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United Kingdom: After bribes for wind farms communities are offered money for fracking
2013-03-21 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Telegraph: George Osborne, the Chancellor, announced a number of incentives to encourage companies to start hydraulic fracturing -- or 'fracking' -- to extract the valuable fossil fuel. He said companies will receive tax breaks on the profits from shale gas fields, especially at the beginning to encourage them to drill. He also said communities should receive 'benefits' to encourage them to allow planning, but failed to say if the money will come from the company profits or the Government. "Shale gas...
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United Kingdom: Thousands sign school climate change petition started by 15-year-old
2013-03-21 14:02:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: Over 12,000 people have signed a petition started by a 15-year-old girl to keep climate change in the national curriculum for under 14-year-olds. Esha Marhawa from Hounslow in west London said she was outraged that the draft key stage 3 geography curriculum for English schools had vastly scaled back discussion of the phenomenon. "Climate change is the most pressing and threatening issue to modern-day society. Through lack of understanding from generations before us, we are having to fix it. And...
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United Kingdom: Owen Paterson calls for email block after bee 'cyberattack'
2013-03-20 11:33:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Telegraph: The "bee-mails' were sent in protest at the UK Government's failure to back a ban on pesticides environmentalists believe are killing bees. But Mr Paterson, the MP for North Shropshire, said the "cyber-attack' was a waste of his time that stopped him from carrying out important national and constituency work. "Everyone has a right to express their view and write to me but this is a cyber-attack on the constituency office,' he said. "The danger is that someone may have a real problem, they...
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United Kingdom: Organic sales slip again amid economic gloom
2013-03-20 10:58:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: Sales of organic products in the UK have fallen by 1.5% over the past year, continuing their downward slide in the face of ongoing tough economic conditions. Supermarkets are blamed in a new report for cutting back their ranges and shelf space, leading to a 2.4% slump in organic sales across the multiple retailers. But at the same time a "Jamie [Oliver] generation" of ethically aware shoppers aged under-35 is driving growth through other outlets, accounting for 16% of all sales, and significantly...
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United Kingdom: Climate change: our sin of omission
2013-03-19 22:02:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: Betrayal is a word not to be used lightly. But no betrayal is worse than the betrayal of children, and the Department for Education's attempt to remove all explicit reference to climate change from the national curriculum guidelines up to the age of 14 would, if it succeeds, betray a whole generation of children. The purpose of education is to prepare us for the challenges we will face in life. Climate change, and our success or failure in dealing with it, will be a defining challenge. A successful...
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