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United Kingdom: Lord Smith: 'EA staff know 100 times more than any politician about flooding'
2014-02-10 10:44:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: Environment Agency chairman Lord Smith has blamed Treasury spending rules for the failure of the agency to spend more on dredging last year, as he said his staff knew 100 times more than any politician about flood defence protection. He also said the environment secretary, Owen Paterson, has been hugely supportive, contrasting that with the sniping and criticism that has come from the communities secretary, Eric Pickles. He denied all knowledge of a document suggesting in 2008 it had been EA...
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United Kingdom: Floods threaten thousands of homes along the Thames
2014-02-10 09:30:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: Thousands of homes along the Thames have been told to prepare for significant flooding, as the number of severe flood warnings in the south of England rises to 16. Fourteen of the warnings relate to a lengthy stretch of the Thames through Berkshire and Surrey, and two remain in place in the Somerset Levels. The Environment Agency (EA) said the Thames warnings stretched "from Datchet to Shepperton Green, including Ham Court and Chertsey, as river levels in the area are extremely high and are...
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United Kingdom: Treasury urged to insulate homes with carbon tax revenues
2014-02-10 03:38:22| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
BusinessGreen: A coalition of businesses and NGOs has accused the Treasury of hypocrisy over its refusal to use proceeds from carbon taxes to insulate the UK's housing stock. A new report, authored by an ex-Treasury economist for campaign group Energy Bill Revolution, made up of nearly 200 UK charities, businesses, unions, consumer and health groups, highlights how the Treasury's decision to retain proceeds from emissions trading and the carbon floor price is something of an anomaly. Revenues from other policies...
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United Kingdom: Don't blame the Environment Agency for floods. Blame the spending rules
2014-02-09 21:58:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: Over the past two and a half months, Britain has faced the most extreme series of weather events we have ever experienced. The surge down the east coast of England in early December was the biggest in 60 years, and in some cases even higher than in the tragedy of 1953. The storms over Christmas and new year were unprecedented, and they have since been followed by the wettest January in the south since records began. Last week the highest waves ever recorded in Britain were crashing against...
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United Kingdom: Ministers playing politics with floods, says Environment Agency chief
2014-02-09 21:58:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: Ministers are "playing politics" with the flood crisis and "getting in the way of decent people doing a valiant job", according to an unprecedented outburst from the embattled boss of the Environment Agency, who blamed the government for limiting the agency's response. Hitting back at the vitriolic criticism that has been aimed at him and his agency for weeks one MP has called him a "git" and threatened to "stick his head down the loo and flush" Lord Smith said the attacks had been unlike...
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