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United Kingdom: Invisibility of pollution implies such problems are past
2013-03-10 23:44:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: The invisibility of modern air pollution gives the impression that air pollution problems are a thing of the past. Today is it rare to see persistent black smoke from a factory chimney or clouds of thick black smoke from traffic. This February provided some good opportunities to see air pollution directly, if you knew where and when to look. Easterly winds brought cold, polluted air from Europe to the UK. The worst conditions were measured on 19th February in the Midlands, in Birmingham and Nottingham,...
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United Kingdom: No Dash for Gas campaigners set up anti-EDF website
2013-03-10 22:44:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: A group of environmental campaigners being sued for 5m by energy company EDF for occupying one of the company's power plants in October last year has launched a website encouraging EDF customers to switch to alternative providers as a gesture of opposition to the civil action. Members of the campaign group "No Dash for Gas" occupied EDF's gas-fired power plant in West Burton for a week in October last year, protesting against fossil fuels and carbon emissions. Last month, 21 activists pleaded...
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United Kingdom: Ministers' oil industry ties prop up high-carbon policy, report alleges
2013-03-10 21:44:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: Close links between senior government ministers and the oil industry risk perpetuating dependence on a high carbon energy policy which is pushing the planet to the brink of climate catastrophe, a report has warned. The World Development Movement (WDM) believes that up to a third of all coalition ministers may have past or present links with fossil fuel companies or with financial and services companies supporting oil or gas projects. The WDM's (http://wdm.org.uk)report, Web of Power, also highlights...
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United Kingdom: Ethical economies of scale can they really work?
2013-03-07 13:17:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: Absence has not made my heart grow more fond of supermarkets, but there are times when I miss their sheer convenience. Since I gave up shopping in them almost a year ago I have halved my grocery bills, wasted less food, cut down on packaging and avoided eating horsemeat. My routine now involves going to the local high street for fresh produce, making regular online bulk-buys and growing my own vegetables. In busy weeks, not being able to buy everything from broccoli to bleach in the same...
United Kingdom: E.ONs 700MW south coast offshore wind farm edges forward
2013-03-07 12:39:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
BusinessGreen: Plans for a giant wind farm off the coast near Brighton have taken an important step forward this week with confirmation developer E.ON has resubmitted its initial planning application for the project. The energy giant, which was granted the rights to the Hastings Round 3 offshore wind development zone back in 2010, withdrew its first application for a development consent order (DCO) late last year after it emerged it had failed to consult neighbouring councils in Sevenoaks and Surrey. However,...
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