Donald Trump Warns Scotland Against Wind Farm 'Suicide'

Donald Trump has warned MSPs that Alex Salmond’s plans for a rapid expansion in wind energy will destroy Scotland’s countryside forever and kill off the tourism industry.

EU Parliament Shoots Down Commission’s Green Energy Tax Plan

Conservatives in the European Parliament delivered a setback for European Commission plans to erase tax benefits for diesel fuel, saying that a period of austerity and high fuel costs is not the time for such moves. The vote also calls for changes to the Commission's proposed minimum carbon tax on emissions from households, farms and the transport industry not already covered under the EU’s Emissions Trading System

Grading our 2011-2012 winter forecast - Capital Weather Gang - The Washington Post

To our knowledge, no one predicted the extremely warm and nearly snowless winter that we experienced and a number called for a cold and snowy winter, which we did not. But let’s not start with the excuses.

...What went wrong this winter? The answer is actually quite simple. The NAO (North Atlantic Oscillation).

We need this key commitment to climate action | Nick Clegg and Edward Davey | Comment is free | The Guardian

This week ministers from across Europe are meeting to tackle a threat to our shared prosperity: the crashing price of carbon.

Twitter / @BigJoeBastardi: @Revkin Its been a cold ...

@Revkin Its been a cold winter globally, we were the only warm land area.. NOT NEXT YEAR! Jamstec has shades of 76-77 pic.twitter.com/VYGDpnXb

Nick Clegg calls for tougher carbon penalties for businesses | Environment | guardian.co.uk

Nick Clegg has stepped into the growing row over the coalition's green policies to call for companies to pay much higher penalties for the carbon dioxide they emit.

He said there was an urgent need for the government to impose regulations on business, in order to meet environmental objectives.