UK fracking, record temperatures and fishy accents – green news roundup
The week’s top environment news stories and green events. If you are not already receiving this roundup, sign up here to get the briefing delivered to your inbox Continue reading… Source: Guardian Environment
Kite power to take flight in Scotland next year
Kite Power Solutions plans to open UK’s first kite power plant and predicts the technology could global ease energy costs Giant kites could supply green energy without the need for taxpayer-funded subsidies within years, according to one of the firms developing the technology. Kite Power Solutions expects to open the UK’s first kite power plant […]
Circulate on Fridays: Facebook Marketplace, everlasting batteries & circular cities
Sound the klaxon! It’s Circulate on Fridays time. Stories about the power of networks, nodes and connections provide a (tenuous) theme for this batch of circular economy links. Assimilate this information and join the hivemind… News this week from the Ellen MacArthur Foundation, as the organisation announces the launch of the Circular Cities network, “a global network […]
What price Tory localism when fracking’s on offer in Lancashire? | Jennifer Mein
Sajid Javid has overturned my county council’s decision to stop drilling. So much for talk of devolution to communities Last year a committee of county councillors from Lancashire dealt with one of the biggest planning applications ever put before any council, as they considered Cuadrilla’s applications to drill and frack for shale gas in two […]
Delay to curbs on toxic shipping emissions 'would cause 200,000 extra premature deaths'
Unpublished study warns of the global health consequences of delaying by five years a cap on the sulphur content of shipping fuels A push by the shipping and oil industries for a five-year delay to curbs on toxic sulphur emissions would cause an extra 200,000 premature deaths from lung cancer and heart disease, according to […]
North Sea or Great Australian Bight, oil drilling is always a risky business | John Sauven
As BP pushes ahead with plans to drill in the pristine Bight, the oil leak off the coast of Scotland serves as a timely reminder of the company’s track record on environmental disasters Monday’s news of an oil leak at a BP platform off the coast of Scotland could not have come at a worse […]
Poor countries urge fast action on Paris deal to stop catastrophic warming
As the climate agreement is ratified, developing nations warn that money pledged is still nowhere near enough to adapt to expected sea level rises UN back-slapping for the record speed at which the Paris agreement on climate change has been ratified this week has been tempered by the reality that the new treaty will not […]
Zac Goldsmith vows to quit as MP if Heathrow third runway is allowed
MP for Richmond reiterates intention to resign over the scheme that government is rumoured to be on the brink of backing Zac Goldsmith has reiterated that he will quit as an MP if the government gives the green light to a third runway at Heathrow. There is mounting speculation that the government is set to […]
Approval of new oil search permit for Great Australian Bight sparks moratorium call
Environmentalists call for moratorium on new licences as concerns grow about BP’s plans to drill for oil in Bight Another company has been given a permit to explore for oil in a marine reserve in the Great Australian Bight, sparking calls from environmentalists for a moratorium on new licences. Karoon Gas Australia announced to the […]
Once the storm settles, a clearer picture emerges of government's energy goals | Katharine Murphy
Lecturing the state governments about their emissions reduction policies tends to work better if you have a clear medium-term pathway of your own As things stand at the moment, I can’t tell you what the re-elected Turnbull government is about. I don’t think anyone would be able to tell you. As some pundits would put […]