Greenery - Global cooling moves on apace
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Spring to be coldest for 50 years
The UK is on track for its coldest spring for more than 50 years following another fortnight of below average temperatures, according to provisional figures from the Met Office.
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Coalition braced for MPs' rebellion over new 2030 carbon energy target
Ministers are braced for a rebellion in the Commons over when to bring in strict new carbon-free targets for Britain’s power companies.
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Ed Davey attacks papers who report 'destructive' climate sceptics
Newspapers are wrong to give a “platform” for campaigners and groups that question whether climate change is caused by human activity, Ed Davey, the energy secretary, will say.
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'Trougher' Yeo recants on global warming
"The dying gasps of the deniers will be put to bed. In five years time, no one will argue about a man-made contribution to climate change.”
“Although I think the evidence that the climate is changing is now overwhelming, the causes are not absolutely clear. There could be natural causes, natural phases that are taking place.”
£250,000 buys a bespoke resignation speech, written by top author James Delingpole, for when you finally realise that being a decent Tory MP doesn't fit comfortably within your skillset and that there are careers more closely aligned to your moral outlook. I'm thinking, maybe rare-earth mineral mining in China. Growth industry. Really green!
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Tim Yeo: humans may not be to blame for global warming
Humans may not be responsible for global warming, according to Tim Yeo, the MP who oversees government policy on climate change.
Set carbon target or face power cuts, says Yeo
Power cuts will be more likely if Britain does not commit to cleaning up its electricity supply, a leading politician has claimed ahead of a key parliamentary vote this week.
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Spitfire Heritage Trust fights to save WWII airfield
Spitfire enthusiasts are engaged in a race against time to save Britain’s best preserved Second World War airfield from being turned into a wind farm.
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Climate Change: we really don't need to waste all this money
Even if the IPCC is right, and even if climate change IS happening and it IS caused by man, we are STILL better off adapting to it as it happens than we are trying to 'stop' it. 'Action' is 50 times more expensive than 'adaptation', and that's a conclusion which is derived directly from the IPCC's own predictions and formulae!
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Climate change: we’re not doomed quite yet