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United Kingdom: Owen Paterson v the science of climate change
2013-09-30 13:16:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: The UK environment secretary, Owen Paterson, has told a fringe meeting at the Conservative party conference: "People get very emotional about this subject [climate change] and I think we should just accept that the climate has been changing for centuries." The UN's climate science panel, the IPCC, said last Friday: "Warming of the climate system is unequivocal, and since the 1950s, many of the observed changes are unprecedented over decades to millennia It is extremely likely that human influence...
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United Kingdom: There are advantages to global warming, says minister
2013-09-30 09:02:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: The cabinet minister responsible for fighting the effects of climate change claimed there would be advantages to an increase in temperature predicted by the United Nations including fewer people dying of cold in winter and the growth of certain crops further north. Owen Paterson told a fringe meeting at the Conservative party conference on Sunday night that predictions by scientists that there could be major increases in temperature resulting in melting ice caps and worldwide flooding should...
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United Kingdom: Chris Grayling: fracking is 'solution' to high energy bills
2013-09-30 08:16:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: A Conservative cabinet minister has claimed drilling for shale gas could make the "single biggest difference to the cost of living" for people in Britain. Chris Grayling, the justice secretary, said he believes the controversial process known as fracking is the "solution" to the problem of high energy bills. He spoke out on the first day of the Conservative conference as the party comes under pressure to respond to Labour leader Ed Miliband's promise to freeze energy bills. Asked to name...
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United Kingdom: Warning over turbine applications near Dark Sky Park
2013-09-30 02:39:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
BBC: Astronomers and land charities have warned that Britain's only Dark Sky Park is being threatened by applications for wind turbines. Galloway Forest Dark Sky Park secured its status in 2009. But the Astronomer Royal for Scotland, the John Muir Trust and the Scottish Wild Land Group have written to the Scottish government, asking it to rule out wind farms in the vicinity. There have been nine proposals for turbines near the park's observatory. These include plans from energy companies such...
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United Kingdom: Failing to lead on climate change will damage economy and environment, Greens tell Osborne
2013-09-29 01:58:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Express: GEORGE Osborne's refusal to lead from the front in the fight against climate change is damaging the economy as well as the environment, according to the Green Party. The Chancellor has spoken out in favour of keeping carbon in the power sector and suggested Britain should not price itself out of international energy markets by placing too heavy an environmental burden on suppliers. His comments come as the latest report from the United Nations' Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)...
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