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United Kingdom: George Monbiot addresses Dame Helen Ghosh
2013-10-24 16:44:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: "It's not for me to judge the relative merits of fracking versus wind turbines." So said Dame Helen Ghosh, the National Trust's new director general. To this there are two obvious responses. The first is: yes, as the head of Britain's biggest conservation group, this is just the kind of judgment you should be making. You've been appointed to lead this organisation, and a crucial component of leadership is making judgments. Because it is a public organisation, these judgments should be explained...
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United Kingdom: National Trust may open up land to fracking, says Dame Helen Ghosh
2013-10-24 06:44:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Press Association: The National Trust has an "open mind" about fracking and would consider allowing it on its land, the head of the charity has said. Dame Helen Ghosh, the conservation trust's director general, told the Times it would make up its mind about the controversial gas extraction procedure after seeing the evidence on its environmental impact. It appears to be a move away from the trust's previous stance of a "presumption against fracking" on its land "because natural gas is a fossil gas", a position...
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Notre Dame and Stay MetricsA prepare to launch multi-year research study
2013-10-17 03:30:00| Trucking - Topix.net
Driver retention company Stay MetricsA is collaborating with two senior faculty members at the University of Notre Dame's Mendoza College of Business on a study of turnover in the trucking industry.
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First Look: Notre Dame wears 'Shamrock Series' helmets during walk through
2013-10-06 08:45:25| Telecom - Topix.net
The Notre Dame Fighting Irish got comfortable in their new "Shamrock Series" helmets at AT&T Stadium in Dallas on Saturday afternoon.
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United Kingdom: Dame Vivienne Westwood joins fracking protesters
2013-08-19 04:39:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
ITV: Renowned fashion designer Dame Vivienne Westwood has joined protesters at the Cuadrilla fracking site in Balcombe, West Sussex. Dame Vivienne, 72, carried a placard which said: "Say no to fracking" as campaigners gathered at the site.
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