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New report hopes to bring clarity to biomass debate
Burning biomass - often from wood - is a key pillar of the government's renewable energy strategy, but there are questions over whether more biomass means higher emissions. A joint government and...
View ArticleREF £600 from green energy prediction
It feels a bit like it's 2011 again. Exchanging different predictions for how much moving to a greener energy system might be going to cost British consumers was all the rage about eighteen months...
View ArticleDaily climate and energy links - 20th May 2013
Climate slowdown means extreme rates of warming 'not as likely' The BBC covers a new Nature Geoscience paper: "The authors calculate that over the coming decades global average temperatures will warm...
View ArticleCould energy bills overtake mortgages in the next five years?
In an interview with the Sunday Telegraph, Ian McCaig, chief executive of small gas and electricity supplier First Utility, argues that energy bills could overtake mortgage costs "over the next five...
View ArticleDaily climate and energy links - 21st May 2013
'Saloon bar politics' by Ukip could harm Britain's climate change credibility and drag Tories to right on environment, warns minister Ed Davey suggests vested interests and parts of the media are to...
View ArticleSurface warming slowdown doesn’t affect climate sensitivity, study says
A group of scientists has just published a new estimate of how sensitive earth is to rising greenhouse gases. Their value for 'climate sensitivity' is at the low end of what scientists have previously...
View ArticleDaily climate and energy links - 22nd May 2013
Households 'ripped off' over energy bills as Ofgem says investigating company profits too 'intrusive' Families are at risk of being ripped off over their energy bills because the regulator is refusing...
View ArticleECC committee says government must outline what Green Deal success looks like
Parliament's Energy and Climate Change (ECC) committee has told the government to get a move on with monitoring the success of its core energy efficiency policies in a new report, out today. The ECC...
View ArticleTornadoes and climate change - what does the science say?
Monday's tornado in Oklahoma highlights the threat extreme weather poses to human life, and has prompted some to ask if human-caused climate change is partly to blame. Unfortunately, that's a question...
View ArticleScientists: How Matt Ridley misinterpreted new climate sensitivity paper
A new paper suggesting temperatures might not rise as much as some models predict in the near future has been interpreted in some corners - notably by Matt Ridley in the Times - as a sign that...
View ArticleDaily climate and energy links - 23rd May 2013
Green energy could save Britain up to £100 billion, says Government climate advisers Paying for more wind farms and nuclear power stations may be costly in the short term but will save the country up...
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Climate change committee report on EMR
Investing in low-carbon technologies and decarbonising the power sector by 2030 could save the country £25 to £45 billion, according to the Committee on Climate Change (CCC) in a new report. But to...
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Matt Ridley's misguided climate policy Climate skeptic Matt Ridley is wrong to use a recent paper on climate sensitivity to argue that climate policy is "hopelessly misguided", argues Dana Nuccitelli....
View ArticleWe all agree about communicating climate consensus, don't we?
Five hundred US-based earth scientists have published a statement that "science unequivocally demonstrates" humans are affecting the environment through climate change. But although statements of...
View ArticleDaily climate and energy links - 28th May 2013
Britain calls for EU target to halve emissions by 2030 Ed Davey has challenged EU nations to commit to emissions reductions of 40 per cent by 2030, with an "ambition" to achieve 50 per cent reductions...
View ArticleLaying the groundwork for climate impacts research - Impacts World 2013
This week, climate scientists and decision makers will meet to start joining the dots on predicting and preparing for the impacts of future climate change. Carbon Brief takes a look at what's on the...
View ArticleEU energy pathways and 2030 emissions targets: No surprises
Is the European renewables industry facing unforeseen new obstacles? Newspapers have reported an EU "U-turn" away from renewables in favour of shale gas, while the UK has refused to back a 2030...
View ArticleDaily climate and energy links - 29th May 2013
Scientists narrow global warming range A new paper published in Nature Climate Change finds that temperature rise of more than 6 degrees warming by 2100 is now unlikely but it is very likely that...
View ArticleCall for emissions reductions in Mail on Sunday
Dramatic regulatory intervention is needed to bring down emissions of carbon dioxide and prevent dangerous climate change, argues a prominent climate scientist in the Mail on Sunday. It's perhaps not...
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UK emissions rise while most of Europe's fall
UK energy sector emissions rose in 2012 in contrast with the majority of other EU countries, new data shows. The news comes as MPs in the UK get ready for the latest round of debates over the...
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