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Huge cruise ships will worsen London air pollution, campaigners warn
2016-03-31 08:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: Toxic fumes from large cruise liners powered by giant diesel engines will worsen Londons air pollution and could prevent the city from meeting its EU legal limits on deadly nitrogen oxide emissions, says resident groups opposing a new terminal. Plans for a wharf in the Thames that would be able to handle 240 metre-long cruise liners carrying up to 1,800 passengers and 600 crew were approved by Greenwich council last July but are being challenged in the high court by residents. Developers say...
Mesh scandal: Scots campaigners vow to fight on as US firm close...
2016-03-13 19:37:17| Biotech - Topix.net
ONE of the world's biggest mesh manufacturers are closing down their implant business after legal costs soared to more than 1billion. Endo, who make three mesh devices used in Scottish hospitals, will cease production and stop selling the products by the end of the month.
COP21: African campaigners demand compensation for global warming
2015-12-10 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Independent: African campaigners are demanding compensation for the huge damage being inflicted on the continent by global warming a problem that has been caused by the rich countries but will hit poor nations the hardest. As the United Nations summit to tackle climate change nears its conclusion, African politicians and NGOs are calling for the developed world to provide cash to help them deal with the consequences of a warming planet. Compensation should cover everything from storm damage and crop failure...
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United Kingdom: Environmental campaigners say Storm Desmond sign things to come
2015-12-06 22:42:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: Six years after an unnamed storm wreaked havoc across Cumbria, Storm Desmond struck the county with fearsome impact once again. Those who had their homes flooded or were forced to wade waist-deep to seek drier ground will not have had time to make immediate comparisons, nor consider deeply whether it is all down to climate change. The Met Office and the Environment Agency were busy ensuring people were safe and prepared for more rain over the coming days . They said communities in the north...
G20 leaders disappoint climate campaigners with weak statement
2015-11-16 16:26:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Climate Home: Campaigners looking to this weekend`s G20 leaders meeting in Antalya, Turkey, for progress on the climate agenda have been left disappointed. In a statement on Monday, the group of major economies reiterated their commitment to a 2C limit on global warming and to phase out "inefficient" fossil fuel subsidies. There was little sign of convergence on contentious issues ahead of December`s UN climate summit in Paris: how to ramp up ambition, share responsibility between rich and poor, and get...
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