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United Kingdom: Students call on universities reduce investments in fossil fuels
2014-02-14 14:16:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: Students around the UK will tell their universities on Friday to reduce their investments in fossil fuels, in an effort to change the UK's investment practices. The day of action will see student bodies of many higher educational institutes publicising their opposition to investments by their universities into oil and gas-related funds. At Oxford University, at least 10 common rooms have passed motions in favour of cutting off investment into fossil fuels. The results are not yet known. The...
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United Kingdom: Offshore windfarms 'wild west' of renewable energy, union warns
2014-02-14 13:16:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: The government's push into offshore wind power has created a boom in renegade ship operators that are exploiting workers and putting lives in danger, according to the UK's largest marine workers' union. Nautilus has dubbed the sector that operates boats for the UK's offshore windfarms the "wild west" of renewable energy. The union says basic safety rules are not being enforced, bullying and harassment are commonplace, crews lack training and are often forced to work in sea conditions beyond recommended...
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United Kingdom: Prince William and Prince Harry join flood relief effort
2014-02-14 12:16:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: Princes William and Harry on Friday went on a private mission to help the flood response, working to lug sandbags in Datchet. The Guardian came across the pair by the railway crossing in the flood-hit Berkshire village where they were quietly working with a team of 20 members of the Household Cavalry and Network Rail staff to load dozens of sandbags on to a railway truck. The princes, dressed in waterproofs and wellingtons, formed part of a human chain hauling the heavy sandbags out of the...
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United Kingdom: Lord Stern warns that ongoing storms are just a taste of things to come
2014-02-14 01:23:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Independent: Leading environmental economist Lord Stern has said the ongoing storms in the UK are just a taste of things to come, warning that failing to tackle global warming could lead to war as hundreds of millions of people are forced to migrate. The peer, author of a landmark 2006 report on climate change, said record rainfall and storm surges were a clear sign that we are already experiencing the impacts of climate change. He said that the dangers were greater now than in 2006 because greenhouse...
United Kingdom: Government to review flood defence investment decisions
2014-02-14 01:05:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
BusinessGreen: The government will re-examine investment decisions on flood defences as part of a series of reviews of the country's resilience and response to the flooding that has devastated parts of southern England over the past two months. David Cameron yesterday announced further reviews into transport infrastructure and the Bellwin scheme that provides financial help to local authorities in emergencies. In addition, he announced the launch of an annual resilience review to consider the local, regional,...
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