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Government told to take action on air pollution or face legal challenge

2016-03-01 10:58:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Press Association: The government must take steps to tackle air pollution within days or face further legal action, it has been warned. Environmental law firm ClientEarth has sent a final warning letter to environment secretary, Liz Truss, giving her 10 days to act or face action in the high court. The group, which won a ruling against the government in the supreme court over its failures on air pollution last year, says the environment departments (Defra) recently published plans to cut pollutants fall woefully...

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China's coal-fired power producers face tougher times after record profits this year

2016-02-29 16:16:46| Energy - Topix.net

The mainland's coal-fired power generation industry faces a double whammy of over-capacity and rising competition as a result of gradual power price liberalisation, even though profitability has been propped up by sinking coal prices in the past few years. Analysts say power producers will have to exercise restraint on new capacity expansion, or else risk seeing utilisation fall below last year's 15-year low and eat into profit margins, especially if coal prices find a bottom after four years of precipitous falls.

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VIDEO: Buy-to-let investors 'could face losses'

2016-02-28 19:03:02| BBC News | Business | UK Edition

New tax changes could leave more than a million buy-to-let property owners facing a loss on their investments, according to a new study.

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Pollinators face extinction, study says

2016-02-27 22:57:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

CNN: Bees, birds, butterflies and beetles are among a growing list of pollinator species in jeopardy of global extinction, a United Nations study warns, a trend that could threaten the world's food supply. Beyond the birds and the bees, tens of thousands of species of pollinators that play a significant role in the world's food production and contribute to billions of dollars in food yield are at risk, according to a report released by the United Nations Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on...

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NSA calls for industry vigilance in face of bluetongue risk

2016-02-27 04:37:16| Livestock - Topix.net

The National Sheep Association is calling for the whole livestock industry to be vigilant to bluetongue over the coming months and, given the current unavailability of vaccine, to have open dialogue about potential uptake. Phil Stocker, NSA chief executive explains: "Low vaccine uptake in the past has made manufacturers understandably nervous about potentially producing a drug that no one will buy.

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