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United Kingdom: Villagers' fracking revolt leads to arrests
2013-07-26 22:51:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Telegraph: The protest against plans by the fracking company Cuadrilla to explore for oil and gas at a site just outside the sleepy village of Balcombe, East Sussex, began on Thursday. Local people, including mothers and children, set up gazebos and bunting by the roadside. Tea and cakes were handed out and there was even a singalong. Activists included Natalie Hynde, the daughter of Chrissie Hynde and Ray Davies of The Kinks. But the mood turned at midday yesterday as a hard core of activists refused...
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United Kingdom: Anti-fracking activists arrested at oil drilling site
2013-07-26 15:34:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Telegraph: The demonstration, which began on Thursday, is against plans by fracking company Cuadrilla to explore for oil and gas in the area. Local residents, including mothers and children, set up gazebos and bunting by the roadside, while some protesters stopped lorries from entering the area by playing cricket outside the site in Balcombe, Sussex. However, at midday on Friday, 90 police arrived and told around 12 protesters, who had linked arms on a log across the entrance to the site, that they must...
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United Kingdom: Creating new life - and other ways to feed the world
2013-07-23 01:37:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
BBC: How best to feed a growing population in a changing climate is fiercely debated with many new and emerging research fields hoping to provide a solution. Estimates suggest that food production will have to increase by at least 60% by 2050 to feed a rapidly increasing population, which is expected to top nine billion. The UK government has announced it will put 160m into agricultural industries "to deliver sustainable, healthy and affordable food for future generations". Associate professor...
United Kingdom: Wild crop seeds could provide 128bn boost to economy
2013-07-23 01:25:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
BusinessGreen: Preserving the wild relatives of some of the world's most popular crop plants such as wheat, potato, rice and sugarcane, could be worth up to $196bn (128bn) to the economy. That is the conclusion of a report commissioned by Kew's Millennium Seed Bank, which warns that many of the wild varieties of our most important food crops that can be used to boost agriculture, are at risk of dying out. Crop wild relatives (CWRs) can be cross bred with existing crop varieties to help produce higher yields...
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United Kingdom: After the calm, the storms
2013-07-21 09:47:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Daily Mail: The longest heatwave for seven years could come to an end this week as the heat and humidity look set to give way to lightning and downpours. But don't pack away the barbecues just yet - tomorrow the mercury is expected to hit 35C for the first time since 2006. Isolated showers are expected across Britain at the start of the week, but from Tuesday it has the potential to be very unsettled in eastern and northern parts with thundery downpours possible. However, there will be a lot of sunshine too,...
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