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United Kingdom: Bloodhound 1,000mph car schedule slips
2013-07-04 16:32:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
BBC: The UK team building a car capable of driving beyond 1,000mph (1,610km/h) says the project is taking longer than anticipated to pull together. The Bloodhound project expects now to roll out its vehicle in 2015, with the aim of breaking the current land speed record in the latter half of that year. It is a slip of about 12 months on the present schedule. Driver Andy Green, the only man ever to take a car through the sound barrier, says it is simply more realistic. "When you look at the...
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United Kingdom: World's largest offshore windfarm opened by David Cameron
2013-07-04 13:16:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: Prime minister David Cameron has today cut the ribbon on the London Array, the world's largest offshore wind farm, in a move that serves to underline Number 10's support for the UK's burgeoning wind energy sector. The 175 turbine project located in the Thames Estuary, owned by DONG Energy, Masdar and E.On, boasts 630MW of capacity, making it comfortably the largest offshore wind farm in the world. It has been fully operational since April, but today it was officially opened by the prime minister...
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United Kingdom: Greens want a fast track to clean energy
2013-07-02 02:58:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: The Greens have called for Australia's renewable energy target to be increased to 90% by 2030 and for an extra $20 billion to be spent through the Clean Energy Finance Corporation, in a bid to ultimately run the country entirely on clean energy. Unveiling the plan in Melbourne, Greens leader Christine Milne told Guardian Australia that the bid for Australia to eventually become 100% renewable was "technically feasible and extremely achievable". However, analysts and business groups have reacted...
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United Kingdom: David Cameron hasn't spoken about climate change for three years. Time is running out
2013-06-28 10:10:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
New Stateman: Climate change has not always commanded the attention it deserves, particularly in recent years. Two events this week have reminded us why we cannot afford to forget about it. On Tuesday President Obama called for national and international action to tackle global warming. Less than 24 hours after he finished speaking, the independent Committee on Climate Change warned [pdf] that the UK is not on track to meet its carbon reduction targets. Their report highlights the grave threats but also...
United Kingdom: Government agrees flood protection deal with insurers
2013-06-28 01:05:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
BusinessGreen: Hundreds of thousands of homeowners in areas at high risk of flooding will be able to insure their properties, after the government struck a deal with insurance companies just weeks before the current agreement was set to expire. The news of the long-awaited deal came as the government introduced its new Water Bill, which contains plans to increase competition in the water market and new measures to improve drought resilience, as well as proposals for a new national water network. Lengthy negotiations...
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