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UK should do more to speed shale gas development- lawmakers

2013-04-25 18:01:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Reuters: British lawmakers criticised the government on Friday for unnecessarily delaying development of shale gas, saying it should now encourage companies to come up with more accurate estimates of recoverable reserves. The lack of progress over the past two years in exploration and development of UK shale gas is disappointing and needs to speed up, members of the influential cross-party Energy and Climate Change Committee in parliament said in a report. Britain and some other countries have considered...

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GOP Lawmakers Raise Concerns about Labor Secretary Nominee Tom Perez

2013-04-24 19:31:14| ENR.com: Headline News

But Democrats defend his record.

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Nebraska lawmakers advance climate change study

2013-04-23 23:43:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Associated Press: Nebraska lawmakers gave first round approval Tuesday to a measure that would launch a state review of climate change. Lawmakers voted 35-0 to advance the proposal by Sen. Ken Haar of Malcolm after a handful of lawmakers denounced global warming. The bill still must pass through two more rounds of debate. Several scientific reviews have confirmed that 97 percent of scientists agree human activities contribute to climate change. Scientists overwhelmingly say that global climate change is happening...

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