23rd March 2006

Western Mail   UK   online edition
Renewable energy venture get £100m boost   (article - web link)
'The first sign we're about to get a PM who acts on climate change instead of just talking about it'   (article - web link)

Green Building Press   Carmarthenshire, Wales, UK   online edition
Budget a small step toward green building   (article - web link)

South Wales Evening Post   UK   online edition
One Act for everyone?   (letter - web link)

The Scotsman  UK   online edition
Warning of 'ugly mechanical forests' if Highland wind farms get go-ahead
(article - web link)
Oil used to fry fish suppers could now fuel the fleet   (article - web link)

Environmental News Network  USA   online edition
Wind Energy Demand Booming: Cost dropping below conventional sources....
(Press Release - web link)

CBC Radio One   Canada - Nova Scotia   online edition   March 22nd, 2006
Running from the wind: A Pubnico man who says a near-by wind farm has driven him from his home. Reporter Lisa Roberts looks into the situation, and speaks with one doctor who says, the family made the right choice.   (9 minute Live Audio Interview - web link)
Many thanks to Dr John for the web link to this CBC Radio interview which highlights the plight of people who suffer from wind turbine infrasound. Worth listening to!

Duluth News Tribune  USA   online edition
Horicon wind farm permit on hold, could interfere with radar
(article - web link)

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24th March 2006

The Independent   UK   online edition
'Glacial earthquakes' warn of global warming   (article - web link)

The Times   UK   online edition
London 'under water by 2100' as Antartica crumbles into the sea   (article - web link)

The Guardian   UK   online edition
Scientists forecast metre rise in sea levels this century   (article - web link)

The Daily Telegraph   UK   online edition
Cities in danger as scientists predict rapid sea level rise   (article - web link)
Oh Dear - Too bad - So sad.

If what is reported in the four above newspaper articles is true, it looks as if the WAG's new £67m 'Senedd' building in Cardiff Bay will be under water.
Possibly a slight oversight by the environmental egg-heads in the WAG's planning department?
It would be pointless if the AMs' did wish to move to higher ground because the hills will be covered with
wind turbines.

The Scotsman   UK   online edition
Minister hints at nuclear restart   (article - web link)
Climate change review still undecided   (article - web link)

Cumbrian Business Gazette   UK   online edition
DIY wind turbines   (article - web link)

National Centre for Policy Analysis   USA   online edition   23/03/06
Wind turbines kill raptors, lead to rat infestations   (article - web link)

IT Backbones   UK   online edition   23/03/06
Centrica selects BuildOnline for wind farm development team   (article - web link)

Energy Business Review   UK   online edition
UK chancellor hints at British Energy part sale   (article - web link)

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25th March 2006

The Independent   UK   online edition
Britain set to drop emissions targets for business   (article - web link)
The pollution gap   (article - web link)

BBC News   UK   online edition   24/03/06
Blair opts for French energy firm   (article - web link)
Ye Gods !
When are the media people going to get the terminology correct?

Anyone reading the above BBC article couldn't be blamed for having visions of 10 Downing Street, London, being supplied by its own electricity transmission line direct from France; a water supply pipeline from Germany (when more than likely it comes from the river Thames); and four gas supply pipelines, three of which are foreign-owned.
This sounds like some more of the clean energy "Green-Wire Syndrome" nonsense spouted out by First Minister Rhodri Morgan AM, when he stated that only 100% green energy is supplied to WAG property.

However, looking on the bright side, UK taxpayers should be grateful that a low-energy light bulb has now been installed in the lantern above the door of 10 Downing Street.

Western Mail   UK
Tower Colliery: End of the beginning   (2 page article - web link)
Let's use our own coal   (article - web link)
Bio-fuel may make our farmers new-energy 'oil sheikhs'. But Wales is not investing
(article - .JPG file format 163 Kb)   Copyright © Western Mail 25/03/06
SOCME is basically 'farming community' at heart, so what follows in the next article are some Saturday morning (serious and light-hearted comparisons) courtesy of the Western Mail newspaper.
Welsh farmers may be dubbed 'the next sheikhs' but the comparisons to wealthy Arabs ends there
(article - web link)
No energy magic   (letter - web link)
Scroll down the WM web page to the 3rd letter.

The MAC Weekly   USA   online edition
More power: Some call for a larger windmill   (article - web link)

Burnham-On-Sea.com   UK
War of words over proposed Burnham wind farm's power generation claims   (article - web link)

Globe and Mail   Canada   online edition
This wind farm strictly for the birds   (article - web link)

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Sunday 26th March 2006

Sunday Herald   UK   online edition
Second wind?   (article - web link)
Ocean Power in £20m deal for African wave plant   (article - web link)

ic Dumfries.co.uk   UK
MSP calls for wind power homes plan   (article - web link)

SR International - Radio Sweden   online edition
Major program for wind power   (article - web link)

Sunday Times   UK   online edition
Homes to become mini power stations   (article - web link)
Whitehall tells Archers how to halt x4 havoc   (article - web link)
Thunderer - How to puncture 4x4 egos   (article - web link) 21/03/06
Cameron took £100,000 from Saudi arms dealer   (article - web link)
Blair knew of loans before picking peers   (article - web link)

Sunday Telegraph   UK   online edition
From one end of the land to the other, Prescott's Code is a blight on democracy
(Christopher Booker's notebook - web link)
Deputy PM's £500m deal for Labour's secret lenders   (article - web link)
£2.5m secret loan to Tories   (article - web link)

The Independent   UK
Twelve angry men and one shame-faced Prime Minister   (article - web link)
Car wars: The green 4x4 is the car of the future   (article - web link)
Turn your home into a mini power station   (article - web link)
Earlier birds threaten the cuckoo   (article - web link)
New jet 'will allow half-hour flights to US'   (article - web link)

Taking oxygen from the atmosphere to burn hydrogen fuel...
Possibly some more problems for this Planet's environment?

Sioux Falls Argus Leader   USA   online edition
Wasting the wind   (article - web link)

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30th March 2006

Weston & Somerset Mercury   UK   online edition
Wind farm plans are submitted to council   (article - web link)

Woking News & Mail   UK   online edition
Wind turbine power scheme is planned   (article - web link)

politics.co.uk   UK   27/03/06
Industry predicts wind power boom   (article - web link)

BBC News   UK   27/03/06
Wind power 'ahead of predictions'   (article - web link)

South Wales Evening Post   UK   online edition
The next three items have nothing what so ever to do with wind turbines or energy issues, but it makes a bit of a change
Clouds part for a bright future   (article - web link)
Jiwe - Jiwe bois bach, now we are really going places!
Too bad about the possible Mynydd-y-Gwair wind farm and the present Ffynnon Oer wind farm over looking the Bay.
Bit of a stink at the hospital   (article - web link)
Gong but not forgotten   (article - web link)
And now - back to business

Western Mail   UK   online edition
Labour u-turners
Wind not best   (2 letters - web link)
Please scroll down the WM web page to the 7th & 8th letters

Lessons in Assembly's computer delay   (article - web link)
Let's hope that we can get a bit more sense out of the £220m Merlin computer system than what we get at present from the likes of Rhodri Morgan, Carwyn Jones & Andrew Davies

The Scotsman   UK   online edition
Nuclear plant clean-up costs soar   (article - web link)
Green power hit by finance freeze   (article - web link)

The Independent   UK   online edition
The great global warming debate starts here   (article - web link)

Renewable Energy Access   UK   online edition
UK's Offshore Wind Energy program in doubt   (article - web link)

Tivy-side Advertiser   UK
School Question Time   (article - .JPG file format 70.8 Kb)
Copyright © Tivy-side Advertiser March 2006
Many thanks to Pinky for the above scan.

The Huddersfield Daily Examiner   UK   online edition
Case in favour of wind farms   (article - web link)

Reuters   UK   online edition
Rules clarified for offshore wind power   (article - web link)

North-West Evening Mail   UK   online edition
Wind farms to create 100 jobs   (article - web link)
Opinions mixed on wind farms   (2 page article - web link)

thisismoney.co.uk   UK
Going green can save energy   (article - web link)

Green Building Press   UK   online edition
Community Energy Programme Axed   (article - web link)

The Labour Party   UK   online edition   28/03/06
Tackling climate change   (article - web link)

The Times & Star   UK   online edition
March of the turbines   (article - web link)

BBC News   UK   online edition
Electricity Calculator   (Test Yourself - web link)
Greenpeace's nuclear rail fears   (article - web link)

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