UK shale gas delay was 'scandalous': parliament panel member

The 18-month moratorium on shale gas drilling was a "scandal", member of the UK House of Commons select committee on climate change Peter Lilley said late Monday.

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Drax has agreed a £75mil loan to support its conversion from #coal fired generator to #biomass (total cost put btwn £650 - £700 mil)  [How much would it cost to convert it back to coal after someone realizes that burning biomass doesn't actually prevent bad weather?]

More and more likely that double CO2 means <2°C: New study • The Register

Very few people disagree with the basic fact that the greenhouse gas CO2 warms the climate, but without some kind of positive feedback mechanism, it doesn't add very much: around 1°C-1.2°C per doubling of CO2. (See this discussion on no-feedback sensitivity). The global warming "crisis" emerged from a belief that small rises in CO2 concentrations result in large knock-on effects, or strong positive feedbacks. These remain conjectural, as the forcings and feedbacks are poorly understood. Just how much of an effect does a rise in CO2 have - a little, or a lot? Hence the importance of new and better studies in the area of climate science dealing with "attribution".

Michael Noble Suggests Coining New Term for Global Warming | French Tribune

He said people often believed global warming was something indicating that the weather was turning warmer over time. But, in actual, warming had more influences on the climate change.
...Noble said that when the snow tenth day is cursed among the past twenty; the best term could not be `global warming'.

Climate funds - First Come, Least Served | Columns

The African Development Bank's head of climate change, Anthony Nyong, has said that the continent will soon require $40bn per annum to counter hostile climates