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United Kingdom: Who is bankrolling the anti-green Powerline group?
2013-04-02 12:21:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
BusinessGreen: A new anti-renewable energy lobbying group that aims to put an end to the government's widely-touted Electriticity Market Reforms will reportedly launch in the coming weeks, although the group is still yet to go public about its precise goals, membership or funding. According to a number of separate media reports this weekend, the so-called Powerline group is planning to link up with consumer groups to attack green energy policies that have been blamed for pushing up bills. A leaked memo from...
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United Kingdom: Met Office advice was 'not helpful'
2013-03-29 02:07:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
BBC: The Met Office has admitted issuing advice to government that was "not helpful" during last year's remarkable switch in weather patterns. Between March and April 2012, the UK experienced an extraordinary shift from high pressure and drought to low pressure and downpours. But the Met Office said the forecast for average rainfall "slightly" favoured drier than average conditions. The three-month forecast is said to be experimental. It is sent to contingency planners but has been withheld...
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United Kingdom: Oil Giants Invest Heavily in Exploration Near Shetlands
2013-03-28 22:02:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
New York Times: BP and three other oil giants said Thursday that they would begin a new round of drilling in a remote area about 75 kilometers west of the Shetland Islands, an archipelago north of Scotland. The partners plan to drill at least five new wells over two years at a cost of about $100 million each on a project they are calling Greater Clair. Depending on the results, another seven wells could be added, pushing the cost of what they are calling an appraisal program to more than $1 billion. Trevor Garlick,...
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United Kingdom: John Hayes move follows public rows at troubled energy department
2013-03-28 12:56:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: The department charged with keeping the lights on, stopping energy billpayers getting fleeced and fighting the greatest challenge to civilisation we face climate change has been a very unhappy place. John Hayes, who has been moved out after just seven months as a minister and in the middle of the flagship energy bill, provoked extraordinary rows with this nominal boss, the Lib Dem secretary of state, Ed Davey, defying him to give a speech lambasting wind farms and leading Davey to take legal...
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United Kingdom: Poll: public backs green industries to boost growth
2013-03-28 04:37:52| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
BusinessGreen: Almost 60 per cent of the public thinks the government should invest in green industries to promote economic recovery, according to a new poll. When asked where the government should invest to improve the economy, 57 per cent cited industries such as building wind turbines or installing loft insulation, according to a survey of more than 2,000 people conducted by pollsters Opinium for the Carbon Brief website. Just over two thirds said climate change is a serious problem that needs to be tackled...
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