SNP’s climate change and fuel poverty targets face £4.6bn ‘shortfall’ - Environment - Scotsman.com

Under-fire ministers, who continued to blame the missed target on extreme cold weather causing increased energy use, admitted yesterday that more cash would help, but gave no commitment to more investment.

The Impending Collapse Of Ephemeral Wind | GWPF

The wind energy lives and dies by its tax credit. That’s because there is no money to be made in generating electricity from windmills.

Polar News ExplorersWeb - Denali/McKinley: Lonnie Dupre back for a winter solo climb

As a new chapter for me knowing that strength is in numbers I want to introduce you to One World Endeavors (OWE) – us working together as a expedition team along with environmental organizations and legislators to inspire movements around the world against pollution and climate change.

For explorers safety comes from knowledge and thorough planning. One thing explorers can’t do is predict the climate – and knowledge of climate is what keeps you alive. We no longer have stable weather on this planet, which will make it difficult for future expeditions, winter or not.
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Only nine expeditions totaling 16 people have ever reached the summit of Denali in winter. Six deaths resulted from those climbs. Only one team (comprised of three Russian climbers) has ever made the summit in January...the dead of winter.
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Five thousand calories per day will be needed to stave off the cold and frostbite. Except for soups and drinks, all the food can be eaten without cooking thus conserving weight and fuel.
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Camps will consist of snow caves which are more reliable against Denaliʼs extreme 100 mph wind and -60°F cold.