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United Kingdom: Breaking: EDF drops 5m lawsuit against No Dash for Gas protestors
2013-03-13 14:08:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
BusinessGreen: EDF has today confirmed that it has reached a settlement with the group of protesters that it had been suing for 5m following their occupation last year of the West Burton gas power station. In a statement the energy company said it had been working to agree a "compromise agreement acceptable to both parties" that would see the protesters accept a permanent injunction preventing them from entering multiple sites operated by EDF Energy in return for the company dropping its civil damages claim...
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United Kingdom: Plans for world's largest wind farm in Cumbria
2013-03-13 09:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Telegraph: The Walney offshore wind farm opened last year with 102 turbines planted in the Irish Sea, 14km from land. The proposed extension by Danish energy giant Dong would double the size of the existing wind farm, and provide power for hundreds of thousands of homes. Currently the London Array wind farm, in the Thames Estuary, is the largest across the globe with 175 turbines generating 630-megawatts. But if the plans for the extension are approved the Cumbrian wind farm will regain the title it...
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United Kingdom: Reports: EDF and government close in on nuclear deal
2013-03-12 10:47:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
BusinessGreen: A flurry of reports have emerged over the past two days suggesting the government is close to finalising a subsidy deal with EDF that should allow the French energy giant to move forward with plans for a new nuclear power plant at Hinkley Point in Somerset. Both the government and EDF declined to comment on the reports, but citing sources close to the negotiations the Independent on Sunday said that an agreement had been reached to subsidise the power plant for 35 years. A number of sources...
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United Kingdom: Release Combe Haven redactions or face peaceful office search protesters tell DfT
2013-03-11 11:27:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Ecologist: It's been over three months since the first rallying cries of angry residents sparked demonstrations and protest camps throughout a picturesque valley between Hastings and Bexhill. Campsites and tunnels have all been built up and torn down in that time, along with hundreds of trees in preparation for the Bexhill-Hastings Link Road. But Monday saw the launch of the latest phase in the campaign to save Combe Haven Valley - Operation Disclosure. On a cold but sunny afternoon outside the Department...
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United Kingdom: Asda turns to Canary Islands bananas to cut carbon footprint
2013-03-11 10:32:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: Supermarket chain Asda is to be the first to sell bananas from the Canary Islands, in an attempt to reduce the fruit's considerable carbon footprint. Transportation time will be more than 80 per cent shorter than for bananas sourced from central America. The fruit will be shipped from the Canaries to mainland Spain and then by road to the UK ripening centre -- a total journey of four days as opposed to 24 days for bananas from the Caribbean and Americas. The bananas, already familiar to the...
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