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United Kingdom: Why it's a mistake to trim climate change from the curriculum
2013-03-19 12:10:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Independent: The Department for Education (DfE), headed by the Secretary of State for Education Michael Gove MP, is proposing to remove climate change from several sections of the National Curriculum for under-14s. Im angry about this. Im angry because every day I speak to young people, teachers, outreach workers, parents and individuals who want to know more about climate science, the energy system and the impacts of climate change. Removing climate change from core sections of the Curriculum reduces their...
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United Kingdom Beverage Forecasts March 2013
2013-03-19 11:39:38| Beverage industry market research - from just-drinks.com
Country Beverage Forecasts provide consumption trends (1999 to 2011 actual, 2012 provisional plus 2013 to 2018 forecasts) for key beverage categories.
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United Kingdom: Fracking communities should get incentives, says minister
2013-03-18 21:17:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: Communities near shale gas fracking sites should be given handouts to accept drilling in their area, a government minister has said. The suggestion is markedly similar to a proposal made by the fracking company Cuadrilla in a letter to the energy minister John Hayes, released to the Guardian under the Freedom of Information Act, for taxpayers' money to be offered as a "quid pro quo" to help communities accept wells on their doorstep. In the 11-page letter to Hayes in November last year, the...
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United Kingdom: Flurry of new solar farms rush to beat cuts deadline
2013-03-15 07:25:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
BusinessGreen: Solarcentury has this week announced that it is on track to complete up to 70MW of new solar farm capacity by the end of the month, ahead of imminent cuts to the level of support available to solar installations with more than 5MW of capacity. Late last year the government confirmed the level of subsidy available for ground-mounted solar farms would be cut from two tradable renewable obligation certificates (ROCs) per MWh to 1.6ROCS/MWh, with the changes due to come into effect from 1 April. ...
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Coral Reefs of the United Kingdom Overseas Territories
2013-03-14 08:41:25| Springer Environmental Sciences titles
series:Coral Reefs of the WorldThe tropical UK Territories have extensive coral reefs. Huge parts of these areas are exceptionally rich, productive and diverse. Their marine biodiversity exceeds that of the UK itself, and several are already, or are planned to be, strictly protected. Some of these areas serve as reference sites for many other countries with damaged reefs and they are oases of tropical marine biodiversity ...
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