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United Kingdom: Flood defences: George Osborne tackled yesterday's crisis at the cost of today's
2014-02-16 21:30:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: There is no excuse. In 2010 the coalition slashed spending on flood defences when it should have gone up. Even last year's increase in flood defence spending was under duress. The insurers, some of the most enlightened big businesses on this issue, have repeatedly warned about the rising claims and losses from climate change-induced extreme weather. A confidential deal struck last June, ahead of the spending review, increased flood defence spending as a payback for the insurance companies continuing...
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United Kingdom: Police attack Barton Moss anti-fracking protestors
2014-02-16 21:21:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Ecologist: After anti-fracking protestors scored an important legal victory at Barton Moss, Manchester Police responded with outright violence and intimidation. The message was clear: 'Never mind the Courts and Judges. We are are the law.' This is political policing, re-enforced with overt aggression - what took place today appears to be political policing in favour of a corporate agenda. After the District Judge had declared Barton Moss Road a public footpath (see here), and the successful blockade of...
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United Kingdom: Climate change and its risks are not going away, Mr Cameron
2014-02-16 02:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Independent: A scientist who co-wrote a report seven years ago predicting current levels of flooding says that ministers are still disinclined to do what is needed. The PM must show leadership as much as sympathy The current flooding crisis is one of a succession to hit England. After the widespread flooding in 2000, the Department of Trade and Industry commissioned the Foresight Future Flooding study which involved some 90 national experts. The reports covered how flood risks would change up to the 2080s...
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United Kingdom: On Thames, centuries of history tell a less apocalyptic flood story
2014-02-16 01:16:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: A British fixation with the weather seems to link readily with a pessimistic view of our vulnerability to flooding. This has been underlined through an outstandingly wet winter, with often protracted floods. For those directly affected, in Somerset especially, this has been a harrowing experience, and the impact on transport, agriculture and commerce has been severe. Many believe that the cluster of major floods in the early years of the 21st century herald much worse as global temperatures continue...
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United Kingdom: Ed Miliband: 'Britain is sleepwalking to a climate crisis'
2014-02-15 22:16:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: We are on the 3.30pm train from Birmingham to London and it feels like a race against time. Outside, the fields are flooded and the rain is lashing down. More bad weather is heading in fast from the west. Two days before, on Wednesday, Virgin Trains called a temporary, early-evening halt to services in and out of Euston and passengers are worried it may do so again. Aside from a nagging anxiety about getting home, Ed Miliband is having a decent day. Earlier, he dropped in on south Manchester,...
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