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New Britain warns of phone scam targeting Latinos
2013-11-30 08:46:46| Energy - Topix.net
Police said Friday it's received numerous complaints in the last month about a scam by callers speaking Spanish and identifying themselves as representatives of Connecticut Light & Power .
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Britain to join US in ending coal power support abroad
2013-11-22 10:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Agence France-Presse: Britain said Wednesday it would join the United States in a charge to curb financial aid for building coal-fired power plants abroad. The announcement was made at UN climate talks in Warsaw where the fossil fuel -- the biggest single contributor to global warming -- has been at the centre of a storm. "The UK will join the United States in agreeing to end support for public financing of new coal-fired power plants overseas, except in rare circumstances," Ed Davey, Britain's energy secretary,...
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Halving EU emissions by 2030 is affordable, says Britain
2013-11-22 10:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: Cutting the European Union's greenhouse gas emissions by 50 percent from 1990 levels by 2030 would reduce economic growth by a fraction of a percent, Britain's minister for energy and climate change said on Thursday. The European Commission, the EU's executive, is expected to unveil proposed 2030 green energy goals around the year end, and Britain wants the bloc to take on an ambitious target to help limit global temperature rises to below 2 degrees Celsius. "Meeting a 50 percent target is...
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Britain to summon Spanish ambassador over research vessel intrusion in Gibraltars territorial waters
2013-11-20 01:00:00| Ship Technology
The UK Government is to summon the Spanish ambassador after a Spanish vessel, RV Ramon Margalef, performed surveying activity in British Gibraltar's territorial waters on 18-19 November 2013 for over 20 hours.
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U.S., Britain sending warships to help Philippine relief efforts
2013-11-12 02:13:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: A U.S. aircraft carrier set sail for the Philippines on Tuesday to accelerate relief efforts after a typhoon killed an estimated 10,000 people in one coastal city alone, with fears the toll could rise sharply as rescuers reach more isolated towns. The nuclear-powered USS George Washington, carrying about 5,000 sailors and more than 80 aircraft, was joined by four other U.S. Navy ships and should arrive in two to three days, the Pentagon said, confirming a Reuters report. "The weather is pretty...
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