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BBC backs down on climate change
2013-02-11 13:16:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Daily Mail: Broadcaster removed assertions that 'some parts of the continent have become 3.5C hotter in the past 20 years' in repeat shown last night Figures show that since 1850 global temperatures have risen by 0.76C, causing widespread concern among viewers. Claim ignited major row on Twitter - but BBC initially stood by the figure The BBC has been forced into an embarrassing climbdown over climate change claims made in Sir David Attenborough's groundbreaking Africa series. In the last episode...
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BBC backs down on David Attenborough's climate change statistics
2013-02-11 09:35:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Telegraph: The comment, first broadcast in the final episode of the Africa series last Wednesday, was removed from Sunday night's repeat of the show. The six-week wildlife series showed stunning footage of life on the continent. In the last episode looking towards the future Sir David discussed the challenges facing the region. Sir David, 86, speaking over footage of Mount Kilimanjaro, made the assertion that "some parts of the continent have become 3.5C hotter in the past 20 years". Given that since 1850...
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VIDEO: Osborne backs bank break-up powers
2013-02-04 14:26:18| BBC News | Business | UK Edition
The UK's big banks will be broken up if they fail to follow new rules to ring-fence risky investment operations from High Street outlets, Chancellor George Osborne has announced.
Osborne backs bank break-up powers
2013-02-04 01:00:04| BBC News | Business | UK Edition
Banks will be broken-up if they fail to follow new rules to ring-fence risky investment operations from High Street operations, the Chancellor is set to announce.
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U.S. backs off goal of one million electric cars by 2015
2013-01-31 21:56:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: The U.S. Department of Energy on Thursday eased off President Barack Obama's stated goal of putting 1 million electric cars on the road by 2015, and laid out what experts called a more realistic strategy of promoting advanced-drive vehicles and lowering their cost over the next nine years. Since Obama announced the goal in his 2011 State of the Union speech, auto analysts and executives have doubted American consumers would buy a million electric vehicles by 2015. "Whether we meet that goal...
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