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United Kingdom: Green energy co-ops blocked by government regulator
2014-08-15 07:03:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: The future of community-owned green energy projects that ministers say are crucial to break the dominance of the big six is being put at risk by the Financial Conduct Authority, according to co-operatives and the Labour party. Thousands of towns and villages have clubbed together around the UK in recent years to set up energy co-ops to generate clean electricity from wind turbines and solar panels. Ed Davey, the energy secretary, last year visited a community solar scheme on a tower block...
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United Kingdom: Protesters occupy field near Cuadrillas proposed fracking site in Blackpool
2014-08-14 18:45:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: Several hundred anti-fracking protesters have taken over a field near a proposed exploration site for shale gas in the Fylde area, east of Blackpool. The No Dash for Gas Reclaim The Power camp has positioned itself close to one of two planned drill sites by energy firm Cuadrilla and is expected to remain for six days. Inga Wilde, a campaigner at the camp said: Blackpool is the first location for fracking in the UK, the first test site. So wed like to stop fracking here and fracking everywhere...
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United Kingdom: Government survey finds support fracking has fallen to 24%
2014-08-13 12:54:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Blue and Green: A survey released on Tuesday by the Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) has contradicted findings from a trade body earlier this week. The new poll found less than a quarter of Brits said they support shale gas extraction, a decline since the previous survey in March. The DECC public opinion tracker wave 10 also found continued high levels of support for renewable energy and a drop in support for nuclear power. When asked about fracking, almost half of respondents were neutral...
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United Kingdom: Fracking campaigners criticise 'censored' report on house prices
2014-08-10 16:59:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: The government has been criticised for censoring a report into the impact of shale gas drilling that examines the effect on house prices and pressure on local services. Campaigners are calling for full publication of the study carried out by Whitehall officials, as the government continues to resist the idea of offering compensation to individual householders near proposed fracking sites. The report, called Shale Gas: Rural Economy Impacts, was written in March and a draft was released under...
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United Kingdom: Prescott flies 40,000 miles to lecture on climate change
2014-08-10 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Mail: He is meant to be helping to save the planet. Yet Lord Prescott has clocked up more than 40,000 air miles in five months all while travelling to and from climate change conferences. Since February the ex-Deputy Prime Minister and former Environment Secretary has attended all-expenses paid summits in Europe, North America, India and China. There he has delivered lectures on the perils of damaging the environment and discussed new legislation which could restrict the ability of others to fly or...
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