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United Kingdom: MPs say cash-for-locals scheme would overcome shale gas fracking opposition
2013-04-26 07:01:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: Companies fracking for shale gas in the UK should be made to offer substantial financial incentives to people living near their sites, an influential committee of MPs has said. The energy and climate change committee said on Friday that measures such as cash payments or rebates on energy bills would be needed to overcome local opposition to shale gas drilling, which has been associated with water, ground and air pollution in the US, and which green groups say is incompatible with moving to a low-carbon...
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United Kingdom: Fracking firms should offer sweeteners to locals, say MPs
2013-04-26 01:16:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: Shale gas fracking companies should be made to offer incentives, such as cash payments or rebates on energy bills, to people living near their sites, according to an influential committee of MPs. But the demand for sweeteners to help overcome opposition to fracking came as one of the world's leading insurance groups warned that those drilling in shale areas, deep waters or the Arctic risked "company-killing" reputational and environmental damage. The energy and climate change committee says...
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Western Power Distribution Deploys Line Sensors in the United Kingdom for Grid Modernization Project
2013-04-25 19:22:00| Transmission & Distribution World
Tollgrade Communications, Inc. has announced that a new 50 Hz version of its LightHouse distribution line sensors has been successfully deployed at Western Power Distribution. read more
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United Kingdom: Ministers 'not totally committed' on carbon
2013-04-25 01:43:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Independent: A parliamentary advisory committee has accused the Government of being only "half-committed" to low-carbon energy generation, warning that the UK is likely to miss emissions reduction targets as a result. David Kennedy, the chief executive of the Committee on Climate Change (CCC), said Britain needs a huge investment in renewable, or clean, power infrastructure if it is to hit its target of a 50 per cent cut in CO2 emissions by 2025 on 1990 levels. Emissions are currently a fifth lower than in...
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United Kingdom: Drax secures 75m Treasury loan guarantee to switch from coal to biomass
2013-04-25 01:05:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
BusinessGreen: Plans to convert the UK's largest coal plant to run on biomass have been given a multi-million pound boost, after the Treasury confirmed Drax would be the first company to receive a loan guarantee from its new scheme designed to drive investment in infrastructure. Drax yesterday announced it will receive a 75m guarantee from the Treasury scheme, known as UK Guarantees, which will underpin a private loan by Friends Life to fund the biomass conversion of three of its six generators. The company...
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