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United Kingdom: MPs call for diesel cars scrappage scheme tackle air pollution
2015-11-20 14:26:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: The government should consider a scrappage scheme for diesel cars to get polluting vehicles off the streets of Englands cities, where they contribute to tens of thousands of premature deaths every year, according to an influential committee of MPs. The call echoes a proposal from London Mayor Boris Johnson who has suggested up to 2,000 per car could be paid to get 150,000 diesels off the capitals roads. Ministers should also revise vehicle excise duty (road tax) to encourage drivers to...
United Kingdom: Severe weather puts hundreds Cumbrian homes at risk of flooding
2015-11-15 12:13:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: Police have warned motorists in Cumbria to drive only if absolutely necessary after torrential rain left roads flooded and put more than 1,000 homes at risk. The Environment Agency has issued six severe flood warnings its highest level of alert and emergency reception centres were set up in Kendal and Egremont. But Dave Hughes, the chairman of Kendal Mountain Rescue, said not everyone had been willing to leave their homes. Some people decided to stay at home. You can understand that...
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United Kingdom: The Observer view on Tories' shameful record on climate change
2015-11-08 01:03:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: President Obama reputedly remarked of the forthcoming UN climate change summit: Im dragging the rest of the world behind me to Paris. Later this month, 149 nations will congregate to agree national targets for reducing carbon emissions. But Britain, once regarded as a global leader, has relegated itself to the ranks of those reluctantly being pulled along in Obamas wake. Since the election, the government has performed a series of dizzying U-turns on its green policies. It has announced cuts...
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United Kingdom: Youre failing on green energy, Tory ex-minister warns Cameron
2015-11-07 09:48:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: David Camerons chief climate change adviser has warned that the government is clearly failing in key policy areas and needs to regain the confidence of investors in green technology, in the runup to next months crucial global summit in Paris. Lord Deben, chairman of the UKs independent committee on climate change, told the Observer of his concerns, particularly regarding the continued waste of energy from draughty homes and the failure to exploit the potential of renewable heat technology....
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United Kingdom: Government Is Out Of Step With Public Over Support For Small Scale Solar
2015-11-06 11:28:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Blue and Green: Over 50,000 people have submitted responses to a government consultation calling for them to maintain support for rooftop solar. The consultation, which closed on 23 October, proposed ending or massively reducing the feed-in tariff scheme, which helps pay for solar on the roofs of homes and schools. Tens of thousands more people have written to their MPs to protest about plans that would see government support for small scale solar fall to just 2 million a year over the next three years. Friends...
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