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United Kingdom Food and Drink Report Q4 2016
2016-08-10 02:00:00| Beverage industry market research - from just-drinks.com
Business Monitor International's United Kingdom Food and Drink Report provides industry professionals and strategists, corporate analysts, food and drink associations, government departments and regul
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United Kingdom: Trying to bribe public to accept fracking won't work, say campaigners
2016-08-07 15:49:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: Environmental campaigners have accused the government of trying to bribe the public to accept fracking, after Theresa May unveiled plans to give households cash payments worth thousands of pounds if shale drilling occurs in their areas. The prime minister personally intervened with proposals for households to get direct cash handouts in areas where fracking takes place, changing plans that would have given money to local communities. Announcing the plans on Sunday, No 10 said the cash model...
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United Kingdom: Environment minister accused of conflict of interest over farm subsidies
2016-08-04 10:48:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: One of Theresa Mays new environment ministers has been accused by campaigners of a conflict of interest over tens of thousands of pounds he receives annually in EU farming subsidies. Lord Gardiner is parliamentary under secretary of state and the House of Lords spokesperson for the Department for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra), which will be heavily involved in plans for replacing EU farming support. But he is a partner in a family farm in Buckinghamshire, which received nearly...
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United Kingdom: Theresa May delayed Hinkley Point to revisit Chinese involvement
2016-07-31 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: Theresa May raised objections to the Hinkley Point C nuclear power deal during the coalition government, the former business secretary Sir Vince Cable has claimed, in remarks that will throw fresh doubt over the projects future. Cable said that as home secretary, May had been unhappy about the former chancellor George Osbornes gung-ho attitude to Chinese investment. Speaking after May unexpectedly delayed signing-off on government support for the new power station, Cable described the late...
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United Kingdom: Fears grow over danger of flooding around the UK as inquiry is shelved
2016-07-30 22:25:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: On Boxing Day last year, Colette Jones was warned by neighbours that flood water was pouring across parkland near her house in Bury, Greater Manchester. The river Irwell had burst its banks as torrential rain swept the area. Within an hour, her house and hundreds of others nearby were inundated. Colette and her husband, Graham, had to struggle through water up to chest height to reach safety. It was terrifying, she recalls. It was also horrible. The water was mixed with sewage. Our house was...
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