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After Paris, UKs latest carbon budget just isnt ambitious enough

2016-07-04 07:26:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

The Conversation: A major new climate policy was announced by the UK government on June 30, almost unnoticed in the Brexit aftermath. The medias focus on Westminster backstabbing meant the countrys latest carbon budget, widely heralded as unambiguously good news for the environment, hasnt had the scrutiny it deserves. The Fifth Carbon Budget effectively commits the UK to reducing emissions by 57% from 1990 levels by sometime between 2028 and 2032. These budgets serve as five-year stepping stones towards...

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UK's Great Western Railway introduces new Hitachi Class 800 train

2016-07-04 01:00:00| Railway Technology

British train operating company Great Western Railway (GWR) has launched the first of a fleet of new Hitachi class 800 trains that aims to transform rail travel in the south-west of the UK and the British country of Wales.

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Brexit likely to have indirect impact on UKs clean energy market

2016-06-28 22:18:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Renew Economy: News on renewables in the past week has been overshadowed by Brexit and Teslas deal with SolarCity. In the case of Brexit, BNEF analysts wrote that the UKs decision to leave the European Union may appear to have few direct implications for clean energy or the power market, but it is likely to have important indirect effects via changes to the country`s political leadership and via the expected setback for the UK economy. See the full Analyst Reaction here. Meanwhile, also stirring some...

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Leave vote makes UK's transition to clean energy harder, say experts

2016-06-28 08:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Guardian: The UKs challenge to build a clean, secure and affordable energy system has become significantly harder amid the political and economic turmoil following the nations vote to leave the European Union. Higher customer bills and delayed or cancelled projects are expected by experts, the most pessimistic of whom warn of the lights going out. The optimists argue that the global rush towards clean energy and strong domestic UK climate change targets can keep the transition to clean, green energy moving...

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