Net News Publisher (Free subscription) | 05/12/2008
... in such a way that waste batteries and accumulators can be readily removed. Energy Minister, Malcolm Wicks, said: “These regulations will see that there is a limit to the use of hazardous substances in the manufacture of batteries, reducing their potential to harm human health and the environment as well as aiding recycling and the recovery of valuable resources. “All businesses and...
Scotland on Sunday (Free subscription) | 05/11/2008
... quite chuffed at the way things turned out."Palmer, who is a parliamentary aide to energy minister Malcolm Wicks, said: "Having a cleft palate has never been a big deal for me but I can see that there's a tendency for people to see physical perfection as important. "There's also a 'poor little thing' attitude where people are concerned that a child's potential is going to be ruined...
News Scotsman (Free subscription) | 05/11/2008
... quite chuffed at the way things turned out."Palmer, who is a parliamentary aide to energy minister Malcolm Wicks, said: "Having a cleft palate has never been a big deal for me but I can see that there's a tendency for people to see physical perfection as important. "There's also a 'poor little thing' attitude where people are concerned that a child's potential is going to be ruined...
Net News Publisher (Free subscription) | 05/05/2008
Cutting edge technology from the United States that uses gas from an extinct volcano to extract more oil from mature fields is to be examined by UK Energy Minister Malcolm Wicks. Mr. Wicks will be visiting Denbury Resources Inc, an American oil and gas company, whose Enhanced Oil Recovery techniques could be used to [...]
Bristol Evening Post (Free subscription) | 05/06/2008
Keynote speakers include:? Malcolm Wicks, MP, Minister for Energy.? Professor David King, former chief scientific adviser to the Government and current director of the Smith School of Environment and Enterprise at Oxford University.? Andrew Garrad, managing director of Bristol-based Garrad Hassan and Partners, the world's leading renewable energy consultancy.
News Scotsman (Free subscription) | 05/05/2008
On a visit to the United States, Malcolm Wicks, the energy minister, witnessed naturally occurring carbon dioxide from an extinct volcano being used to force out oil from ageing fields, and now says the process could be used in the UK.Denbury Resources uses the enhanced oil recovery techniques to gain access to the from a volcano deep underground near Jackson, Mississippi, then pipes...
Scotsman.com (Free subscription) | 05/05/2008
On a visit to the United States, Malcolm Wicks, the energy minister, witnessed naturally occurring carbon dioxide from an extinct volcano being used to force out oil from ageing fields, and now says the process could be used in the UK.Denbury Resources uses the enhanced oil recovery techniques to gain access to the from a volcano deep underground near Jackson, Mississippi, then pipes...
BBC News (Free subscription) | 05/03/2008
Last month, the Whale and Dolphin Conservation Society (WDCS) handed over a petition, postcards and letters containing 18,000 signatures addressed to UK Energy Minister Malcolm Wicks.
Liberal Democrats (Free subscription) | 04/28/2008
Commenting on the ongoing industrial dispute at Grangemouth, Liberal Democrat Shadow Scotland Secretary, Michael Moore said: "The BP plan to close the pipeline shows that the situation has escalated since Energy Minister Malcolm Wicks made his ill-conceived comments this morning. "Scotland's rural communities are already facing difficulties due to the strike , and the threat of wider...
Daily Mail (Free subscription) | 04/25/2008
A senior minister today risked sparking panic buying at petrol stations by warning that supplies could not be guaranteed. Energy Minister Malcolm Wicks urged drivers to be 'patient and sensible' ahead of a strike by workers at one of Britain's biggest oil refineries
New Statesman (Free subscription) | 05/01/2008
... new Energy Bill was being debated in the Commons. Yet it seemed unlikely that the energy minister, Malcolm Wicks, would allow a cross-party amendment to introduce a feed-in tariff, even though 276 MPs have now signed up to an early-day motion supporting such a move. As Friends of the Earth's Dave Timms says: "The UK's feeble performance on renewable energy is a national disgrace....
Bristol Evening Post (Free subscription) | 04/30/2008
... Shed at Temple Meads Station from June 17 to 18. Speakers booked to appear include Energy Minister Malcolm Wicks and Professor David King, the former chief scientific adviser to the Government and current director of the Smith School of Environment and Enterprise at Oxford University.
Downing Street Says (Free subscription) | 04/25/2008
Asked what the contingency plans were for fuel in Scotland and whether any COBRA meetings were planned, the Prime Minister’s Spokesman (PMS) replied that she was not aware of any planned COBRA meetings, but she would check. As Malcolm Wicks was saying this morning, what we were encouraging and what we wanted to see happen as swiftly as possible was for both sides to negotiate and get...
Physorg (Free subscription) | 04/22/2008
Britain hopes to develop a new technology to "capture" and store carbon dioxide from burning fossil fuels instead of letting it out into the atmosphere, British Energy Minister Malcolm Wicks said Monday.
10 Downing Street News (Free subscription) | 04/25/2008
Morning press briefing from 25 April 2008Briefing from the Prime Minister's Spokesman on: fuel, prisons, debt and miscFuelAsked what the contingency plans were for fuel in Scotland and whether any COBRA meetings were planned, the Prime Minister's Spokesman (PMS) replied that she was not aware of any planned COBRA meetings, but she would check. As Malcolm Wicks was saying this morning,...
