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Ecology and Environment, Inc.
2014-02-18 22:43:35| PortlandOnline
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UK floods: in defence of the Environment Agency
2014-02-18 11:16:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: The flooding crisis has shone a spotlight on much that the government would prefer to remain hidden not least the coalition's quiet slashing of the Environment Agency budget. Despite advice in the wake of the 2007 floods to increase expenditure on flood defences, the government relied on its traditional mistrust of the public sector and the experts within it, and used the blunt instrument of cash limits. Prime minister David Cameron said money would be "no object" to dealing with the immediate...
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Green loans help Kenya's small farmers and protect the environment
2014-02-17 08:16:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: Borrowing money did not come naturally to James Gachacha Chira. The 56-year-old, who farms a smallholding in the shadow of Kenya's Aberdare mountains, has a conservative streak that many farmers would recognise. Tales of bankrupted smallholders who lost their land to bad loans are common here, as are woeful stories of farmers swindled by corrupt co-operatives. "I was afraid of borrowing money as I heard that farms are repossessed when you can't pay," the father of six admits. "So I never used...
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Thames flood: army and Environment Agency's response leaves locals divided
2014-02-15 23:16:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: Neil Lemon stood at the end of his back garden and shrugged his shoulders. "Nervous? No, not really. Well not with that there," he said, nodding at the glistening steel barricade that had materialised on a nearby patch of grassland bordering the Thames. Through the night and during Saturday morning, soldiers from the Gurkhas and the 2nd Royal Tank Regiment had erected the barrier in a race to save Penton Avenue, in the Surrey town of Staines. This is the frontline in the battle with the swollen...
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United Kingdom: Floods could remain until March, Environment Agency warns
2014-02-15 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Telegraph: Flooding will continue into March in some parts of Britain, the Environment Agency has warned, as the country braces itself for yet another Atlantic storm on Saturday. With two inches of rain expected in the South West, it may be another week before the knock-on effects are felt downstream in major rivers, while overflowing groundwater levels will mean the water may not drain away until the spring. Up to 3,000 homes could flood in the Thames Valley this weekend, with 24 "danger to life' severe...
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