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VIDEO: Government accused of failing steel industry
2015-12-21 10:20:57| BBC News | Business | UK Edition
The government is being accused of failing to respond early enough to warnings about a crisis in the steel industry, where thousands of jobs have been lost in recent months.
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United Kingdom: Government U-turn on renewables shows gas, oil and nuclear are still favourites
2015-12-20 09:01:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: The entire global energy system is undergoing a clean revolution. The old certainties of centralised power and fossil fuels are falling apart before our eyes. In Paris last week world leaders set legally binding targets to decarbonise their economies in order to keep temperature rises at a maximum of 2C. The future is almost here. Its a future that is necessary and one that presents the economic opportunity of the century. Bloomberg NEFs New Energy Outlook for 2015 estimates that renewables alone...
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Portugal's new government, private owners engage in tug-of-war over flag carrier
2015-12-18 19:51:03| Airlines - Topix.net
A battle is brewing between Portugal's new government and the consortium that won the privatization of the country's national airline. Prime Minister Antonio Costa said Friday his Socialist government will retake a majority stake in TAP Air Portugal, even if the Gateway consortium refuses to negotiate a compromise.
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Supreme Court orders government to pay Fuji Heavy A 35 billion over canceled attack copter deal
2015-12-18 05:32:24| Automakers - Topix.net
The Supreme Court has upheld a lower court ruling that ordered the Japanese government to pay about A 35 billion to Fuji Heavy Industries Ltd. over a canceled attack helicopter procurement deal. The top court's Second Petty Bench on Wednesday turned down the state's appeal filed against the Tokyo High Court ruling that supported Fuji Heavy's petition.
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UK government hands out new fracking licences
2015-12-17 14:20:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: The governments controversial attempt to establish a shale gas industry in the UK took another step forward on Thursday as it handed out new licences for onshore gas and oil exploration in 159 blocks, in a move campaigners say could open up swaths of the country to the controversial practice of fracking. Before companies can go ahead and start producing oil and gas commercially, they have to submit to a series of safety and environmental checks, though campaigners have always maintained these...
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