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United Kingdom: Four arrested for blocking lorry on way to Salford methane test-drilling site
2013-11-27 20:58:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: Four anti-fracking protesters have been arrested as they tried to stop a lorry delivering machinery to a potential methane-gas extraction site in Salford, Greater Manchester. The three men (aged 41, 42 and 47) and one woman were arrested on Wednesday on suspicion of obstructing the highway, according to Greater Manchester police. The demonstrators were part of a group of about 30 people who had been attempting to block a lorry delivering a well-setting drill to the site in Barton Moss, right by...
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United Kingdom: Appeal to David Cameron over 'green charges' on energy bills
2013-11-27 07:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: David Cameron should keep the levy on energy bills that pays for insulation for the poorest and most vulnerable households, a group of more than 140 local authorities, social landlords and academics has told the prime minister in a letter. The government is mulling scrapping the "energy companies obligation" (Eco) the only measure that requires utilities to help households reduce their energy bills, through insulation and new boilers. Cameron was castigated last week by fuel poverty campaigners...
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United Kingdom: Plans for Atlantic Array wind turbines pulled by developer
2013-11-26 13:17:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Independent: Energy giant RWE has pulled the plug on plans to develop one of the world's largest offshore wind farms near the north Devon coast amid concerns that political pressure over household bills could stifle investment. The German group, which also owns Big Six supplier npower, said the costs of the Atlantic Array project in the Bristol Channel were "prohibitive in current market conditions" and it was not the right time to build the proposed farm. The Government said RWE's decision to shelve...
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United Kingdom: Police use cash and blackmail to recruit informers in political groups
2013-11-21 13:58:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: Cambridgeshire Police appear to have said relatively little following the revelation that police attempted to recruit a young activist to spy on students and other campaigners. However Simon Parr, the Cambridgeshire chief constable, has intimated that his force was only doing what police forces across the country are doing. The BBC has quoted him as saying :"We are gathering intelligence from a number of sources as every force does, on things we believe may be of interest in keeping the public...
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United Kingdom: Energy bills rise by 36% in three years
2013-11-17 01:44:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: Energy prices are rising at up to eight times the rate of earnings, according to research that will put suppliers under further pressure to justify their recent price increases. As the soaring price of energy starts a national debate on how to keep gas and electricity suppliers in check, analysis from Citizens Advice projects that by next month, the big six suppliers will have increased their prices by 36% since October 2010. During the same period, average earnings will have risen by 4.4%....
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