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July 2008
Towering feat:
United Utilities woodland officer Trevor Greenhaigh celebrated his 50th birthday by cycling from Blackpool to Paris for charity, clocking two famous towers and using UU tap water to quench his thirst. C'est magnifique! ...more »
Some of my best friends are Norwegians...
Boris Johnson's latest gaffe, which has left the Norwegians unamused, has an intriguing utility slant ...more »
Nice one, m'lud
Top regulator Lord John Mogg has been busy in the Upper Chamber having his half- penny's worth in a number... ...more »
Eon faces a long, hot summer
It's all going a bit Pete Tong as the clock ticks in the run-up to this year's Camp for Climate... ...more »
Spot the difference, I dare you
Last week, another colleague of Disconnector was at an annual National Grid seminar looking at prospects for transporting Britain's energy.... ...more »
They protest too much
Should the coal producers and generators be quaking in their boots? Maybe. Last weekend, climate change activists established a camp... ...more »
The salt of the earth... literally
Bruised but unbowed, energy company Canatxx UK has returned to the fray and is due to submit a revised application... ...more »
Tomorrow belongs to me...
Earlier this month there was a set-piece debate in the House of Commons on energy security. There was an intriguing... ...more »
Young are heart
So farewell Baroness Young, until very recently chief executive of the Environment Agency. She is now shadow chairman of the... ...more »
Anyone home?
This week the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority (NDA) is due to reveal the name of the lucky consortium that will look... ...more »
Fame of a sort...
Earlier this year Disconnector noted that there were moves afoot to rename one of San Francisco's largest sewage works after... ...more »
Making a splash
The Queen and Prince Philip certainly made a splash when they performed the official opening of Scottish Water's flagship... ...more »
Loo lurv:
The mud-count was down at this year's Glastonbury Festival, but WaterAid, one of the three main charities supported by the... ...more »
Going, going... gone
The loss of Aquavitae from the Scottish competitive water market was whispered abroad among its potential customers as early as... ...more »
Who doesn't want to know?
So, what are we to make of a recent survey publicised by Friends of the Earth which found that -... ...more »
Green boys in blue
According to new research from the Energy Saving Trust, two-fifths of us think that our boys (and girls) in blue... ...more »
Quote...misquote
Not much shocks Disconnector, but the great man was, ahem, horrified to see how the country's satirists have twisted the... ...more »