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Will Britain Revive Its 'Snooper's Charter'?

2013-05-29 15:12:00| TechWeb

Critics claim brutal slaying of soldier on London street could have been prevented by recently vetoed communications monitoring law.

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Britain calls for EU target to halve emissions by 2030

2013-05-26 01:17:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Independent: Britain has challenged Europe to sign up to an ambitious target of cutting carbon emissions by 50 per cent by 2030. Ed Davey, the Climate Change Secretary, called on fellow EU governments to sign up to the target as part of a global climate agreement in 2015. The proposal marks a shift in the UK's position after internal coalition wrangling over climate change. The British government wants the EU to agree to 40 per cent reduction of carbon emissions from 1990 levels, with an "ambition" for...

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Britain resists EU bid to set new target on renewable energy

2013-05-25 22:16:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Guardian: The government will oppose attempts to set a new renewable energy target within the EU, in a move that could put at risk tens of billions of pounds of green investment and tens of thousands of new jobs. But in a sop to environment campaigners, ministers will agree to tough greenhouse gas emissions targets by 2030. The question of a renewable energy target for 2030 to take over from the current goal, of generating 20% of energy in the EU from renewable sources by 2020 has been a vexed issue...

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After the flood: From Haiti to Britain

2013-05-25 01:17:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Independent: How do you produce art about climate change? Everyone from writers to painters to film-makers itch to grapple with this question but often struggle, getting bogged down in the complicated science, or the worthiness of the subject. It's the same for photographers: "There's a real problem with the image of climate change; it's either evidence 'the water was up to here, and now it's there' or it's cute polar bears," says Gideon Mendel. He has, however, been absorbed with an ongoing photographic...

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