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Australia: Banks and big business warn Direct Action will lift costs and deter projects
2014-02-24 09:16:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: Banks and big business are warning the government the short-term incentives offered by its Direct Action climate policy will deter many projects and drive up the amount the government will have to pay to buy emission reductions. The governments new emissions reduction fund (ERF) is supposed to start buying greenhouse abatement from July through competitive tenders that offer five-year grants to companies and organisations that reduce emissions. Guardian Australia understands some in the government...
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Scientists warn over chemicals in food packaging
2014-02-20 01:00:00| Packaging Gateway
In a paper published in the Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health, environmental scientists have warned that the use of synthetic chemicals in the processing, packaging and storing of food products may lead to long-term health damage for consu
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Water shortages could disrupt Britain's electricity supply, researchers warn
2014-02-16 19:58:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: Parts of Britain may be under water after the worst floods in half a century, but a team of top academics from Newcastle and Oxford University is warning that the country is at risk of water shortages that could shut down power stations and paralyse electricity supplies. "It is difficult to fathom we should start to think about water shortages in the middle of these storms but only two years ago areas of Britain were suffering from severe droughts," said Ed Byers, a researcher at Newcastle University's...
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Expect no let-up in severe weather, UK forecasters warn
2014-02-14 20:02:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: Violent storms will batter cliffs and promenades along the south coast this weekend, with tidal surges and gale-force winds set to cause more flooding for days to come. Forecasters warned there would be no let-up in the severe weather as defence chiefs committed 5,000 military personnel to the flood relief mission. More than 16,000 homes were left without power in north Wales as a result of the high winds, which uprooted trees and wreaked havoc on electricity networks. "The debris that flew...
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United Kingdom: Experts warn global warming is making for volatile weather picture
2014-02-14 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Telegraph: The tumultuous winter weather of the past few weeks could well become the "new normal" for us, a climate change expert has warned. Queen's University academic Dr John Barry said that the "abnormal, more extreme" weather events experienced this winter would become more frequent in the future. The cluster of storms that has battered Northern Ireland for weeks, along with the rest of the British Isles, has taken everyone by surprise. "We cannot conclusively say there is a 100% connection between...
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