Wednesday, October 17, 2012

Wind-Farm Aesthetics a Factor in U.K. Decisions, Minister Says - Bloomberg
The British government should give more weight to aesthetics when deciding whether to approve wind farms, the nation’s new energy minister said.
Scientists have 'limited knowledge' of how climate change causes extinction | Environment | guardian.co.uk
The report warns that scientists have "disturbingly limited knowledge" on the crucial issue, and that many species may become extinct long before their inability to cope physically with warmer conditions becomes a danger.
Fake kitchens from a fake government | Climate Nonconformist
Remember all that money – our money – that the government wasted selling its carbon tax?
THE federal government’s advertising agency spent $100,000 to build three fully furnished fake kitchens complete with new stoves, fridges and appliances to act as backdrops for its carbon tax ads.

And they have been sitting in storage gathering dust in a Sydney studio warehouse ever since.
Winning vs. Losing Energy Policy — MasterResource
We don’t need to “fundamentally transform” America’s economy, society and free enterprise system. We need to fundamentally transform the anti-hydrocarbon culture that pervades the Congress, White House, Executive Branch and radical environmental groups that have brought us to where we are today.
- Bishop Hill blog - Green lobbying
Energy efficiency subsidy could cut UK demand 40 per cent

New Green Alliance and WWF report calls for efficiency feed-in tariff to be part of Energy Bill ahead of crucial ministerial meeting this week

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