tfpl blog (Free subscription) | 07/22/2008
A fortnight ago I blogged about the privacy implications of the US Court order which forces Google to reveal You Tube user data to Viacom. Last week Sarah Teather MP asked a Parliamentary Question about it: here is Hansard's record...
Net News Publisher (Free subscription) | 07/21/2008
Expansion in offshore wind could create up to 30,000 new jobs in manufacturing and bring £3 billion of investment to the North East. Californian energy giant Clipper Wind has already been attracted to invest at the New and Renewable Energy Centre (NaREC) at Blyth, which is emerging as one of the leading centers in the [...]
Green Bloggers Digest (Free subscription) | 07/03/2008
Is this not an issue for anyone? " So it was extraordinary to find myself sitting before a respected huddle of planet hunters with the Government's Science Minister, Malcolm Wicks, last week as they declared they believe in aliens...Until recently, the assembled scientists would (quite rightly) have pointed out that there is no universally accepted definition of life, let alone of intelligence. Any...
Coventry Green Voice (Free subscription) | 07/02/2008
The city council in Coventry has voted to seek a meeting with energy minister Malcolm Wicks over rising energy prices. The reason that energy bills are rising in Coventry is the fuel that we use. We heat our homes with oil and gas, but we are entering an era that will be defined by a peak in the supply of oil, as well as a growing dependence on a few countries (Russia, Iran) with large supplies of...
Robert Kyriakides's Weblog (Free subscription) | 06/30/2008
Malcolm Wicks, the Energy Minister, recently announced that there would be seven million solar thermal systems in the next ten or so years. It is a wonderful aspiration because in the long run it will save us money, stop us emitting as much carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases as we do and lower airborne [...]
Robert Kyriakides's Weblog (Free subscription) | 06/23/2008
Malcolm Wicks, the energy minister whom I have much maligned in these posts, told the BBC radio 4 programme that green energy targets to meet at least 15% of the UK’s energy from renewables would lead to over seven million homes being fitted with thermal solar systems in the next 12 years. Of course the plan [...]
Uk Business Energy News Blog (Free subscription) | 06/19/2008
Significant increases in gas and electricity prices are “very likely” in the coming period, energy minister Malcolm Wicks said. Mr Wicks put the blame for domestic energy price hikes on massive increases in the cost of oil, gas and coal on global markets. His comments came after reports that unnamed industry sources believe household energy [...]
ORDOVICIUS (Free subscription) | 06/19/2008
Adam Price, the BBC and David Cornock all mentioned the elaborately named Welsh Grand Committee's assembly yeserday, where Energy Minister Malcolm Wicks was submitted to interrogation. Both David and the BBC picked up on Mr Wick's attack on the RSPB, a society with over a million members. Way to go, Malcolm. Adam reminded us that Wales is the Saudi Arabia of renewable energy: We currently
biopact (Free subscription) | 06/17/2008
Energy Minster Malcolm Wicks announced today the British government has approved Helius Energy's plan to build a 65MW energy crop and wood-burning power station in Lincolnshire. Initially waste wood will be used as fuel, with energy crops and waste from a biodiesel and ethanol factory - for which planning permission has been granted as well - being future feedstocks. The US$390.5 million biomass plant...
UAEinteract.com - News (Free subscription) | 06/17/2008
The upcoming meeting of major oil consuming and producing nations to be held in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia on June 22nd and the latest developments on the world's oil markets were discussed by UAE Energy Minister Mohammed Bin Dhaen al-Hameli and British en
workinproperty (Free subscription) | 06/05/2008
The Energy Minister, Malcolm Wicks, is attended the BRE 's headquarters in Watford this week, as part of a series of nationwide events to promote the Government's Low Carbon Buildings Programme of renewable technology grants for the public sector and charitable organisations. Mr Wicks addressed an audience including representatives from organisations like schools, councils and hospitals about Phase...
