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United Kingdom: Wind farm opponents are living in stone age, Ed Davey claims
2013-09-15 08:31:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Telegraph: Mr Davey, the Liberal Democrat Energy Secretary, accused Conservatives of attempting to "destroy' the UK's renewables industry. He singled out Owen Paterson, the Environment Secretary, warning that he is trying to "cull' wind turbines. The Daily Telegraph last month disclosed that officials in Mr Davey's energy department have attempted to block a report commissioned by Mr Paterson on the impact of wind farms on the countryside. Government sources claimed that Mr Davey was concerned that...
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Ed Davey warned?against shift in climate change goals
2013-07-02 10:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Financial Times: The UK climate advisory body has fired a shot across the governments bows over greenhouse gas cuts as another row looms over whether green policies make British businesses less competitive. Lord Deben, chairman of the committee on climate change, wrote to Ed Davey, energy secretary, on Monday saying that failed efforts to toughen EU-wide climate targets were not a reason to change UK goals. This is unlikely to be accepted by some ministers, who think they make the UK uncompetitive. The debate...
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U.K.s Davey Urges 40% EU Emissions Target, Shuns Renewable Goal
2013-05-28 09:31:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Bloomberg: U.K. Energy Secretary Ed Davey said hes against setting numerical targets for the European Union to increase renewable generation while he endorses a more ambitious goal for reducing emissions. The European Union should target emissions reductions of at least 40 percent by 2030, Davey said today in a blog post on his departments website. Member states should be allowed to reach that goal by choosing from a mix of generation, including nuclear power and carbon-capture and storage technology along...
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Ed Davey says UK will oppose EU renewable energy target
2013-05-26 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Financial Times: The UK will push for the EU to adopt a legally binding target to cut its collective greenhouse gas emissions by as much as 50 per cent by 2030, it emerged on Saturday. But it will not back what it believes would be an inflexible and unnecessary renewable energy goal for the same year. The energy secretary, Ed Davey, said Britain wanted the EU, which is now working to extend its 2020 climate targets to 2030, to unilaterally agree to a legally binding 40 per cent cut in emissions from 1990 levels...
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UK Emissions Must Be Halved By 2030, Says Davey
2013-05-25 21:58:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Huffington Post: Europe should commit to a tough new target to halve emissions by 2030, Climate Change Secretary Ed Davey has said. The Lib Dem Cabinet minister said the goal was ambitious but achievable as the Government set out its position ahead of efforts to secure a new international deal in 2015 on tackling global warming. But the UK will oppose a European Union wide renewable energy target because it is "inflexible and unnecessary," he added. Europe should commit to a tough new target to halve emissions...
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