EU Rebrands Gas As Green Energy, Eligible For Subsidies

Energy from gas power stations has been rebranded as a green, low-carbon source of power by a €80bn European Union programme, in a triumph of the deep-pocketed fossil fuel industry lobby over renewable forms of power.

The Day Villagers Blew Wind Turbines Away

Villagers scored a major victory over the wind farm and green lobby yesterday. A High Court judge ruled their right to preserve their landscape was more important than the Government’s renewable energy targets.

Mrs Justice Lang said building four 350ft turbines would harm the character and appearance of a beauty spot on the edge of the Norfolk Broads.

China digs into American coal mines - Caixin Online - MarketWatch

As U.S. taps shale gas, Chinese firms have sights on its coal mines

Cold snap to slow winter veg production - ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)

A north Queensland agricultural group says the recent cold snap will delay the winter vegetable season by almost two weeks.

ACT emergency departments filling up as cold weather sets in

Canberra's two hospital emergency departments are being hit with record number of patients seeking care, and the situation is set to worsen as the cold weather continues.

Coldest May in 50 years

The coldest May in more than 50 years has left Canberra's gardeners with frostbitten plants and dying blooms.

Does Climate Money matter? Is a monopoly good for a market? « JoNova: Science, carbon, climate and tax

So yes, let’s do talk about The Money. As Climate Money pointed out: all Greenpeace could find from Exxon was a mere $23 million for skeptics over a decade, while the cash cow that is catastrophic climate change roped in $2,000 million a year every year during the same period for the scientists who called other scientists “deniers”.