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January 2010

Locked in to the decision-making process

29 January 2010

Here's an interesting conundrum. Guess which politician said the following last week? "If the President of Europe can be chosen... ...more »

Tags: electricity, metering, politics

Bug alert:

28 January 2010

One of the last UK colonies of rare tansy beetles (above) has been saved after Yorkshire Water engineers working on... ...more »

Tags: water, wildlife, Yorkshire Water

Talk is not always so cheap...

28 January 2010

The great man is reassured to learn that the taxpayer got value for money when the government sold its stake... ...more »

Tags: British Energy, EDF, nuclear, politics

Climate protest:

27 January 2010

Snowmen congregate to complain about misleading reports claiming Himalayan glaciers are to disappear? All right, this was the best picture... ...more »

Tags: pan-utility

Nuclear power is for the birds

27 January 2010

This week's heart-warming story must be the tale of the power station staff who came to the aid of a... ...more »

Tags: nuclear

Well, blow me:

22 January 2010

This intelligence may have come too late for some, but Disconnector feels duty bound to share the news that Veolia... ...more »

Tags: Veolia, water

Hey, get that beaver outta here

22 January 2010

Martin Salter, the Labour backbencher who is the party's spokesman on angling, has got a tad het up by plans... ...more »

Tags: politics, water

Questions in the house... er, about the house...

22 January 2010

The Energy Bill has been scrutinised by a committee of MPs in the Commons. The process has not been a... ...more »

Tags: energy efficiency, politics

Always stick to the plan...

22 January 2010

Red faces are in order at Northern Ireland Water after a pumping station it built in Portadown was declared to... ...more »

Tags: Northern Ireland, Northern Ireland Water, water

Happy Nude Year:

15 January 2010

inevitably the cheeky chappies have gone where the girls did. A dozen Northumbrian Water workers have bared all for a... ...more »

Tags: charity, water

The boy done well

15 January 2010

A paper boy from Scarborough has been hailed a hero by gas bosses after his quick thinking helped rescue a... ...more »

Tags: British Gas, gas

Hold the front page

15 January 2010

A few eyebrows were raised last week when the Crown Estate announced the location of its press conference about the... ...more »

Tags: electricity generation, politics, renewables, wind

Bog standard improvement

15 January 2010

Disconnector was much taken by a headline on a recent press release nestling in a colleague's in-tray. It said: "Eden... ...more »

Tags: water