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United Kingdom: Chainsaw massacre: felled trees after Combe Haven road protest eviction big picture
2013-02-01 13:58:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: Campaigners spent weeks camped out at three sites in East Sussex to protest against a new 5.6km link road between Bexhill and Hastings. The Combe Haven Defenders group say that the case has national significance because it is one of more than a hundred major new roads planned across the country. On 30 January, the last protesters were evicted by police and bailiffs from the third and final remaining camp, many of whom were tens of feet high in trees. On the same day, the trees were felled by chainsaw...
United Kingdom: Al Gore attacks George Osborne's 'short-sighted' approach to climate
2013-02-01 13:17:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
BusinessGreen: Al Gore, the former US Vice President, has accused Chancellor George Osborne of taking a "short-sighted" approach to climate change and green economic growth, warning that businesses increasingly want to see ambitious action on global warming. Speaking to tonight's Channel 4 News, Gore, who won a Nobel Prize for his role as climate campaigner, said the UK government was making "a terrible mistake" by diluting its commitment to environmental issues. "There were such hopeful signs when Prime...
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United Kingdom: Sabotage suspected at toppled wind turbine as second is brought down
2013-02-01 12:42:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Telegraph: An investigation into the collapse of the first turbine in Bradworthy, Devon, during a 50mph gale last weekend has revealed that bolts are missing from its base. The turbine was initially thought to have been brought down by the wind, despite being designed to withstand winds of up to 116mph, but the new evidence could suggest a case of foul play, councillors said. It came as a second, 60ft turbine was spotted "lying crumpled on the ground" just 18 miles away in Cornwall, on a farm owned by...
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United Kingdom: Flood protection measures: government criticised for dragging feet
2013-02-01 10:02:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Press Association: The government has been too slow in bringing in measures to protect homes and businesses from the "shattering" impact of flooding, MPs said on Friday. The Commons environment, food and rural affairs committee said the draft water bill would help increase competition in the provision of water supplies, but that ministers were not showing enough urgency in implementing measures to improve the country's resilience to flooding and drought. A report from the committee criticised the failure to create...
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United Kingdom: Cumbria sticks it to the nuclear dump lobby despite all the carrots on offer
2013-01-31 18:58:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: Cumbria county council's decision to "dump the dump" by voting against a nuclear waste repository close to the Lake District has drilled a nasty great hole in the middle of the government's wider nuclear strategy. Ministers had made clear that part of the agreement with the public over a new generation of atomic power stations would involve finding a safe and permanent home for the high-level waste created by the old ones. Cumbria's decision is a body blow for government because though it may...
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