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EU Leaders Back Shale Gas Revolution, Roll Back Climate Policy | The Global Warming Policy Foundation (GWPF)

EU energy policy must shift towards diversifying supply, with natural shale gas likely to be part of the mix, EU leaders said at a summit in Brussels on Wednesday. The emphasis on competitiveness and prices is an indication that environmental and climate concerns are falling down the EU’s list of priorities.

UK Prime Minister David Cameron offered robust support for European exploitation of shale gas, telling journalists: “No regulation must get in the way.”

High Energy Costs Drive German Firms To US | The Global Warming Policy Foundation (GWPF)

Soaring German energy costs in the wake of the country’s transition to renewable energy have seen more and more firms thinking abut relocating their operations. The US looks like a sound alternative, associations claim.

James Hansen explains Climate Change and the Solution - YouTube

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Screwed by climate change: 10 cities that will be hardest hit | Grist

If Miami Vice were set in the year 2050, Crocket and Tubbs wouldn’t be driving a Ferrari down Ocean Ave. — they’d be rowing it through a heaving sea of human poop. For their sake, I just hope cocaine floats.

Scotland’s summer weather: snow and road closures - Environment - Scotsman.com

SUMMER may be only days away - but two high level routes in Aberdeenshire were today hit by fresh falls of overnight snow.