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United Kingdom: Labour promises to protect public forests
2015-02-02 07:17:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: Labour will pitch itself as the party that will protect nature and the British countryside this week, with a promise to prevent publicly owned forests from being sold. In a speech at an RSPB nature reserve on Tuesday, shadow environment secretary Maria Eagle is expected to attack the coalition for overseeing a decline in the UKs natural environment and to pledge to give more people access to green space. Former Tory environment secretary, Caroline Spelman, was forced into a u-turn over plans...
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United Kingdom: Lancashire council defers Cuadrilla fracking decision
2015-01-28 13:31:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: Planning decisions on the UKs full scale fracking have been deferred for eight weeks by Lancashire county council (LCC), which was due to decide this week on two proposals from shale gas explorer Cuadrilla. But after council planning officers recommended last week that permission should be refused on the grounds of unnacceptable noise and heavy truck traffic, Cuadrilla submitted revised proposals. LCCs chief legal adviser said on Wednesday that these proposals were substantive and therefore...
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United Kingdom: Government forced to U-turn on fracking plans
2015-01-27 12:56:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Blue and Green: The government has been forced to change plans on where fracking can occur across the UK after conceding to Labours calls to close 13 environmental loopholes in the industrys regulation. Energy secretary Ed Davey accepted amendments to the infrastructure bill put forward by Labour. The amendments include an outright ban on fracking within national parks and areas of outstanding natural beauty, as well as areas close to water supplies. Fracking companies will also have to monitor the environment...
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Still Wine Market in the United Kingdom: Market Profile to 2018
2015-01-26 01:00:00| Beverage industry market research - from just-drinks.com
This report presents data on the Still Wine consumption trends in the United Kingdom. It analyzes Still Wine consumption volumes and values at market and category level.
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United Kingdom: Still No Solution to Storage of High-Level Radioactive Nuclear Waste
2015-01-25 15:47:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
EcoWatch: A private consortium formed to deal with Europes most difficult nuclear waste at a site in Britains beautiful Lake District has been sacked by the British government because not sufficient progress has been made in making it safe. It is the latest setback for an industry that claims nuclear power is the low-carbon answer to climate change, but has not yet found a safe resting place for radioactive rubbish it creates when nuclear fuel and machinery reaches the end of its life. Dealing with the...
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