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February 2008
There's nowt like poetry, lad...
These days Yorkshire Water staff have iambic pentameters and the click of a camera shutter on their minds as much... ...more »
Body heat with a difference
Good to see that our recycled energy minister has been honest enough to admit that the government which he serves... ...more »
Don't you know who I am?
The following has a smattering of Sod’s Law about it and more than a dollop of poetic justice. Kevin Roxburgh... ...more »
Quote, Unquote
Certain phrases have a habit of coming back to haunt you. Ofgem boss Alistair Buchanan may yet rue the day... ...more »
British Gas mentions the "P" word
Poor old British Gas received yet another - and entirely predictable - kicking in the mass media today after making... ...more »
Any old iron?
Now here’s a tale of our times. St Modwen, the property developer that specialises in regenerating so-called brown field sites... ...more »
Micky Mouse woz ere
Those upstream offshore energy operators and would-be producers can be wags. Or at least some of them.... ...more »
Is anybody there?
And now another mystery. Workers at Southern Water’s Eastbourne wastewater treatment plant on Prince William Parade have reported “hushed voices... ...more »
Tunnel vision
Much excitement over on the eastern side of the capital where a business consortium called Metrotidal apparently plans to build... ...more »
Having a ball
Congratulations are in order to Thames Water for laying on a magnificent fund-raising event last Friday in support of WaterAid.... ...more »
Dog bites Thames
Thames Water has had its fair share of opprobrium heaped on its head over leakage from its mains, but last... ...more »
Gazprom rocks!
A slap on the wrist is due for the team of all the talents that masterminds Disconnector each week. Last... ...more »
Psst... wanna buy a power cable?
Now here’s a chilling mystery. Central Networks has highlighted the case of a would-be cable thief who seems to have... ...more »
Who said talk was cheap?
Just for the record, a series of parliamentary questions has revealed some interesting facts about government publications over the past... ...more »
Every cloud has a civil lining
Utilities must get tired of hearing about skills shortages, rising costs and over-heating of the London economy driving up the... ...more »
Copper load of this
It is hard to believe the risks thieves will take to steal copper electricity cable - even it is carrying... ...more »
You can't please all of the people all of the time
It’s tough being green. Consider Drax, Europe’s largest coal-fired power station. Its management wants to co-fire more biomass. But the... ...more »
For whom the bell rings
There is no doubt that the sound of the ubiquitous mobile phone at inappropriate moments (which is most of the... ...more »
A glass of water? That'll be a fiver
Now here’s a sign of the (madness of our) times. Top London eatery Claridge’s has a water list that stretches... ...more »