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United Kingdom: 80,000 homes without power after 112mph winds on Wednesday
2014-02-13 12:06:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Blue and Green: Tens of thousands of homes are without power across England and Wales, after winds of up to 112mph battered the UK on Wednesday. The Met Office issued a rare red warning, with the hurricane-force gales causing severe travel disruption. Train services in many parts of the UK remain cancelled while some roads are closed. Debris and other objects picked up by the winds caused damage to power lines across the UK, with Wales bearing the brunt. About 80,000 properties are still without power,...
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Baker Ranch Homes Go on the Market
2014-02-10 16:14:27| Agriculture - Topix.net
The builders behind the 2,400-home Baker Ranch development in Lake Forest said as many as 10,000 home shoppers visited the six new neighborhoods, which debuted over the weekend.
United Kingdom: Floods threaten thousands of homes along the Thames
2014-02-10 09:30:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: Thousands of homes along the Thames have been told to prepare for significant flooding, as the number of severe flood warnings in the south of England rises to 16. Fourteen of the warnings relate to a lengthy stretch of the Thames through Berkshire and Surrey, and two remain in place in the Somerset Levels. The Environment Agency (EA) said the Thames warnings stretched "from Datchet to Shepperton Green, including Ham Court and Chertsey, as river levels in the area are extremely high and are...
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United Kingdom: Treasury urged to insulate homes with carbon tax revenues
2014-02-10 03:38:22| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
BusinessGreen: A coalition of businesses and NGOs has accused the Treasury of hypocrisy over its refusal to use proceeds from carbon taxes to insulate the UK's housing stock. A new report, authored by an ex-Treasury economist for campaign group Energy Bill Revolution, made up of nearly 200 UK charities, businesses, unions, consumer and health groups, highlights how the Treasury's decision to retain proceeds from emissions trading and the carbon floor price is something of an anomaly. Revenues from other policies...
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Australian wildfires destroy at least 20 homes
2014-02-09 20:45:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Agence France-Presse: More than 30 homes have been razed in the worst fire conditions Australia has seen since a 2009 inferno killed 173 people, with flames threatening the country's second-largest city, officials said Monday. Hot, dry winds and soaring temperatures fanned scores of major blazes across the southeast on Sunday, with Victoria state sweltering through its worst fire risk weather in five years. "They were ferocious fires, they ran hard, they hit homes," said fire commissioner Craig Lapsley. The emergency...
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