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Emily : BP boss Bob Dudley spoke positively of wind power after he left his job yesterday
stewgreen
The Times has a double page "sustainability" advert from Saudi Aramaco
Letters : very sensible anti EV letter from Hamish Hossick
But the Times main editorial powers on
The Times view on the United Nations climate change summit:
Big reforms are needed worldwide to limit global emissions.
As Britain gears up to host a global summit, Boris Johnson should lead by example
stewgreen
Quentin Letts: storm in a tea cosy as Boris Johnson takes on climate change
https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/storm-in-a-tea-cosy-as-johnson-takes-on-climate-change-t8ll5cczs
"At the BBC you don't stand a chance of being appointed Today programme tea-boy unless you have at least your City and Guilds in climate science and have recited a global-warming creed in front of Archbishop Roger Harrabin"
"One of the newspapers had somehow obtained a letter from Mrs O'Neill to Mr Johnson in which she attacked him for not “leading ... Silly old Royal Mail must have delivered it to the wrong address"
stewgreen
At first I thought it was some more scary Coronavirus stuff..... but the fate of used wind turbine blades is attracting some attention...
I witnessed blade patching in action at the Eemshaven Energy Park some months back - not a task for the faint hearted or those wary of heights.... I then turned the binoculars onto the other blades and a surprising number were patched or showing signs of erosion.
The worn blades still have considerable structural strength - one might expect that they be recycled into roof trusses or similar - but hey-ho .... out of sight is out of mind.
tomo
Feb 5, 2020 at 3:02 PM TinyCO2
She was the best candidate Corbyn could trust to be Shadow Home Secretary, based on her size, rather than her feminity or ethnicity. This is not bullying, because I think she weighs more than me.
golf charlie
TinyCO2
Abbott ? - somebody wake the dozy bint up then? - "resting her eyes" on the front bench last time I saw her.
tomo
Diane Abbott was on cracking Diane Abbott form - suggesting that an ex army guy couldn't possibly be bullied so the claims against Bercow couldn't be true.
TinyCO2
"Eco fuel is about £1 more, but it's much more efficient "
QTWWKTAIN
tomo
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2020/feb/05/john-bercow-peerage-scandal-black-rod-david-leakey
"Giving John Bercow a peerage would be a scandal that parliament would struggle to live down, according to the man accusing the former Speaker of bullying and explosive behaviour.
Lt Gen David Leakey, who served in the role of Black Rod for seven years, told the BBC that Bercow’s nomination for a peerage by the Labour leader, Jeremy Corbyn, was inappropriate because of his behaviour towards staff members.
Bercow vehemently denies he bullied Leakey, claiming the pair did not work closely together and questioning the timing of him making the allegations."
golf charlie
Monday Times : full page advert #RethinkHS2
from 11 greenblob ngos from XR to Nat Trust