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Irish greens fight UK nuclear plan in court
2013-10-19 22:58:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: One of Ireland's leading environmental groups is taking legal action against the British government, claiming that it has failed to consult the Irish people on its next generation of nuclear power stations, which it says could have a big impact on Irish citizens' lives if there are leaks or accidents. The government has given approval for the 14bn Hinkley Point C plant, to be built by the French energy company EDF, which operates eight of Britain's existing nuclear power stations. The new...
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Federal shutdown vexes greens, pleases industry
2013-10-07 04:16:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Politico: Environmental groups are howling, but energy companies are mostly staying mum about the government shutdown and the trench warfare that has paralyzed Washington. Green groups have worked overtime to draw attention to the national park closures and absence of Environmental Protection Agency inspectors since the shutdown began Tuesday, but fossil fuel trade groups have mostly shrugged their shoulders about the staffing furloughs that have drained many agencies. Many energy companies would prefer...
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Europe's Greens Are a Victim of Their Own Success
2013-10-01 10:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: Europes Greens have got the blues. The antinuclear environmentalist movement that burst into politics in the 1980s as a youthful third force has suffered a string of setbacks in Germany and France, raising questions about its future. Germanys Greens, trailblazers of political ecology, lost ground in a Sept. 22 general election, finishing in fourth place at 8.4 percent. The result put the Greens behind the radical Left party and kept the party from securing the coalition they hoped to form with...
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Milne down but not out of Greens
2013-09-30 00:24:12| Chemicals - Topix.net
Any leader who presided over a 40 per cent drop in their party's national polling would surely do the right thing and just resign.
United Kingdom: Failing to lead on climate change will damage economy and environment, Greens tell Osborne
2013-09-29 01:58:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Express: GEORGE Osborne's refusal to lead from the front in the fight against climate change is damaging the economy as well as the environment, according to the Green Party. The Chancellor has spoken out in favour of keeping carbon in the power sector and suggested Britain should not price itself out of international energy markets by placing too heavy an environmental burden on suppliers. His comments come as the latest report from the United Nations' Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)...
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