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Green Deal gathers pace after 7,400 assessments lodged in second month
2013-04-11 11:47:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
BusinessGreen: The number of people seeking to take advantage of the government's flagship Green Deal energy efficiency scheme rose dramatically last month, with 7,465 energy efficiency assessments completed during March. According to the latest monthly Green Deal figures, there was a 332 per cent increase in the number of assessments conducted by providers in March, compared with February. Just over 1,700 assessments were lodged in February, the first full month of operation for the scheme, compared with...
EU urged to remove 'chilling effect' hanging over green legal action
2013-04-11 01:07:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
BusinessGreen: A crucial test case that could put an end to a "chilling effect" that limits the ability of individuals and green groups to launch legal challenges against the UK government over its environmental policies will deliver a ruling today in Luxembourg. The European Court of Justice is today expected to publish its analysis of a case in which one Rugby resident was left facing more than 90,000 in legal fees, after she unsuccessfully challenged the UK government's decision to allow a local cement works...
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United Kingdom: Thatchers green legacy
2013-04-11 01:05:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
BusinessGreen: Yesterday, the Conservative MEP and self-styled right wing firebrand Daniel Hannan asked a thought-provoking question. The question, voiced on Twitter, was directed at "all the Lefties complaining that Margaret Thatcher closed coal-mines", and asked whether they were "after all, in favour of burning coal?" The answer for most "lefties" and greens (regardless of what Hannan thinks, the two constituencies are not synonymous) is, of course, "no, we are not in favour of burning coal, at least not...
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Air pollution scourge underestimated, green energy can help: U.N.
2013-04-10 09:59:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: Air pollution is an underestimated scourge that kills far more people than AIDS and malaria and a shift to cleaner energy could easily halve the toll by 2030, U.N. officials said on Tuesday. Investments in solar, wind or hydropower would benefit both human health and a drive by almost 200 nations to slow climate change, blamed mainly on a build-up of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere from use of fossil fuels, they said. "Air pollution is causing more deaths than HIV or malaria combined," Kandeh...
Green Street Facts
2013-04-10 01:54:29| PortlandOnline
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