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United Kingdom: Planting trees 'could cut flood risk'
2016-03-11 10:59:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Telegraph: Natural defences, including planting more trees, could be a solution to the country's flooding problems, according to new research. In a study led by the Universities of Birmingham and Southampton, scientists found that planting trees could reduce the height of flooding in towns by up to 20 per cent. They found strategic planting on flood plains could help towns downstream reduce the "peak height" of floods. But the scientists warned that natural flood defences would need to be combined...
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United Kingdom: Tree planting 'can reduce flooding'
2016-03-11 04:48:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
BBC: Planting trees around rivers could reduce the height of flooding in towns by up to 20%, new research suggests. A study for the Environment Agency concludes that trees round a feeder stream can slow the rush of rainwater and save properties from flooding. But it warns that natural flood prevention methods do not always work. And it urges a strategic approach because foresting a whole catchment would be counter-productive. The report - from the universities of Birmingham and Southampton - says...
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Fine Tubes in the United Kingdom and Superior Tube in the United States are Awarded Contracts by Airbus
2016-03-08 11:31:12| Industrial Newsroom - All News for Today
PLYMOUTH, UK - UK-based Fine Tubes and US-based Superior Tube, leading manufacturers and global suppliers of precision tubes for critical applications, have both been awarded contracts by leading airframe manufacturer, Airbus, Toulouse, France. For Fine Tubes, the award represents not just an extension of its...
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United Kingdom: Hinkley investment decision soon, says EDF chief after finance director resigns
2016-03-07 11:20:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: The chief executive of EDF said he wants to reach a final decision soon on investing in Britains Hinkley Point nuclear power plant after the resignation of his finance director cast further doubt on the French energy companys ability to fund the 18bn project. Jean-Bernard Levy said he regretted the hastiness of Thomas Piquemals departure as finance chief. Piquemal resigned because he believed pursuing the worlds most expensive nuclear project could threaten the group, whose finances are...
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United Kingdom: Ministers urge safeguards for Green Bank to retain low-carbon mandate
2016-03-07 01:02:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: The head of a parliamentary committee is to demand ministers introduce tougher safeguards to ensure the Green Investment Bank continues with its low-carbon mandate following a controversial privatisation. Mary Creagh MP, who chairs the environmental audit committee (EAC), also expressed concern that the bank could in future put more effort into overseas projects than in supporting the domestic sector for which it was set up. The government has said it will retain a special share in the lending...
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