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United Kingdom: Fracking companies should not get tax breaks, says No 10 adviser
2013-07-18 21:16:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: Shale gas fracking companies should not be granted tax breaks, a leading Downing Street adviser has said, because their operations are likely to be profitable without such incentives even as the government prepared to offer developers a new "pad allowance" for the wells they drill, to encourage more of the controversial exploration. Peter Lilley, the climate sceptic Tory MP who is an adviser on foreign policy in No 10, said in a debate on shale gas in Westminster Hall on Thursday afternoon:...
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United Kingdom: Heatwave latest: Up to 760 killed and total may double as temperatures above 30C are set to continue
2013-07-18 16:59:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Independent: The heatwave has been responsible for as many as 760 deaths, according to official calculations, as the UK enters the sixth day of plus-30C temperatures. The temperature today is forecast to hit 31.0C, following yesterdays year-high of 31.9C at Heathrow, marking the longest heatwave for seven years. Research by the London School of Hygiene and Tropical medicine for The Times has estimated the death toll for the first nine days of the heatwave at between 540 and 760 people in England alone....
United Kingdom: Millions told to ration water as heatwave sends demand up by 50 percent
2013-07-18 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Telegraph: Four of Britain's biggest water companies Severn Trent, Affinity, South East and Yorkshire told customers to cut back and use water "wisely" as temperatures hit a record 32 degrees centigrade. The Met Office issued a "level three heat health watch" for London and the south-east amid predictions that July could be the driest since records began 247 years ago. Affinity, a water company that supplies three-and-a-half million homes across north London and the home counties, issued an alert admitting...
United Kingdom: Heathrow submits third runway options to Davies Commission
2013-07-17 02:22:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
BBC: Heathrow Airport has unveiled three options for a new runway, saying each one would be "quicker and cheaper" than plans for a rival hub airport. The airport's submission to the Davies Commission, which is looking at raising airport capacity, outlined a runway to the north, north-west or south-west of the existing airport. It said a new runway could be in place by 2029, allowing 260,000 more flights. Residents, environmentalists and the London mayor oppose Heathrow's plans. 'Minimising...
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United Kingdom: Green measures to blame for rising energy bills, says npower
2013-07-16 11:30:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Press Association: Household energy bills will rise 240 a year by 2020, due largely to the mounting cost of government green policies, energy giant RWE npower has claimed. The "big six" power provider claimed energy company profits were not to blame for rising bills, and said consumers should know the true cost of government investment in greener forms of energy production and efficiency programmes, which it said will be the main driver behind a rise in bills from 1,247 today to 1,487 by the end of the decade....
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