“Britain risks running out of gas by end of winter” – A new report warns that harsh winter weather could deplete Britain’s gas reserves entirely, amid mounting pressure over the Jackdaw North Sea field, reveals the Telegraph.
“Britain must stockpile its own oil to avoid a new energy crisis” – The closures of the Lindsey and Grangemouth refineries now looks dangerously shortsighted as calls grow for Britain to build up its own strategic oil stockpile, notes the Telegraph.
“NESO agreed to spend £400,000 of public money on PR after near-blackout” – The National Energy System Operator paid a PR company hundreds of thousands of pounds following whistleblower allegations about its handling of grid stability during a heatwave, reports the Times.
“Early winter ENM rings alarm bells” – NESO’s highly unusual eight-hour Energy Margin Notice issued on October 6th – which deteriorated before improving and featured large forecast errors – raises serious questions about grid resilience, writes Kathryn Porter in Watt-Logic.
“Super El Niño could trigger power cuts that leave millions offline” – Experts warn that an ‘unprecedented’ El Niño event could unleash severe storms and power cuts, leaving millions of Britons offline this winter, says the Mail.
“Trump ‘strikes deal with Putin’ to release 4.8 million tonnes of diesel” – With diesel prices surging worldwide after the outbreak of war in Iran and midterm elections looming, Donald Trump is reported to have reached a deal with Vladimir Putin to release 4.8 million tonnes of diesel onto global markets, according to the Times.
“Father ‘got e-bike battery repaired before fire that killed family’” – A father allegedly had an e-bike battery repaired shortly before a blaze tore through the family home in Cambridge on June 30th 2023, killing his partner Gemma Germeney and their two young children Lilly Peden, eight, and Oliver Peden, four, reveals the Mail.
“I’m joining the fight to save Britain’s moorland from wind turbines” – In the Telegraph, Ian Botham warns that 23 turbines, each 200 metres high, are planned for the hills around Barningham Moor near Barnard Castle, and declares he is lending his name to the campaign against them.
“Four in 10 farmers prepare to quit as Labour hammers countryside” – With 77% of food producers calling Government policy a disaster for British farming, four in 10 farmers are now considering quitting the industry altogether, reports the Telegraph.
“Chris Packham’s war on farmed salmon is a problem” – Chris Packham’s bug-eyed crusade against salmon farming is coming under scrutiny, notes the Telegraph.
“The Tories are right: the Environment Agency must go” – The pendulum has swung too far towards conservation and too far away from protecting homes and property, writes Ross Clark in the Spectator.
From the Climate Skeptic today:
“The Climate Skeptic Podcast | Episode 65” – On this week’s episode, Laurie Wastell chats to journalist and Climate Skeptic regular Ben Pile about Andy Burnham’s ‘Great British Grid’ plan, why it’s all vibes and no substance and why our energy bills just keep going up under Labour.