Westmorland Gazette   UK  
Tourism chief backs windfarm opponents     (article - web link)

The Guardian   UK  
Global warming 'will continue for centuries'     (article - web link)

Carmarthenshire County Council   South Wales, UK  
26/01/2007 Major wind farm development in the Pontardawe Area     (Final ARUP Consultants Report Information - web link)

Final Report TAN 8 Strategic Search Areas E & F South Wales Valleys Final Report chapters 1 -3     (36 page .PDF document 4.24MB - web link)

Final Report TAN 8 Strategic Search Areas E & F South Wales Valleys Final Report chapters 4 -7     (90 page .PDF document 4.64MB - web link)

Many thanks to J.J. for the above information and web links

The Independent   UK  
All pupils to be given lessons in climate change     (article - web link)

Ten years left to avert catastrophe     (article - web link)

BBC News   UK  
Wind farm may 'damage' island bog     (article - web link)
Minister 'regrets' surgery move     (article - web link)   Another typical example of good old WAG style 'school playground mentality' politics -eh?
At a glance: IPCC report     (article - web link)

Humans blamed for climate change     (article - web link)

IPCC   Paris, France  
Read the Findings: IPCC Report     (21 page .PDF document 2.2MB - web link)
IPCC report: UK reaction     (article - web link)

IPCC report: World reaction     (article - web link)

The Daily Telegraph   UK  
Councils gang up on the 'gas guzzlers'     (article - web link)
Man 'responsible for global warming'     (article + web links)

The Press and Journal   Scotland, UK  
Council's study may show the way on climate change     (article - web link)

The Cambridgeshire Times   Stevenage Herts, UK  
Turbine windfall safe     (article - web link)

The Western Mail  Wales, UK  
Severn barrage plan unveiled     (article - web link)
UN: We face disaster without drastic action     (article - web link)
Assembly poll 'not a Blair referendum'     (article - web link)
Plaid calls for NHS trust to be taken over     (article - web link)
Beef from BSE-risk cow found at Welsh butchers     (article - web link)
5,000 sign e-petition on Home Information Packs     (article - web link)
N.B.   Wales blown off course     (article - web link) Wednesday, 31/01/07

The The Times   UK  
New fears on climate raise heat on leaders     (article - web link)
Bush takes his place on the bandwagon     (article - web link)
Damning report seeks to end debate over global warming     (article - web link)
Crisis to be part of geography syllabus     (article - web link)

The The Independent   UK  
Global warming: the final warning     (article - web link)
Carbon dioxide is at highest level for 650,000 years     (article - web link)
Bush stands alone in his refusal to take heed     (article - web link)

The The Daily Telegraph   UK  
Scientists: Only man can stop climate disaster     (article + comments + web links)
Today's lesson for the bishops: go greener     (article - web link)

The The Guardian   UK  
Deadly bird flu virus found in UK     (article - web link)
Warming worse than we thought     (article - web link)
Why the news about warming is worse than we thought: feedback     (article - web link)
Leader: No more excuses     (Leader article + comments - web link)

The South Wales Evening Post   UK  
Hospital protesters plan street demo     (article - web link)
Record month warms up winter     (article - web link)

The Herald   Scotland, UK  
Climate change: why economy is key     (article - web link)

Union for the Co-ordination of Transmission of Electricity - UCTE   Europe  
final Report from the Inquiry into the Europe-wide electricity blackout on 4th November,2006 which affected 15 million European households
  (downloadable 85 page .PDF document 2.72MB - web link)
Many thanks to D.V. for the above web link and comment of....
"The final (updated) UCTE report on the European blackout was released yesterday. After a quick scan, it looks even more damning of wind power, than the original.
"These are examples of insufficient TSO control over the generation behavior.
The TSO control usually applies to generation connected to the transmission grid since traditionally the generation connected to the distribution grids has not had a significant impact on the power system as a whole.
However, the recent rapid development of dispersed generation, mainly wind farms, has changed the situation dramatically.
The wind generation in some areas significantly influences the operation of the power system due to its high share in the generation and intermittent behavior dependent on weather conditions.
The negative role of wind generation performance on November 4 was evident. Due to uncontrolled behavior of wind generation it was not possible to maintain a sufficient power exchange balance in some German control areas (VE-T, East part of E.ON Netz) after split. Fortunately, these control areas were connected to control areas of Poland and the Czech Republic where the absorption of the "unintentional" wind generation was possible by decrease of the power output of thermal generation (however creating additional critical network problems). It pretty much sums up what 'informed' observers have been saying for quite some time."
ALSO...
Many thanks to D. J.E. for the comment of....
"This information should be spread widely through the press - not just local papers. The wind industry represents us as NIMBY's worried about nothing but scenery ("What is wrong with that - I'd like to know?") - but it just is not so. The real worry is security of supply and the astronomical cost, economic and environmental, of protecting it, if the renewables madness continues."

 UK  
N.B. - Quick Reminder   Q & A: Europe's power blackout     (article - web link)   Monday 6 November, 2006

CNS News - Hypercast News Service  USA  
UN Climate Summary Designed to Dupe, Critics Say     (article - web link)
Many thanks to A.D. for the above web link

The Scotsman  UK  
Scientists agree man is to blame for the world's climate change     (article + many readers' comments - web link)

BBC News   UK  
Southern discomfort for turbines   (article - web link) 02/02/07
Many thanks to National Wind Watch (USA) for both of the above web links

Farmers Weekly Interactive magazine (I)   UK  
The Big Debate: Are wind turbines a good thing for farming?   (articles + Discussion Forums + Online Poll - web link) 01/02/07
The case against the use of wind farms in the UK   (article - web link) 01/02/07
The case for the use of wind farms in the UK   (article - web link)
Many thanks to L.E. for the above web links

Farmers Weekly Interactive magazine (II)   UK  
FWI Editor's statement   (article + Discussion Forum Threads - web link) 01/02/07
Many thanks to D.J.E. for the above web link and the following comment of .....
" Folks, The Farmers weekly poll stands at (60%) - 468 'for' wind turbines on farms and (40%) - 306 'against'
Hardly a huge number of participants - but then it doesn't need many farmers, owning large areas of land, to provide a substantial number of wind development sites.

Voting might be strategically advantageous.

Farmers benefit enormously from having wind turbines - no mistake - one wrote in a local newspaper in Wales that "I would have thrown in the towel without the windmills".

We have to persuade farmers that the decision is one which has enormous spin-off for their neighbours and the population at large - both in landscape and security of supply terms.

The various forum sites on windpower have previously been filled with a depressing amount of ad hominem exchange and not too much sensible debate.
Ann West's article, representing CG together with a pro-wind article are part of a FWI editorial attempt to restart sensible debate.

Time is limited, as the FWI editor says of the new windpower forum: "Your input is crucial because next week we will publish some of the views and present the results of the poll in a follow up piece - The Big Debate: Verdict."

Please - write directly to the magazine as well, to influence that group of farmers, maybe the majority, who have no time to wade through a morasse of information and misinformation on web-site forums."

Cambridge Evening News   England, UK  
Wind of change blamed for danger to wildlife   (article - web link) 02/02/07

Shropshire Star   Telford,Shropshire, UK  
Storm brews over wind turbines   (article - web link) 03/02/07

The Sunday Telegraph   UK  
Christopher Booker's notebook   (3 articles - web link)
Fury at Defra delays on farm hit by bird flu   (article - web link)
Farm staff are inoculated as fear stalks the bird flu village   (article - web link)

The Independent on Sunday   UK  
Plane crazy: The costs of flying   ( article - web link)
H5N1: The deadly strain of bird flu is here. But we're told: Don't panic   ( article - web link)
Jonathan Meades: Don't blame poor old Bernard Mathews. We deserve him   ( Comment - web link)

The Sunday Times   UK  
Prufrock: Blair hots up Global Cool   (article - web link)

The News Journal   Wilmington,USA  
Power suppliers attack their rivals' technology   (article - web link)

TVNZ   New Zealand  
Locals welcome Southland wind farm   (article + 01min:41secs video clip - web link)

This is Lancashire   England, UK  
Wind farm work starts   (article - web link) 03/02/07

The Southland Times   New Zealand  
Not a breeze at wind farm open day   (article - web link)

The Scotsman   UK  
Giant wind farm moves a step closer as officials give blessing   (article + readers' comments - web link)
McConnell calls for green action   (article + readers' comments - web link)

Western Mail   Wales, UK  
Wales on alert over H5N1 virus   (article - web link)
Farmers told 'get flu security measures in'   (article - web link)

BBC News   UK  
New power station will cost £800m   (article - web link)
The next item isn't one of the run of the mill news items, but instead, a rather charming story giving some well deserved "Good Press", for a change, about our canine friends.
New born lambs' Rottweiler 'mum'   (article - web link) 02/02/07

Nortumberland Today   England, UK  
Third hold-up baffles wind farm developers   (article - web link)

The Star   S.Yorkshire, England, UK  
Wind turbine plan has upset the neighbours   (article - web link)

Boston Standard   Lincolnshire, England, UK  
£400m Wash wind power plan in the air   (article - web link)

North American WindPower  USA  
Unimar releases lighting system for wind turbines   (article - web link)

The Daily Telegraph   UK  
Global warming: fears and forecasts   (5 letters - web link)

The Guardian   UK  
Walkers say £320m Scottish pylon scheme will spoil scenery   (article - web link)
BBC fails on green promises   (article - web link)
Considering the total preoccupation that the Guardian newspaper has had recently with its incessant scare-mongering articles on climate change issues, the above article does seem to smack somewhat of "the pot calling the kettle black."

The Herald   Scotland, UK  
Developers criticise RSPB in debate over wind farm   (article - web link)

newconsumer.com   UK  
Interview: Dale Vince on wind love, Noel Edmunds and that B&Q turbine   (article - web link)

BBC News   UK  
Inquiry to start into pylon plans   (article - web link)
Car industry facing 18% CO2 cut   (article - web link)
Climate change 'affecting' China   (article - web link)

The Scotsman   UK  
City unveils 'green' building code to reduce climate change   (article + readers' comments - web link)
Demonstrators use ballons to raise issue   (article + readers' comments - web link)
Scotland sits at a green crossroads   (article + readers' comments - web link)

The Sky News   UK  
  N.B. Not wind power news, but something that every member of the public in the UK should be aware of for their own personal safety......
Letter bomb attacks   (article - web link)
How to spot a letter bomb   (article - web link)
Who could be responsible?   (01min: 35 secs video clip - web link)
DVLA Swansea   (01min: 26 secs video clip - web link)

The BBC News   UK  
Parcel bomb injures DVLA worker   (article + video clip - web link)

Western Mail   Wales, UK  
'Road rage' bomber strikes again   (article - web link)
Politicians accused over free tickets   (article - web link)
Gas pipeline gets go-ahead   (article - web link)
Plaid: Public has no faith in NHS change   (article - web link)

South Wales Echo   Wales, UK  
'Gliding' Merthyr   (article - web link)
AMs pledge to build M4 airport link   (article - web link)