News Renewables Solar Wind Oceans Politics UK toyota-solar-cut.jpg A … Ben Lucas. However a 194-turbine offshore wind farm near the Isle of Wight has been … industry. 'Missed opportunity' as offshore wind farm is refused But the news on offshore …
The Labour party conference adopted the most radical climate policy of any in a G20 economy - but there will be battles ahead: with the leadership, and with union bosses.
… – more than on any other topic – after a whirlwind campaign by Labour For A Green New Deal … generation of electricity (power stations, wind farms, and so on), and its supply … heavily in publicly-controlled offshore wind, announced at Brighton last week, could …
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, …
Review of 'The Price is Wrong: why capitalism won’t save the planet' by Brett Christophers.
… won’t save the planet' by Brett Christophers. Wind and solar power projects, that for so … "[T]he returns ordinarily associated with wind and solar power are much lower than those … were busily scrapping projects (including in wind) with ‘projections of weak returns’." The …
Energy secretary Amber Rudd promised 'a new solar revolution' for the UK, writes Kyla Mandel. But now the industry is braced for a massive round of cuts that could kill off the sector, just as it's on course to be the UK's first subsidy-free renewable power source in 2020.
… it will scrap subsidies for new onshore wind projects from 1 April 2016. It also … if funding is cut. "Combined with the cuts to wind subsidies, it looks like the government … by The Ecologist . Combined with the cuts to wind subsidies, it looks like the government …
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 …
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 months-old protest at Preston New Road, Lancashire, is no longer just about fracking, writes Mat Hope. This dispute is now about London versus the North. It is about the government failing 'the people' from which it has become detached. It is about people sensing hopelessness and helplessness and trying to find a means to resist. And it is about holding on, steadfast, in spite of it all, knowing this is the forgotten frontline of a far greater struggle.
… them to turn up day after day in freezing wind and horizontal rain. Numbers vary, but on … air quality on his land when the prevailing wind shifts direction. He's worried about the … are cracking. They are being battered: by the wind and rain, sometimes by the police, and …
Shale gas company Cuadrilla will appeal Lancashire's decision to refuse permission to frack, write Kyla Mandel & Ben Lucas. The planning battle will last well into 2016, as campaigners prepare to fight all the way.
… the importance of community views on wind power. In June, Communities Secretary … be given the final say over whether onshore wind farm applications get the go-ahead in …
A plan to pipe hydrogen, instead of natural gas, into millions of UK homes is being pushed hard by the fossil fuel industry.
… Earth says, would need 140 Gigawatts (GW) of wind-powered electrolyser capacity – compared to a current total UK wind capacity of 22 GW. Plus the same amount …
Anti-EU sentiment and climate change denialism go hand in hand, writes Kyla Mandel. But why? Partly it's down to a belief in unconstrained national sovereignty and economic freedom - threatened by the EU and climate change alike. But it's also because out of the EU, the UK could advance the anti-environment agenda the deniers so passionately believe in, with no one to get in the way.
… EU UK Climate Change Regulation Politics wind-copenhagen-cut.jpg Anti-EU sentiment and …
Coal companies and their 'sceptic' shills have almost given up on denying climate change, writes Brendan Montague. The new message is that coal is essential ... to end world poverty! And those who advocate climate action are 'harsh, cold-hearted' beasts. The one thing that hasn't changed? It's all lies.
… thing that hasn't changed? It's all lies. The winds are changing for the energy giants. And …
With the major party manifestos all published it's not just the Greens that oppose fracking, writes Mat Hope. It's also Labour and the Libdems. So who's left? The Tories of course, who are holding fast to the fracking faith, and even want to create a new special purpose regulator for the industry. Oh yes, and UKIP, which is also committed to abolishing the Climate Change Act.
… the Climate Change Act, and cut support for wind and solar energy: UKIP Verified …
Now is the time for experts, activists and workers to collaborate on well-designed, affordable and energy-positive buildings.
… high-reflective materials, shading, windows with low solar heat gain, and … intermittent renewable sources (i.e. wind that doesn’t always blow and sun that …
For anyone who believes in the ineffable wisdom of 'free' markets, the current sinkaway oil price takes some explaining, writes James Meadway. Saudi Arabia's big gamble that it could put US shale oil out of business by over-pumping has now collided with China's falling demand for energy. Result: oil producers everywhere are swimming in red ink. Where will it all end?
… into an economic superpower is now winding down. China's seemingly insatiable …