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United Kingdom: Farmers warn of fire risk to crops as heat goes on
2013-07-20 21:30:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: Crops and heathland across Britain now face the threat of devastating fires as Britain continues to swelter in record-breaking heat. Farmers have urged travellers to take considerable care not to trigger blazes through carelessness over the next few days. The Met Office said yesterday its forecast indicated the hot, sunny weather would continue for much of next week, further drying out woodlands and fields and maintaining conditions that have already triggered mountain blazes in the Welsh valleys...
United Kingdom: Weather: Health warnings as heatwave goes on
2013-07-20 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Scotsman: GRASS fires have been keeping firefighters busy in some parts of Scotland, as the country continues to bask in the heatwave. The fire service was called to a blaze covering around three acres of grassland near the village of Crook of Devon in Perthshire. Three fire engines attended, and they are still working to bring the fire under control. Crews in the Grampian area have also been dealing with a number of small grass fires in forests and scrubland, a spokeswoman for the fire service said....
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United Kingdom: Fracking: tax breaks raise questions over agenda for tackling climate change
2013-07-19 01:57:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: Providing tax breaks to the frackers can be justified by the government as a way of trying to develop an industry that could eventually provide Britain with lower-cost and lower-carbon energy if all goes fantastically well. In the US, the shale "revolution" has cut natural gas prices by almost 75% and allowed a reduction in carbon emissions as gas has displaced coal in the generation of electricity. But that coal has been exported to Britain and Germany to be burned over here. A new domestic...
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United Kingdom: Fracking companies should not get tax breaks, says No 10 adviser
2013-07-18 21:16:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: Shale gas fracking companies should not be granted tax breaks, a leading Downing Street adviser has said, because their operations are likely to be profitable without such incentives even as the government prepared to offer developers a new "pad allowance" for the wells they drill, to encourage more of the controversial exploration. Peter Lilley, the climate sceptic Tory MP who is an adviser on foreign policy in No 10, said in a debate on shale gas in Westminster Hall on Thursday afternoon:...
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United Kingdom: Heatwave latest: Up to 760 killed and total may double as temperatures above 30C are set to continue
2013-07-18 16:59:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Independent: The heatwave has been responsible for as many as 760 deaths, according to official calculations, as the UK enters the sixth day of plus-30C temperatures. The temperature today is forecast to hit 31.0C, following yesterdays year-high of 31.9C at Heathrow, marking the longest heatwave for seven years. Research by the London School of Hygiene and Tropical medicine for The Times has estimated the death toll for the first nine days of the heatwave at between 540 and 760 people in England alone....
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