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Canadian Tar Sands Poised to Flood European Market As U.S. Considers Lifting Oil Export Ban
2014-02-07 15:49:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
EcoWatch: Recent developments in Europe and the U.S. are setting the groundwork for a surge in Canadian tar sands production. In both regions, government leaders are considering proposals that would loosen import and export regulations for the fuel, which has been estimated to produce 23 percent more greenhouse gases than conventional oil. The European Commission is currently grappling with the future of the Fuel Quality Directive (FQD), a 2009 order that requires a six percent reduction in the greenhouse...
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AUDIO: Insurers call for flood risk control
2014-02-04 14:47:05| BBC News | Business | UK Edition
Insurers will continue to provide flood cover if the risks can be controlled, according to the Association of British Insurers.
Senate votes to keep subsidizing flood insurance in flood-prone areas
2014-02-03 21:03:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Grist: Members of Congress have been clamoring for months to undo one of the most ambitious pieces of climate-related legislation they ever passed. The Biggert-Waters Flood Insurance Reform Act of 2012 would force coastal property owners to pay full market rates for their flood insurance. The law barely mentioned climate change, but it laid the groundwork for a more sane approach to building - and rebuilding - along increasingly disaster-prone coastlines and riverbanks. Last Thursday, however, the Senate...
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United Kingdom: Difficult choices, as the flood waters rise
2014-02-02 21:26:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Telegraph: The country has faced an extraordinary combination of weather conditions over the past eight weeks. Prolonged periods of heavy rain and gale-force winds have affected almost every part of England. The early-December tidal surge was the biggest since 1953 and the whole month was the stormiest on record. The south of England has had its wettest January since 1910. Roads have been impassable, train and plane travel disrupted and 250,000 homes have been without power. Environment Agency staff have...
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United Kingdom: The more the experts warn against, the more we build on flood plains
2014-02-02 01:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Independent: Flooding may have shot up the political agenda but that hasn't stopped local planning authorities driving through housing developments in areas at severe risk of flooding. From Cornwall to London, to Cardiff, Leeds and Northumberland, local authorities across England and Wales have been ignoring the Environment Agency's (EA) protests and waving through developments on flood-prone land. As Britain endures another weekend of torrential rain and further flooding, figures obtained by The Independent...
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