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Britain braces for floods, 'exceptional weather'
2014-01-03 10:59:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
USA Today: Areas of Britain on Friday were bracing for severe flooding and what Environment Secretary Owen Paterson called "exceptional weather" that may last through the weekend. The Environment Agency issued nearly two dozen severe flood warnings as strong winds and heavy rain combined with higher than normal tides to present what the government agency says is a "danger to life" in parts of the southwest and Wales. Hundreds of lower-level warnings are also in place across the United Kingdom, with the...
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Britain hit by floods, power cuts at Christmas
2013-12-25 11:08:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: Thousands of Britons woke up to flooding and power cuts on Christmas morning after torrential rainfall and hurricane-force winds battered the country. Three severe flood warnings are in place along with over 350 secondary warnings and alerts, largely across southern and central England, Britain's environment agency said on Wednesday. Tens of thousands of people, mostly in southern England, had no electricity late on Christmas Eve and engineers were working on Christmas Day to restore power....
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Fracking Could Be Allowed under Homes in Britain w/out Owners' Knowledge
2013-12-19 06:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: Fracking could take place under thousands of homes without their owners' knowledge after ministers said companies would no longer have to notify people directly about potential gas drilling in their areas. Nick Boles, the planning minister, said the law would be changed to allow gas companies to put in fracking applications without sending out letters to tell people about possible drilling beneath their properties. Instead, companies will be required to publish a notice in a local newspaper and...
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Birds that were once a common sight in Britain take flight, never to return
2013-12-09 01:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Independent: The sharp decline in some of Britains most common bird species is resulting for the first time in their disappearance from some parts of the United Kingdom, conservationists warn today. An annual stocktake of bird populations by a coalition of nature groups shows that many of the countrys 107 most familiar species, such as the starling and grey partridge, are suffering plummeting population changes compared with the 1990s. But as well as losing numbers across the board, The State of the...
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Britain to change subsidies to boost offshore wind power
2013-12-04 00:54:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: Britain boosted support for offshore wind farms on Wednesday to attract multi-billion pound investments and maintain its lead as the world's biggest offshore wind market, while it cut subsidies for wind parks built on land. The move comes just one week after Germany's RWE npower scrapped plans for a huge UK offshore wind project. The company said the new subsidy would not change its decision, because it was still seeking improvements in the technology. Under the new provision, the government...
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