Perversely good news: the scheme to provide grants for renewable energy for homes in the UK has run out of money. Perhaps in part due to a Green Party drive to get a high take-up rate. But it looks like the government is going to be forced into providing more money.
There is meanwhile a quite decent sounding EU drive to cut energy use by 20 per cent by forcing producers to make power-using items more efficient. Sadly, however, it seems, it has hit a hitch. I can’t find a news story on it, but the word I have is that it is meeting strong resistance and will be delayed. Anyone know more?
“In the good news but…” category, milk that tests positive for antibiotics (and detergents!) is going to be banned from the food chain. But … shouldn’t it always have been?
Finally in America … cars could be banned from Rodeo Drive, “the four-block mecca of luxury shopping in Beverly Hills”.
Meanwhile in California, a Bioneers conference in California – perhaps a bit on the alternative side for my taste, but some interesting ideas.
About