Day two on the coal occupation in Italy. In Marghera, near Venice, the occupation continues, with activists on the coal conveyor and the chimney painting 'G8: LEAD OR LOSE'. More activists are also occupying the cranes on the wharf, stopping a coal ship – the Bulk Brasil – from unloading its cargo from South Africa.
Tell Ed Miliband what you'll do if he consents a new dirty coal plant at Kingsnorth in Kent: Sign up for The Big If
Posted by jamie — 9 July 2009 at 2:34pm
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If you've ever tried to convince people down
the pub about wind power and how it can help steer us away from climate
catastrophe, you'll be familiar with the arguments used to dismiss it. The
technology is too expensive; electricity bills will rocket; and (one that's
often tripped me up) what happens when the wind stops blowing and the lights go
out?
If that's the case, then for your next pub
discussion arm yourself with a new study by energy analyst David Milborrow
which successfully trounces all those claims and more. A joint commission by
Greenpeace, WWF, RSPB and Friends of the Earth, it's being launched in advance
of the government's renewable energy strategy that is expected next week.
Britain's energy system is already capable of taking a large amount of wind power,
according to a new report released today by a leading energy expert.
The report shows that there is no technical
reason why a significant amount of energy generated by wind cannot be used to
supply the National Grid.
And, as the report is launched, Britain's
leading environmental organisations are calling on the Government to listen to
the experts and provide a boost to the country's wind industry.
Prominent energy analyst David Milborrow's review on wind power, Managing Variability, found evidence, and a consensus of expert opinion, that demonstrates:
