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United Kingdom: Oxford University won't take funding from tobacco companies. But Shell's OK
2013-05-14 08:16:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: In 1927 the French philosopher Julien Benda published a piercing attack on the intellectuals of his day. They should, he argued in La Trahison des Clercs (the treason of the scholars), act as a check on popular passions. Civilisation, he claimed, is possible only if intellectuals stand in opposition to the demands of political "realism" by upholding universal principles. "Thanks to the scholars," he said, "humanity did evil for two thousand years, but honoured good." Europe might have been lying...
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United Kingdom: Ground-level ozone causes spring smog
2013-05-12 22:44:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: During the 1950s when London was enveloped in pea-souper smogs, Los Angeles was struggling with a quite different air pollution problem. The London smogs were caused by coal smoke becoming trapped in the city in cold still conditions, whereas Los Angeles smogs were caused by traffic pollutants reacting in strong sunshine to produce ozone at ground-level. Ozone is very reactive and these smogs were first characterised because of their damage to rubber and crops before human health effects were fully...
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United Kingdom: Who needs mega-farms?
2013-05-12 02:31:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Independent: The plan for a "mega-farm" of 25,000 pigs in Derbyshire should make us uneasy. As should the proposals for a 1,000-cow dairy factory in Wales and for a 15,000-ton-a-year salmon farm in Galway Bay off Ireland, on which we also report today. The Independent on Sunday opposes these steps towards the further intensification of farming, but we should be clear why. The standards of animal welfare in these huge farms would probably be no worse than those in British agriculture generally; in some respects,...
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United Kingdom: Campaigners warn against rise of the 'mega-farms'
2013-05-12 01:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Independent: Farming in the British Isles is on the verge of a dramatic step towards industrialisation with the establishment of "mega-farms" for salmon, pigs and cows, which opponents claim put the environment and human health at risk. The Government signalled its backing yesterday for large-scale farms ahead of an announcement this week of a timetable for plans for a 25,000-capacity pig farm in Derbyshire. A decision on a planned 1,000-cow dairy unit in Wales is also imminent. Pressure to meet growing demand...
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United Kingdom: Climate shifts birds' winter homes
2013-05-11 01:50:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
BBC: Three species of migratory duck have shifted their wintering grounds northward in response to increasing temperatures, say scientists. The birds - the tufted duck, goosander and goldeneye - are common in Britain and Ireland during northern Europe's winter. But their numbers in these countries have shrunk in the last 30 years. According to the findings, published in the journal Global Change Biology, many now stop short on their annual journey. Gathering and analysing data from the three-decade-long...
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