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United Kingdom: Labour calls on government to end zero-carbon homes "dithering and delay"
2013-02-18 04:38:20| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
BusinessGreen: Labour has urged the government to confirm its commitment to making all new homes meet "zero carbon" standards by 2016 and end the "dithering and delay" around new Building Regulations. An open letter to Communities Secretary Eric Pickles signed by Shadow Chancellor Ed Balls, Shadow Energy and Climate Change Secretary Caroline Flint, and Shadow Housing Minister Jack Dromey was released late last week, calling for clarification on when the policy details surrounding the zero carbon home target...
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United Kingdom: Government to relaunch bidding for flood defence
2013-02-18 04:38:20| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Independent: The Environment Agency will re-launch the bidding process for a lucrative flood defence contract after fears that the original tender suffered similar technical flaws to those that caused the West Coast Mainline fiasco. The rail-franchise failure, which saw Sir Richard Branson nearly sue the Government for awarding the 5bn contract to FirstGroup before that decision was overturned, sparked a review of wider government procurement. This is understood to have led to the flood defence process...
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Climate Change Added to US Government High Risk List
2013-02-16 14:53:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Inter Press Service: For the first time, a U.S. government auditor has added climate change to a list of issues that pose the greatest financial risk to the government and country. It is also warning that Washington is markedly unprepared to deal with the scope of the problem. On Thursday, Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) proposed sweeping new climate-related legislation, which would aim to reduce the United States greenhouse gas emissions by 80 percent by 2050. The admonitions, coming amidst a newly strengthened public...
Report: Weather satellite gap, climate change among biggest threats facing Federal government
2013-02-15 22:22:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Washington Post: Every two years the Government Accountability Office highlights the top 30 challenges facing the Federal government on its "high risk list'. A looming gap in the coverage of weather satellites and climate change are the newest additions to this list says the GAO in a report released Thursday. The satellite risk Polar-orbiting satellites scan the globe in pole-to-pole loops and feed important data into models for weather forecasting. But a gap in their coverage is possible starting as soon as...
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Stunning footage of meteorite results from distrust of the Russian government
2013-02-15 18:52:31| Extremetech
Meteorite impacts are much more common than we think, with an estimated small handful of them happening every year. However, it's much more rare when one the size of the meteorite that crashed down in Russia this morning hits, and even more rare when it gets captured on film by multiple cameras.
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