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United Kingdom: Industry condemns Treasury move to cancel resource risk study
2013-03-04 12:31:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
BusinessGreen: Manufacturers have urged the Treasury to reverse its apparent decision to cancel a review of the effects of resource depletion and climate impacts on industry and economic growth. The planned cross-departmental study was killed off by Dave Ramsden, chief economist at the Treasury, despite being supported by the departments of business, energy and the environment, among others, according to emails uncovered by freedom of information requests seen by the Financial Times. Many businesses are concerned...
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United Kingdom: Households must prepare for extremes, after floods every five days in 2012
2013-03-04 07:01:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Telegraph: The Government agency said such "topsy turvy weather' could become more frequent because of climate change and called for more assistance to help households adapt. However politicians are warning that the Government is already cutting funding for flood defence. Last year began in drought with hosepipe bans imposed for 20 million people across a swathe of England after two dry winters in a row. For 95 days there was official drought declared for some areas, mostly in the South East. However,...
United Kingdom: Protesters demand full disclosure of DfT advice on link road
2013-03-03 20:31:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: Protesters are to launch a series of actions on Monday demanding that the Department for Transport disclose in full its advice on the building of the controversial Bexhill-Hastings link road. Work is set to start in earnest on the 86m, 3.5-mile road this spring, after protesters were evicted from a forest camp in Combe Haven, East Sussex, last month. But campaigners believe that the crucial part of a report submitted to transport under-secretary Norman Baker may show that officials recommended...
United Kingdom: Senior Lib Dems to join cross-party rebellion on decarbonisation targets
2013-03-03 15:58:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: A new Tory-Liberal Democrat flashpoint has emerged with senior Liberal Democrats revealing their intention to join a cross-party rebellion to demand a quickly established decarbonisation target for the power sector. The rebellion is expected in a key Commons vote this month with the Liberal Democrat president, Tim Farron, indicating he will back the move, vowing he will "maintain the pressure on the government as best he can". Such a move will be interpreted as a sign of the Liberal Democrat's...
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United Kingdom: We must adapt to climate change, Scottish secretary says
2013-03-03 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
icLanarkshire: Scotland must find ways of adapting to a new and challenging climate, Scottish Environment Secretary Richard Lochhead has said. The country's climate has changed over the last few decades. Weather is more severe and wetter, with 2011 seeing around a third more rain than the average annual amount between 1961 to 1990. A number of key bodies are to discuss how Scotland could be better prepared for extreme weather at a summit on Monday. Representatives from the Met Office, the Scottish Environment...
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