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Yes, windfarms need wind to work: The danger of taking data snapshots 27 Aug 2013 | 06:50 pm
There's an old parable about trying to describe a whole elephant if all you've ever encountered is the trunk: it's unlikely you'd succeed. The same is true of windfarms' ability to produce electricity...
Conservative estimate for cost of decarbonisation target six times higher 27 Aug 2013 | 06:30 pm
A Labour Party commitment to cutting greenhouse gas emissions from the power sector would add £125 to consumer energy bills by 2030, argues the Conservative Party. But the estimate relies on the assum...
Daily climate and energy links - 27th August 2013 27 Aug 2013 | 01:15 pm
UK gas storage constrained by prices and unclear policy Up to eight gas-storage projects - worth as much as £3 billion - are currently on hold as industry waits for the government to decide whether o....
Expect extra warming as oceans acidify, says study 25 Aug 2013 | 10:30 pm
Could ocean acidification lead to further global warming? That's the theory floated in a new paper in the journal Nature Climate Change. In the long run - eventually, rather than immediately - this ne...
Could Arctic sea ice loss be behind cold winters in the UK? Scientists discuss. 23 Aug 2013 | 09:20 pm
After this summer's heat wave, the particularly cold and frosty start to 2013 seems like a distant memory. But scientists are still keen to know what caused it and whether we can expect more cold snap...
Daily climate and energy links - 23rd August 2013 23 Aug 2013 | 01:15 pm
New regulations create fresh row over biomass power The government has released new regulations to ensure energy generated from forests, crops and waste is sustainable. Not all forms of biomass will ....
Oil and gas glossary 23 Aug 2013 | 04:00 am
Over the last few weeks, shale gas has shot into the national consciousness - resulting in more discussion on the airwaves about what, exactly, the UK's energy future is going to look like. But it's e...
More on the IPCC’s leaked climate report: A roundup of media reactions 22 Aug 2013 | 09:30 pm
There's a major new report on the state of the climate due next month from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. This week has seen a sneak preview of some of the findings after journalists ...
Daily climate and energy links - 22nd August 2013 22 Aug 2013 | 01:15 pm
Scientists '95 per cent certain' that climate change is man-made The Independent sets out the areas of climate science in which the IPCC is set to declare itself more certain than ever, and setting ....
Claims of a global warming pause have had no effect on public opinion 21 Aug 2013 | 05:00 pm
The claim that climate change has paused has had a great few months in terms of media coverage - but Carbon Brief's new poll suggests this hasn't had any impact on public opinion. The climate change....
