News Round-Up
30 October 2024
The Saga of the Benin Bronzes Takes a Farcical New Turn
30 October 2024
by Mike Wells
Chris Morrison, the Daily Sceptic's Environment Editor, takes a look at the share price of renewable energy industrial companies over the last few years. DO NOT BUY.
New research sounds the alarm on the catastrophic hit to house prices lurking behind Ed Miliband's grand plan to scatter the UK with new pylons, wind turbines and solar farms.
Giant wind turbines, reaching up to 850 feet tall – over 250 feet higher than London's Gherkin building – could soon dominate the British countryside, after Ed Miliband dismissed calls for a height limit.
One of the casualties of Storm Gerritt has been a £3m wind turbine in Scotland, which not only lost its blades but burst into flames. Who knew a strong gust of wind would prove so catastrophic for a wind turbine?
Last week, wind and solar contributed almost nada to Britain's electricity needs and without gas-and coal-powered turbines coming to our aid 1,000s of people would have died. Time to rethink Net Zero, says Chris Morrison.
In one of those stories that requires a double-take, Greta Thunberg has been taking part in a five-day protest blocking the entrance to Norway's energy ministry to protest against wind turbines.
New evidence indicates that millions of bats are being slaughtered every year by wind turbines, yet bat conservation bodies do not blink at continuing to support the development of wind power.
New data reveals wind turbines post a real danger to vulnerable bird populations, causing a 20% decline in population growth rates.
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