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United Kingdom: Nuclear expansion plan thwarted after Cumbria no vote to underground store
2013-01-30 20:45:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: Plans to expand the UK's nuclear industry are in disarray after the only area to show interest in hosting an underground radioactive waste storage centre decided to thoroughly reject the idea. Cumbria county council's cabinet voted by more than 2-1 to pull out of feasibility studies, following expert critiques of the fractured local geology and an international outcry over the threat to the western Lake District. The decision is a major blow to government ambitions to build new nuclear power...
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United Kingdom: Wind turbine blown down in strong winds in Devon
2013-01-30 18:45:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: A wind turbine in north Devon has collapsed, leaving local residents concerned about safety. It is understood to be the first such reported incident in the UK, although blades have fallen from turbines in a small number of cases. The turbine was sited on farmland in the Bradworthy area and fell down in the early hours of Sunday morning. Margaret Coles, chairwoman of Bradworthy parish council, which opposed the erection of the turbine, told the Daily Telegraph that strong winds had hit the area....
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United Kingdom: Cumbria rejects underground storage dump
2013-01-30 16:16:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: Government plans to undertake preliminary work on an underground storage dump for nuclear waste were rejected by Cumbria county council on Wednesday, adding a major roadblock to plans for a long term solution to the problem of nuclear waste. The county and its western district councils Allerdale and Copeland which make up the "nuclear coast" opposite the Isle of Man were the only local authorities in the UK still involved in feasibility studies for the 12bn disposal facility. Cumbria's cabinet...
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United Kingdom: Broadband an 'excuse' to build overhead cables in national parks
2013-01-30 08:01:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Telegraph: The Growth and Infrastructure Bill, due to pass through the House of Lords this week, is designed to kick-start the economy by making it easier to build roads, rail and warehouses in the countryside. But hidden in the Bill is a clause that makes it easier to put in broadband infrastructure such as overhead cables, boxes and antennae in national parks. Clause 8 removes the need for developers to seek approval from the relevant National Park Authority before building. Lord Deben, a former...
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United Kingdom: Can wind farm developers halt the 'march of the buffer zones'?
2013-01-30 07:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
BusinessGreen: Renewable energy developers are hoping the government will prevent a growing number of county councils from imposing wind farm buffer zones, which could severely restrict developments across the country. Buffer zones are designed to prevent turbines from being installed too close to people's homes, but developers fear that stringent restrictions could effectively block the development of wind farms in potentially suitable locations. At least eight local authorities in England either already...
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