je.st
news
Tag: kingdom
United Kingdom: 'Jubilee deluge saved us from drought,' reveals Tory ex-minister
2013-11-16 19:30:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: It was the defining image of last year's jubilee celebrations a drenched Queen Elizabeth II, then 86, and Prince Philip, then 91, standing on a barge sailing down the Thames on a wet summer's day that was more like November than June. Now the image has taken on a new significance, with the revelation that the south-east was saved from a drought that would have forced residents to get their water from standpipes on street corners by the rain that soaked the royal couple. Richard Benyon MP,...
Tags: united
kingdom
united kingdom
saved
United Kingdom: David Cameron says evidence is 'growing' for climate change link to storms after typhoon Haiyan
2013-11-16 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Independent: Evidence was growing that climate change was responsible for extreme weather disasters such as typhoon Haiyan, the Prime Minister said today. The Philippines government has blamed climate madness for the devastating super-storm that has killed more than 3,600 people and left more than 11 million displaced. Asked whether he agreed there could be a link, David Cameron said: Ill leave the scientists to speak for themselves about the link between severe weather events and climate change. The evidence...
Tags: link
change
united
david
United Kingdom: Councils to be given powers ban peaceful protests that might disturb local residents
2013-11-14 14:24:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Independent: Peaceful protests could be outlawed on the sole grounds that they might annoy nearby residents under contentious new powers being granted to councils, campaign groups warn. The shockingly open-ended orders could also be used to ban youngsters from skateboarding, forbid teenagers from using local parks and prevent demonstrators from gathering outside council offices, it has been claimed. The powers are contained within a little-noticed section of the Governments Anti-social Behaviour, Crime...
Tags: local
united
kingdom
united kingdom
United Kingdom: Mull rare fish sighting a 'sign of climate change.'
2013-11-13 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Scotsman: CONSERVATIONISTS fear a rare sighting off the Isle of Mull of a fish commonly found in the Mediterranean is an indicator of climate change affecting Scottish waters. The recording of a trigger fish near the west coast island has sparked fears the non-native species is spreading into northern coastal areas. The sighting was thanks to new mobile apps which are aimed at combating invasive species in Scotland. Scottish Natural Heritage is delighted the apps are allowing people to quickly and easily...
Tags: sign
change
united
kingdom
United Kingdom: Marquess' claim to mining rights prompts 'peasants' revolt'
2013-11-08 20:58:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: A wealthy and politically powerful landowner has applied to the Land Registry to assert his "manorial" rights to extract minerals from under hundreds of properties in the London commuter belt. Lawyers acting for the Marquess of Salisbury, who owns land in Dorset, Hertfordshire and London and who is worth an estimated 300m, has written to residents in Welwyn Garden City to claim his ancestral rights, which stem from a Victorian court case. These include "market and fair rights, sporting rights...
Tags: rights
united
kingdom
united kingdom
Sites : [100] [101] [102] [103] [104] [105] [106] [107] [108] [109] [110] [111] [112] [113] [114] [115] [116] [117] [118] [119] next »