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United Kingdom: Investment in green energy falls to four-year low
2013-06-09 01:46:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Independent: Investment in green energy in the UK has plummeted to its lowest level in four years, according to new figures from Bloomberg, with campaigners claiming that much of the blame can be pinned on the Government's failure to set a target date for cleaning up the power sector. As the Government prepares to put its Energy Bill before MPs this week, an analysis by Bloomberg New Energy Finance (BNEF) shows that clean energy investment fell from 7.5bn in 2009 to 5.3bn last year. But the total of loans...
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United Kingdom: Climate activists receive sentences for gas-fired power station occupation
2013-06-06 17:30:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: Twenty-one climate change activists were sentenced on Thursday for aggravated trespass after occupying a gas-fired power station last year. Sixteen of the activists were given community service orders of 150-200 hours, while the other five received 18-month conditional discharges. The activists occupied EDF's newly built West Burton power plant in Nottinghamshire in October, with several protesters remaining strapped to a cooling tower at the site for more than a week, the longest such occupation...
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United Kingdom: Locals can now veto windfarms: so what about fracking?
2013-06-06 12:16:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: Power to the people! That, say ministers, is what changes to windfarm rules announced on Thurday deliver. What they fail to say is it only applies to the minority of people who live in Conservative constituencies where the Tories feel compelled to out-loony the climate change deniers of UKIP. The majority of the British public who support renewable energy are left powerless. But giving local communities a veto on wind farms raises an intriguing question: will the same apply to those who oppose...
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United Kingdom: Locals given more ground to block wind farms
2013-06-06 11:17:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Independent: Residents will be able to block the construction of wind farms under tough new rules that could seriously curb the growth of onshore wind power generation. The move signals a new approach from the Government, which will give local peoples concerns about nearby wind farms precedence over the need for renewable energy and afford greater consideration to the impact of the turbines on the landscape and heritage. However, in an attempt to ensure new wind farm developments dont dry up altogether,...
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United Kingdom: MPs set to rebel over carbon target
2013-06-04 12:27:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
BBC: The government has seen off a rebellion by Lib Dem and Conservative MPs over calls for a carbon emissions target for the energy industry. Senior Tory backbencher Tim Yeo sought to amend the coalition's Energy Bill to set a "decarbonisation" target for the power sector by 2030. But MPs rejected the move by 290 votes to 267 after a Commons debate. Ministers say the target would place too many restrictions on business at a time of economic difficulty. The issue has divided the coalition...
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