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United Kingdom: David Cameron confronted by angry residents of flooded village
2013-12-27 19:44:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: David Cameron has been confronted by angry residents of a village in Kent that was flooded by waist-high waters over the Christmas holidays. When the prime minister swept into the devastated community in his Range Rover to talk to residents and members of the emergency services on Friday morning, despair at nature's power turned to recrimination over the perceived inadequacy of the official response. Erica Olivares, 49, was among the residents of a row of early-18th-century cottages in Yalding...
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United Kingdom: Fracking protests head north as activists mass on proposed Manchester shale gas exploration sites
2013-12-21 16:04:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Telegraph: Gathered under the banner of Frack Free Greater Manchester, militant activists last week pledged to do everything they could to disrupt the search for new sources of energy. Portraying themselves as representing local opinion, they have been involved in a series of demonstrations around Manchester against test drilling by a number of companies which hope to begin commercial exploitation of shale oil and gas. But The Telegraph can reveal that the leading campaigners against "fracking' in the North...
Antidumping Reinstatement for Ball Bearings from Japan and the United Kingdom
2013-12-20 09:00:00| Expeditors Newsflash - Americas Edition
Expeditors Newsflash - Americas Edition
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United Kingdom: Wildlife groups criticise green farm subsidy move
2013-12-20 05:42:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
BBC: Wildlife groups have accused the government of caving in to big farmers over planned changes to farm subsidies in England. The government proposed increasing the proportion of farm payments transferred to protecting wildlife from 9% to 15%. But it backed it down to 12% after farmers said this was not fair. The government said it would be spending a bigger share on the environment despite a smaller overall budget for subsidies. Farmers get 50bn of taxpayers' money a year based mainly...
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United Kingdom: Nick Clegg may drop party opposition to airport expansion after Davies report
2013-12-19 13:16:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: Nick Clegg has indicated that he may be prepared to drop his party's opposition to the expansion of airport capacity in the south-east of England. In his final appearance of the year on his weekly LBC radio phone-in, the deputy prime minister praised the Airports Commission for making "subtle arguments" which had led it to raise the possibility of building a second runway at Gatwick. The Liberal Democrats gave a clear commitment in their manifesto for the last general election to rule out airport...
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