11 h. ago White House moves to keep costly, dirty, unneeded Michigan coal plants open

One plant produces more arsenic pollution than any other in US, and the other has been slated for closure since 2021The Trump administration is moving to keep open two Michigan coal plants that emit about 45% of the state’s greenhouse gas pollution, which opponents say is an indication of how the US president plans to wield his controversial national energy emergency executive order.Already, the US Department of Energy (DoE) has ordered the JH Campbell coal plant on Lake Michigan to remain open beyond its 31 May closure date, while the administration is expected to prolong the life of the Monroe power plant on Lake Erie, currently scheduled to begin closing in 2028. Continue reading...

Economics

13 h. ago Perth and Kinross Council decides not to object to 100MW energy plant

The application will be determined by the Scottish Government’s Energy Consents Unit due to its size

Politics

15 h. ago Perth and Kinross Council set to give financial support after Perth fatal fire

The move was unanimously agreed by councillors this week

Events

15 h. ago Perth and Kinross Council's SNP administration accused of "cutting short democracy"

Perth and Kinross councillors voted to skip having a debate on leisure proposals which included PH2O and the future of Bell's Sports Centre

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4 d. ago Blairgowrie residents' anger after 137 trees felled by developer

Perth and Kinross Council has said it is monitoring the situation and will take appropriate action if there has been "unauthorised felling"

Politics

4 d. ago Provost's posh car replacement has saved Perth and Kinross Council almost £14,000 a year

Provost Xander McDade was keen to have a "more practical and environmentally friendly" vehicle anyone could use

Economics

4 d. ago Plans for Perthshire solar farm the size of 140 football pitches refused

Perth and Kinross Council felt the "excessive" scale had not been fully justified for such a "significant" loss of prime agricultural land

Politics

4 d. ago Perth and Kinross Council issues warning after scam spotted in Perth car park

The local authority has reminded car park users RingGo never uses QR codes for parking payments

Events

1 week ago What’s behind Keir Starmer’s decision to back nuclear power?

Does the UK need nuclear to keep the lights on? What has big tech got to do with it? And do the costs stack up?Keir Starmer has committed the UK to its first significant stake in a new nuclear power plant since the 1980s.The decision to invest almost £18bn of taxpayer money into the Sizewell C nuclear power plant in Suffolk was welcomed by Ed Miliband, the energy secretary, as the beginning of a “golden age” of nuclear investment that would be critical to the government’s net zero goals. Continue reading...

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1 week ago 'One rule for them and another for us': Ed Miliband is blasted by Brits who are being forced to object to energy plant plans near their homes AGAIN

Householders in Walsall, West Midlands say it is 'one rule for them and another for us' as a potentially explosive energy system is set to come to green belt near them.

Economics

2 w. ago Perth and Kinross Council will consider cumulative impact of multiple battery energy storage systems

The local authority has received a number of planning applications for electricity generating stations

Science

2 w. ago Electricity firm wants to build battery energy storage plant on green belt site

If approved, 13 battery containers, each more than three metres in height would be installed on land currently used for livestock grazing

Science

2 w. ago Prolonged efforts to close Perth port compared to getting man on the moon

Perth and Kinross Council voted to stop operating Perth Harbour as a commercial port in February 2023 but it remains open

Politics

3 w. ago Carse of Gowrie path would be a lasting legacy of Errol local hero

Perth and Kinross Council has submitted a substantial bid to the Scottish Government to make Roger Humphry's vision a reality

Politics

3 w. ago Perth and Kinross Council actively monitoring gypsy traveller camp at Perth park

Council officers have been visiting Perth's Western Edge Park on a daily basis since Tuesday and say legal action will be taken if the group fails to move on this Saturday

Politics

3 w. ago A coal plant was set to close in Michigan to transition to cleaner energy. Trump just ordered it to stay open

Decision was made after the Department of Energy warned of a heightened risk of blackouts during the summer

Politics

3 w. ago Trump administration orders Michigan coal plant to stay open

The U.S. Energy Department has ordered a Michigan coal-fired power plant to remain open, at least until late August

Politics

3 w. ago Mountain marvel: how one of biggest batteries in Europe uses thousands of gallons of water to stop blackouts

‘Much-loved’ Dinorwig hydroelectric energy storage site in Wales has a vital role to play in keeping the lights onSeconds after a catastrophic series of power outages struck across the UK in the summer of 2019, a phone rang in the control room of the Dinorwig hydropower plant in north Wales. It was Britain’s energy system operator requesting an immediate deluge of electricity to help prevent a wide-scale blackout crippling Britain’s power grids.The response was swift, and in the end just under million people were left without power for less than 45 minutes. While trains were stuck on lines for hours and hospitals had to revert to backup generators, that phone call prevented Britain’s worst blackout in a decade from being far more severe. Continue reading...

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