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United Kingdom: Lord Smith: 'EA staff know 100 times more than any politician about flooding'
2014-02-10 10:44:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: Environment Agency chairman Lord Smith has blamed Treasury spending rules for the failure of the agency to spend more on dredging last year, as he said his staff knew 100 times more than any politician about flood defence protection. He also said the environment secretary, Owen Paterson, has been hugely supportive, contrasting that with the sniping and criticism that has come from the communities secretary, Eric Pickles. He denied all knowledge of a document suggesting in 2008 it had been EA...
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Ongoing rains continue to cause outages, flooding
2014-02-10 06:56:59| Energy - Topix.net
The rain caused all sorts of problems from power outages to flooding on Sunday, keeping electricity crews at work and causing concern for business owners.
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UK flooding: week of storms ahead
2014-02-09 09:30:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Press Association: Forecasters have warned of another week of storms as the prime minister prepares to lead the latest emergency meeting about the flooding crisis. Heavy rain and winds of more than 60mph are predicted to die down throughout Sunday but the brief respite will be broken by another storm arriving Monday night. More storms will continue to batter Britain until next weekend, it is predicted. In Chertsey, Surrey police are investigating whether flooding was linked to the death of a seven-year-old boy, named...
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United Kingdom: David Cameron blames last Labour govt for flooding in Somerset
2014-02-07 21:44:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: David Cameron made a carefully controlled lightning visit to the flooded Somerset Levels on Friday and blamed the last Labour government for a pause in local river dredging in the late 1990s that he said had made the area more liable to flood. The prime minister's afternoon tour contrasted with a chaotic and rowdy visit by the beleaguered Environment Agency chairman Chris Smith, a former Labour minister, who earlier in the day rejected repeated calls for him to resign. Six weeks after the flooding...
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Colorado oil regulators contemplate tougher rules to avoid flooding problems in field
2014-02-07 11:22:39| Oil & Gas - Topix.net
Colorado oil and gas regulators will spend the next few months contemplating potential changes to rules governing oil and gas sites after widespread flooding last fall damaged infrastructure enough to spill 43,000 gallons of oil.
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