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United Kingdom: Expect storms ahead over local flood crisis funds
2014-01-14 14:16:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: David Cameron had a ready answer when cornered by angry flood victims in Kent, who faced the first days of 2014 knee deep in water with no electricity: blame your council. Unable either to find suitable words of comfort or promise a ready Whitehall response, the PM adopted the ultimate default position in which English local government provides the answer to all local ills which, of course, it should, and often does, in spite of being forced to make savings of 20bn this parliament But put...
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Chevron Makes Final Investment Decision On Alder Field In The United Kingdom
2014-01-14 04:40:07| publicworks Home Page
Chevron Corporation announced recently that its U.K. subsidiary, Chevron North Sea Limited, has reached a final investment decision and received approval from the U.K. government to proceed with the development of the Alder Field in the Central North Sea
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United Kingdom: Councils face 'contradictory roles'
2014-01-13 13:16:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: Government moves to persuade councils to support fracking have been condemned as giving them "contradictory roles" and undermining trust in local government decisions, according to anti-fracking campaigners and an MP whose constituency has a site that is being explored for drilling. The prime minister, David Cameron, announced on a visit to a site close to Gainsborough in Lincolnshire on Monday that councils would be allowed to keep 100% of business rates from fracking operations rather than 50%...
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United Kingdom: 'We're going all out for shale,' admits David Cameron
2014-01-13 01:16:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: David Cameron is to declarethat his government is "going all out for shale" as he announces that councils will be entitled to keep 100% of business rates raised from fracking sites in a deal expected to generate millions of pounds for local authorities. In a renewed attempt to win support for the controversial expansion of fracking, the prime minister will also say that revenues generated by shale gas companies could be paid directly in cash to homeowners living nearby. The prime minister's...
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United Kingdom: Anti-fracking protests fail to halt interest in shale gas
2014-01-12 22:58:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: Hundreds of protesters were making their presence felt again at a fracking site in Barton Moss, Greater Manchester, on Sunday. Since November a hardy group of campaigners have been protesting at the site where planning permission has been granted to energy company IGas to carry out test drilling reflecting the fears of environmentalists that exploring for shale gas is unsafe. But their efforts seem unlikely to halt the tide of interest among corporations and the government. The French oil...
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