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United Kingdom: Oil additive polymer PIB may be responsible for seabird deaths
2013-02-06 17:58:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: A sticky substance that has killed hundreds of seabirds could be a polymer often used to improve the performance of lubricating oil, it has emerged. Professor Steve Rowland, an expert in pollution from Plymouth University, examined the substance found on one of the guillemots washed up on the south coast of the UK. He concluded that it is PIB polyisobutene which is used in products ranging from adhesives to sealants and chewing gum. The makeup of the samples he and his team have analysed suggests...
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United Kingdom: If cycling infrastructure ideas are ignored, very little will change
2013-02-06 13:16:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: The all-party parliamentary cycling group inquiry, to which I presented some of your ideas a fortnight ago, is rumbling on. Today, MPs and peers examine cycling infrastructure. Among the assembled witnesses is Dr Dave Horton, a cycling sociologist whose Understanding Walking and Cycling project, which I wrote about in 2011, had a big impact on my thinking. Below are the five points Horton sent to the committee in advance, to give an idea of his thinking, followed by some more thoughts, penned...
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United Kingdom: EDF boss reveals company could walk away from UK nuclear projects
2013-02-06 12:08:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
BusinessGreen: The delicate nature of the long-running negotiations between the government and EDF over plans for a new nuclear power plant at Hinkley Point have been highlighted, after the boss of the utility warned the company will not proceed with the project without the right level of support. Speaking to news agency Bloomberg, EDF chief executive Henri Proglio said the company would walk away from its plans for a new UK nuclear reactor if the government does not deliver an adequate guaranteed price for...
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United Kingdom: Nordex aims to cut costs with "most powerful" onshore wind turbine
2013-02-05 01:05:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
BusinessGreen: Nordex is targeting the UK and European market with its most powerful turbine yet for windy sites, amidst claims the technology can boost energy yields by 31 per cent. The German wind turbine manufacturer unveiled two new machines at the European Wind Energy Association (EWEA) conference yesterday, the 3MW N117/3000 for medium wind speeds and the N100/3300 for very windy areas. The new machines have much larger rotors than previous platforms, increasing the swept area by 23-37 per cent with...
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United Kingdom: UK nuclear power: EdF have more reasons to stay than Centrica
2013-02-04 19:58:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: Logically, it ought to have been impossible for Centrica to give a definitive view at this stage on whether it made financial sense to invest in nuclear power plants. That's because one crucial piece of the jigsaw the price at which government will guarantee to buy electricity from new nuclear plants is still to appear. In practice, one can't blame Sam Laidlaw, chief executive of Centrica, for deciding he's seen enough to conclude he doesn't want to take part. After the Fukushima disaster...
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