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United Kingdom: After the deluge: time to look again at our flood defences
2013-12-06 19:09:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Telegraph: In 1953, on the night of 31 January, a massive storm surge raced down the North Sea, overtopping defences along a thousand miles of coastline, and submerging 380 square miles of Britain's broad acres. Three hundred and twenty-six people were killed. Last night an even higher surge struck in very similar circumstances. But it did relatively little damage. The River Tyne burst its banks, a sea wall was breached near Clacton-on-Sea in Essex, and coastal areas of Norfolk witnessed the worst flooding...
United Kingdom: Is solar power best kept small?
2013-12-06 03:18:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
BBC: Community energy projects are the right way to keep the lights on, the head of a solar co-operative in Wedmore, Somerset, has told the BBC. His thoughts are echoed by the man behind the Glastonbury festival, Michael Eavis. People are concerned about the dominance of the "Big Six" energy companies, they say. Rob Richley of the Wedmore Community Power Co-operative was speaking following the government's announcement of cuts in subsidies to solar and onshore wind energy. 800,000 was needed...
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United Kingdom: Protesters removed from fracking site
2013-12-05 12:44:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: US energy company Chevron has resumed its search for shale gas at a controversial site in north-east Romania after hundreds of riot police forcefully removed protesters from the village of Pungesti. For more than two months, the village, which is believed to be sitting on large reserves of the valuable natural resource, has been the site of largely peaceful protests. Villagers, many of whom are elderly farmers, have set up camp next to the fields targeted for drilling, spending their nights in...
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United Kingdom: Onshore windfarm subsidies to be cut further shakeup green levies
2013-12-04 11:30:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: The Treasury is to cut subsidies for onshore windfarms and solar panels again while increasing support for offshore wind turbines as part of a further shakeup of green levies to make them more cost-effective. Danny Alexander, chief secretary to the Treasury, will unveil the plans on Wednesday after delivering a speech setting out plans for 375bn of infrastructure spending over the coming decades. He said taxpayer support for solar and onshore wind would be cut as developers were finding ways...
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United Kingdom - ISA Country Report
2013-12-04 01:00:00| Apparel & textile industry market research - from just-style.com
This report contains detailed forecasts and analysis for the UK, including trade and investment analysis, economic forecasts, political risk assessments and demographic trend analysis. Each ISA Count
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