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Britain calls crisis meeting floods hit northern England, one killed

2015-12-06 14:18:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Reuters: Britain's emergency response committee met on Sunday after prolonged heavy rain caused widespread flooding in northwest England and forced emergency services to evacuate residents from their homes. The meeting was called after storms battered the country overnight, killing one man and leaving hundreds of homes flooded and without power. Police declared a major incident and coastguards were called in to rescue stranded residents. Environment Secretary Elizabeth Truss said the government committee...

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Though climate change is a crisis, the population threat is even worse

2015-12-04 07:30:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Guardian: The perennial cry: we need to talk about climate change. And this week, with world leaders in Paris, we have been. But only up to a point. For the likely impact of the rising global population is almost entirely absent, not only from the debate about climate change, but also from that about loss of biological diversity, food and water security, disease, pollution and energy. Lets just remind ourselves of the population statistics of the past half century. In just over half my lifetime, the worlds...

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VW labour boss says fresh emissions crisis has hit new car orders

2015-11-27 15:36:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Reuters: Volkswagen is facing slowing orders for new cars, with consumers shunning the carmaker after it admitted to understating fuel usage and carbon dioxide emissions, VWs top labour representative said. There is caution in buying, the German companys works council chief Bernd Osterloh told reporters. The CO2 issue has triggered a greater crisis of confidence [in VW products] than the nitrogen [emissions] issue. VW said earlier this month it had manipulated the level of CO2 emissions in about...

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EU Farmers to Get Money Back as Crisis Fund Not Spent

2015-11-24 01:00:00| ThePigSite - Industry News

EU - European farmers will be reimbursed €410 million, which was deducted from farmers' CAP Direct Payments for the 2015 budget year.

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Prince Charles: Climate change failure is a factor behind Syrian crisis

2015-11-22 23:03:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Telegraph: Prince Charles has suggested the cause of conflict in Syria is climate change, in a wide-ranging interview. Drought and competition for increasingly scarce resources caused by manmade activities also played a role in the refugee crisis which has seen thousands of people leave the Middle East and cross Europe in recent months, the Prince of Wales said. The remarks were made in an interview with Sky News recorded before the latest wave of terror attacks in Paris, which will be broadcast on Monday....

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