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United Kingdom: MPs say cash-for-locals scheme would overcome shale gas fracking opposition
2013-04-26 07:01:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: Companies fracking for shale gas in the UK should be made to offer substantial financial incentives to people living near their sites, an influential committee of MPs has said. The energy and climate change committee said on Friday that measures such as cash payments or rebates on energy bills would be needed to overcome local opposition to shale gas drilling, which has been associated with water, ground and air pollution in the US, and which green groups say is incompatible with moving to a low-carbon...
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Tax avoidance still a problem - MPs
2013-04-26 01:21:26| BBC News | Business | UK Edition
MPs say the UK tax authorities should be doing more to deal with tax avoidance
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United Kingdom: Fracking firms should offer sweeteners to locals, say MPs
2013-04-26 01:16:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: Shale gas fracking companies should be made to offer incentives, such as cash payments or rebates on energy bills, to people living near their sites, according to an influential committee of MPs. But the demand for sweeteners to help overcome opposition to fracking came as one of the world's leading insurance groups warned that those drilling in shale areas, deep waters or the Arctic risked "company-killing" reputational and environmental damage. The energy and climate change committee says...
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US shale gas boom "unlikely" to be repeated in UK, warn MPs
2013-04-26 01:05:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
BusinessGreen: MPs will today highlight the role domestic shale gas could play in boosting tax revenue and enhancing energy security, but will also warn that its effect on energy prices remains far less certain. A report to be published today by the Energy and Climate Change Committee will warn a repeat of the dramatic fall in domestic gas prices seen in the US as a result of a shale gas boom is "unlikely" to be replicated in the UK due to "differences in geology, public attitudes, regulations and technological...
MPs call for sole pensions regulator
2013-04-25 12:28:03| BBC News | Business | UK Edition
One regulator should be responsible for regulating the workplace pensions sector as millions more people are signed up to schemes, MPs say.
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