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United Kingdom: Dual boost to marine energy industry aims to promote best practices
2013-04-24 12:44:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
BusinessGreen: The UK's fledgling marine energy industry received a dual boost today with the launch of a new online "knowledge network" and the unveiling of an innovative tidal energy modelling system designed to help developers identify the best prospective sites. The new Wave and Tidal Knowledge Network has been developed by the Crown Estate and the Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) and is designed to provide a forum for marine energy firms to share information and best practices. The website...
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United Kingdom: Climate change advisers says fracking can be OK
2013-04-24 09:58:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Telegraph: The controversial fossil fuel is forced out of the ground by blasting water into rocks, a process known as "fracking'. Environmentalists claim this hydraulic fracturing causes earthquakes and contaminates drinking water. They are also concerned that methane escapes during drilling and burning the fuel releases greenhouse gases into the atmosphere. But despite these concerns, a new report from the Committee on Climate Change (CCC), said shale gas can be part of the energy mix. The committee...
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United Kingdom: Cuadrilla censured by advertising watchdog over fracking safety claims
2013-04-24 01:16:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: Cuadrilla, the only shale fracking company operating in the UK, has been slapped down by the advertising watchdog for claiming that it uses "proven, safe technologies". The censure by the Advertising Standards Authority will force a significant watering down of some of the company's claims and is a further blow to Cuadrilla, which has halted fracking at all of its UK sites following a series of setbacks. Fracking, or hydraulic fracturing, involves pumping water, sand and chemicals into deep wells...
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United Kingdom: Watchdog confirms ban for Donald Trump's misleading anti-wind farm ad
2013-04-24 01:05:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
BusinessGreen: The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) will today confirm that it has banned an advert from Donald Trump's International Golf Club Scotland firm campaigning against planned Scottish wind farm developments on the grounds that it was misleading. The watchdog will uphold a complaint from the yes2wind pro-wind campaign group from late last year, which alleged that a print advert placed by Trump's company in The Courier and The Press and Journal was misleading and distasteful. The advert features...
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United Kingdom: London tightens up Congestion Charge in attempt to drive out diesel
2013-04-24 01:05:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
BusinessGreen: The business case for buying electric vehicles in London became even stronger yesterday, after the Mayor of London announced plans to make all diesel vehicles pay the Congestion Charge. Transport for London (TfL) confirmed it will replace the existing Greener Vehicle and Electric Vehicle Discounts with a stricter Ultra Low Emission Discount (ULED) from July 1. Cars currently qualify for the Greener Vehicle Discount if they emit 100g/km of CO2 or less and meet the Euro 5 standard for air quality,...
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