“Healey draws up ‘green tax’ on petrol” – John Healey has drawn up plans to announce a “green tax” on imported fuel in next week’s Budget, prompting fears that petrol prices could rise again, reveals the Telegraph.
“Brits split on climate change but many agree on one thing” – As far as the electorate is concerned, climate change is not a scientific controversy but a political one, writes Lord Ashcroft in the Mail.
“E-bike chaos takes over London’s streets” – Swarms of e-bikes are invading parking spaces reserved for cars, leaving drivers across London struggling to park outside their own homes, according to the Telegraph.
“You can’t build there, newts need a view of Saturn” – I’d like to create some jobs, please, but first I need permission from Brian Cox and the local amphibians, says Jeremy Clarkson in the Sunday Times.
“Scroby Sands is running aground” – On his Eigen Values Substack, David Turver notes that the decommissioning cost for one offshore wind turbine at Scroby Sands is six times the forecast rate for the remaining 29 turbines.
From the Climate Skeptic today:
“The North Sea green paradox” – Green blobbers want us to stop drilling because the North Sea is running dry – so why the panic about oil and gas extraction? The answer is that it’s as much about politics and punitive taxes as geology, says Ben Pile.