1.0Climate Change Dispatchhttps://climatechangedispatch.comThomas Richardhttps://climatechangedispatch.com/author/ccdeditor/rich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="g88CltOCKA"><a href="https://climatechangedispatch.com/madness-on-stilts/">Madness On Stilts</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://climatechangedispatch.com/madness-on-stilts/embed/#?secret=g88CltOCKA" width="600" height="338" title="“Madness On Stilts” — Climate Change Dispatch" data-secret="g88CltOCKA" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script type="text/javascript"> /* <![CDATA[ */ /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); /* ]]> */ </script> Britain is set to grant hundreds of millions of pounds in subsidies to highly polluting diesel generators as a way to help solve the energy supply crunch facing the country over the next 15 years. If all of those registered are successful in their bids — which analysts believe is likely — it could cost the taxpayer ¬£436m, provide enough energy to power more than 1m homes and emit several million tonnes of CO2 a year. The subsidies on offer are so appealing that even solar-power developers are building diesel generation on their sites as a way of maximising their returns. --Kiran Stacey, Financial Times, 4 November 2015 A second act in Volkswagen's massive emissions scandal just began. Late on Tuesday night VW Group announced that the company had identified "irregularities in CO2 levels" which had emerged as part of internal investigations. As many as 800,000 vehicles could be affected across the entire group, according to the release. Shares are getting crushed in early European trading, down by as much as 10%, pushing the price below ‚Ǩ100. --Mike Bird, Business Insider UK, 4 November 2015https://climatechangedispatch.com/wp-content/uploads/images_pics8_bc675318551d7ef97a7eb2a818f978e5885af750-1443189955-560554c3-620x348.jpg