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Opinion:

¶ “100 days to save the world” World leaders are set to meet again 100 days from Saturday. They have met in the past, and based on the experience we have had so far, it has become difficult to expect much out of diplomacy. This time in Paris. And, this time, against all odds, there’s ample evidence things finally will be different. [CNN]

Cloud bank at Elephant Island, off Antarctica. Moss growth on the island records the history of climate change. Photographer: Lieutenant Philip Hall, NOAA Corps. Public Domain. CC BY SA 2.0.

¶ “G20 Energy Ministers Heart Renewables, Squash ‘Energy Poverty’ Case For Fossil Fuels” High-level energy ministers from G20 countries met got for the first time ever, and if fossil fuel stakeholders were hoping for a show of support from that historic event, they got bupkus. Fossil sector’s talk of “energy…

http://www.itv.com/news/westcountry/story/2015-09-08/two-anti-nuclear-protesters-appear-in-court/

On Tuesday 8th September Nikki Clark & Theo Simon were cleared of aggravated trespass at St Levens dock at Devonport Dockyard in Plymouth, where they had disrupted illegal work on Trident Nuclear Weapons system in July last year.

Why were they cleared? because the Crown Prosecution Services case against them had more holes than a colander. Having spent a more than a year being subject to very restricitive bail conditions the two activists had prepared a case against the lawfulness of Trident and the neccessity of their actions which was all heard during the one day trial in Plymouth.

During the trial the court, media & members of the public heard about why Trident is illegal under International Humanitarrean Law, Customary International Law and under the Geneva convention which was adopted into UK domestic law in the early 2000s.

Part of the Geneva convention is the principle of distinction…

Video:

¶ At the Highland Wind Farm in Iowa, 214 wind turbines silently generate enough electricity for hundreds upon hundreds of homes each year. “At 2.3 MW, you could imagine the average homes, produces 5,000 to 7,000 watts, is what an average home uses,” said Bill Nosbisch, Manager of Engineering at MidAmerican Energy. [Siouxland News]

World:

¶ Renewable energy plants in Scotland have helped displace 12.3 million tonnes of carbon dioxide emissions in 2014, which is 119% more than in 2010. Scotland’s wind, solar and hydropower plants saved more CO2 from entering the atmosphere than what is released by every single car, bus and train journey in the country. [SeeNews Renewables]

Wind farm in Scotland. Author: Paisley Scotland. CC BY SA 2.0

¶ Tidal Lagoon Power has pushed back the start-date for its 320-MW Swansea Bay project by a year until 2017. The company is reported…