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Brexit hot air causes climate problems
2016-06-29 11:45:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Climate News Network: The shock waves felt round the world at the UKs decision in a referendum to leave the European Union will have unexpected consequences for some major projects linked to climate change. Plans for four giant nuclear reactors to be built in England by the French are almost certain to be scrapped because opposition among trade unions in France has hardened since last weeks vote. A second major project - a third runway at Heathrow, Londons busiest airport - was due to be given the go-ahead on...
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Amber Rudd: UK will be a climate leader post Brexit
2016-06-29 11:18:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Climate Home: "The UK will not step back from international leadership... climate change has not been downgraded as a threat." Addressing clean energy investors in London on Wednesday, Britains climate and energy chief Amber Rudd struck a bullish tone post last weeks vote to leave the European Union. It was not a result she had wanted, but the decision to leave the worlds largest single market would not affect the governments commitment to tackling global warming, she stressed. Rudd confirmed the...
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UK govt says committed to fighting climate change despite Brexit
2016-06-29 05:32:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: Britain's government remains committed to fighting climate change despite last week's vote to leave the European Union, the country's energy and climate minister said on Wednesday. "While I think the UK's role in dealing with a warming planet may have been made harder by the decision last Thursday, our commitment to dealing with it has not gone away," Amber Rudd told a Business and Climate Summit in London. "Climate change has not been downgraded as a threat. It remains one of the most serious...
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Committed to fighting climate change in face of Brexit - Amber Rudd
2016-06-29 04:33:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: Britain's government remains committed to fighting climate change despite last week's vote to leave the European Union, the country's energy and climate minister said on Wednesday. "We made a clear commitment to climate change in our manifesto and that will continue," Amber Rudd said, speaking at the Business and Climate Summit in London. "Climate change has not been downgraded as a threat. It remains one of the most serious long term risks to our economic and national security," she said....
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Brexit could halt climate change deal
2016-06-29 03:36:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Irish Independent: IN BREXIT fallout news, EU governments might not see the publication of the Commission's climate change proposals by July 20, as expected. The Commission intends to table proposals as a follow-up to the international climate agreement in Paris in January, which requires a 30pc reduction in greenhouse gas emissions by 2030 in sectors not covered by the emissions trading scheme such as agriculture, as part of an overall aim to reduce total emissions by 40pc by 2030. Climate chief Miguel Arias...
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