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United Kingdom: Many more seabirds may be affected by English Channel pollution, RSPB says
2013-02-04 12:58:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: The RSPCA is continuing to care for 237 seabirds washed ashore following last week's mystery oil spill in the Channel. Thirty-one birds have had to be put down and another eight have died, the animal charity said on Monday. The vast majority of the birds 257 are guillemots, long-lived birds that spend most of their time out at sea, only coming to shore to breed. The other 19 are razorbills, another member of the auk family. Environment Agency scientists are still trying to establish...
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United Kingdom: The battle for Combe Haven
2013-02-04 12:20:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Ecologist: Its a huge waste of public money and an environmental disaster A luta continua!: the struggle continues. After battling with security, bailiffs and the police, this remains the message of activist group Combe Haven Defenders. Combe Haven Defenders have been fighting the hugely controversial Bexhill-Hastings Link Road (BHLR) by literally attempting to stop it in its path. In spite of tree houses, tunnels and lock-ons to trees in one of the most beautiful areas of Sussex, their third and final...
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United Kingdom: Nuclear renaissance under fire as Centrica mulls project exit
2013-02-04 10:52:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
BusinessGreen: The UK's plans for a new fleet of nuclear reactors have received a triple blow over the past few days, after Centrica confirmed it is to shelve its nuclear investment plans, MPs published a report slamming Sellafield's waste management efforts, and Cumbria County Council last week blocked plans for a new radioactive waste storage facility. The Financial Times reported today that Centrica would not exercise its option to take a 20 per cent stake in EDF's plans for two new reactors at Hinkley Point...
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United Kingdom: Friends of the Earth says George Osborne creating 'bonanza' for oil firms
2013-02-04 10:16:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: Friends of the Earth has accused George Osborne of creating a bonanza for Britain's big energy companies by providing almost 1bn of tax breaks designed to boost North Sea oil and gas production. FoE said the chancellor was going against the advice of Jim Yong Kim, the president of the World Bank, in providing subsidies designed to ensure "every last drop of oil" is extracted from the UK's rapidly declining reserves. It said Osborne had hugely expanded field allowances, introduced by Alistair...
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United Kingdom: Founding father of the green movement battles plans to erect wind turbine in his village
2013-02-04 07:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Daily Mail: One of the world's top environmentalists and a founding father of the 'green' movement is fighting plans to build a wind turbine in his village. Professor James Lovelock, 93, is famous for inventing 'Gaia Theory' and predicting global warming would wipe out four fifths of the world's population by 2100. But in recent years the scientist has outraged many followers after becoming an advocate of nuclear power and a staunch opponent of wind energy. He is now battling plans for a 275ft wind...
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