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United Kingdom: MPs say wind farm contracts are 'shocking'
2013-01-13 22:17:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Independent: Families could face higher electricity bills as a result of "shocking" blunders in awarding new contracts for offshore wind farms, a group of MPs has warned. Private Finance Initiative (PFI) deals worth 17bn, agreed with companies for transmitting wind power to the mainland, showed that the Government had failed to learn from earlier poor PFI contracts and the costs would eventually be passed on to consumers, the Public Accounts Committee said. A report published today looks at the "elaborate"...
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United Kingdom: Weather warning upgraded by Met Office
2013-01-13 21:58:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: The Met Office has upgraded its weather warning for Monday, advising people to "be aware" of severe weather after snow made its first fall in Scotland. People in parts of Scotland including Peebles saw snow, while a blizzard closed the Kirkstone pass in the Lake District after the conditions were deemed too hazardous for drivers. Wintery conditions were reported in Salford and Wigan later on Sunday and more sleet and snow was expected for north-west England on Monday. The RAC is expecting up to...
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United Kingdom: No wind farms, no food, warns Sir Ian Wilmut
2013-01-13 01:15:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Scotsman: A WORLD-famous scientist has warned that future generations of Scots could suffer serious food shortages unless people accept wind farms as a necessary evil. Professor Sir Ian Wilmut, the creator of the worlds first cloned sheep, Dolly, said that turbines were vital to reducing the carbon emissions blamed for global warming and an increase in flooding which is destroying food crops. Writing for Scotland on Sunday today, Wilmut says the connection must be made between the record rainfall...
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United Kingdom: David Cameron is irresponsible to omit climate change from his G8 priorities
2013-01-11 17:49:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: It's one of greatest threats to global stability, yet climate change is nowhere to be found in the UK's G8 priorities. The World Economic Forum published its Global Risks report this week, outlining what its analysis suggests are the biggest risks facing global economic stability in 2013. At the top of the list is inaction on climate change, alongside disparities in income and the failure of governments to reduce their debts. As the report points out, the fact that the top three risks are...
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United Kingdom: Met Office hits back at 'inaccuracies' in James Delingpole article
2013-01-11 01:45:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: The Met Office has hit back at claims that it conceded there is no evidence for global warming and that its weather forecasts are inaccurate. The forecaster has published a blog detailing an alleged "series of factual inaccuracies about the Met Office and its science" made in a Daily Mail article written by James Delingpole. The blog provides a point by point rebuttal of the Mail story, headlined "The crazy climate change obsession that's made the Met Office a menace". Delingpole writes that the...
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