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United Kingdom: HS2 may increase risk homes being flooded, senior Conservatives fear

2014-02-23 16:58:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Guardian: Senior Conservatives have raised concerns that HS2 will increase the risk of homes being flooded, as the high-speed train line passes through areas affected by the recent extreme weather, runs over miles of high-risk floodplains and will require the diversion of seven rivers. The Liberal Democrat flooding minister, Dan Rogerson, has admitted the scale of the flood risk associated with HS2 has not been fully assessed for the first phase of the route from London to Birmingham. The HS2 route crosses...

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Osborne thinks big on HS2 plans

2014-02-21 23:14:01| BBC News | Business | UK Edition

Chancellor George Osborne advises the UK to go for a "really big" re-development of the HS2 rail terminus in London.

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HS2 Proposal 'Fails to Consider' Question of Business Sustainability

2014-02-03 01:00:00| ThePigSite - Industry News

UK - Consultation on Phase Two of the HS2 high-speed rail project has failed to consider the fundamental question of whether farming businesses will be sustainable through the disruption and uncertainty caused by its construction, the NFU has said.

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HS2 report blocked by government

2014-01-30 19:20:14| BBC News | Business | UK Edition

Anti-HS2 campaigners suffer a setback after ministers block a report into the controversial high-speed rail scheme.

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Minister defends 'big' HS2 salaries

2014-01-26 18:39:28| BBC News | Business | UK Edition

The government defends the salaries of the chief executive and chairman of HS2, suggesting "the best engineers in the world" would deliver the high-speed rail project.

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