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United Kingdom: Sellafield clean-up costs 67.5bn
2013-02-04 01:19:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
BBC: The cost of cleaning up the Sellafield nuclear waste site has reached 67.5bn with no sign of when the cost will stop rising, according to a report. The Public Accounts Committee's report said deadlines to clean the Cumbria site had been missed, leaving crucial decommissioning projects over budget. It suggested successive governments have failed to "get to grips" with the hoards of waste stored at the site. The Nuclear Decommissioning Authority said it is facing up to the challenges. Set...
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United Kingdom: We must be prepared for the flooding caused by a 'new kind of rain,' says Lord Smith
2013-02-03 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Telegraph: "We are much safer than we were, but there is a constant need to upgrade and improve the defences,' he says. "With more extreme weather patterns happening now and the prospect of the sea level rising over the next 50 years or so, we have to become even more vigilant.' Lord Smith is in a café in Canvey Island, Essex, on the sea wall built after the terrible events of January 31, 1953. Waves from the North Sea, overcome barriers along the coast, flooding homes suddenly in winter darkness. "This...
United Kingdom: Seabird death toll rises in mystery oil spill
2013-02-03 02:38:24| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Independent: Investigators were today still trying to identify the source of a pollution spill that may yet kill thousands of seabirds along a stretch of the South Coast from West Sussex to Cornwall. Hundreds of birds were washed ashore over the weekend covered with a sticky, oily substance. Experts say a change in the wind direction yesterday blew many birds out to sea and it is feared they will die of cold and exhaustion. The affected birds, mostly guillemots, are now being treated at RSPCA centres. An illegal...
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United Kingdom: IoS investigation: HS2 - the hidden cost to Britain's wildlife
2013-02-03 02:38:24| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Independent: More than 350 wildlife sites, including nature reserves, ancient woodlands and wetlands which are home to some of Britain's rarest species, are threatened by the high-speed rail link, an investigation by The Independent on Sunday has established. The HS2 project in both its phases could affect wildlife in an area the size of Dorset. Among the sites that could be directly damaged or indirectly affected are a national nature reserve, 10 county wildlife trust reserves, about 50 ancient woods, 30...
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United Kingdom: Floods: a disaster waiting to happen
2013-02-02 10:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: On the night of 31 January 1953, a high tide was expected, but what came with it was something no one had predicted. A storm was gathering over the North Sea, with low atmospheric pressure sucking up the waves, raising the sea level dramatically, and high winds whipping the waves to fury. When it hit the UK's east coast, the waters broke high over seawalls and surged as far as 10 miles inland. There was no warning and, with primitive communications, little ability to tell people of the danger when...
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