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United Kingdom: 24m Green Deal fund exhausted in day

2014-12-11 17:59:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Guardian: Just a day after re-opening its popular Green Deal Home Improvement Fund (GDHIF) the government has been forced to close applications to a 24m pot allocated for solid wall insulation, following a rush of applications. The Department of Energy and Climate Change (Decc) yesterday launched a second phase of the GDHIF, offering households up to 5,600 for certain energy savings measures. Of the 30m budget, 24m was earmarked for solid-wall insulation projects and the remaining 6m for households...

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United Kingdom: Ed Davey: investors should be informed fossil fuel investment risks

2014-12-11 12:05:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Blue and Green: Energy and climate change secretary Ed Davey has commented that there is a case for making companies disclose their investments in fossil fuels and explain associated the risks. The remarks come as the fossil fuel divestment campaign continues to gather pace. Daveys comments were made at the UN conference currently taking place in Lima, Peru, which aims to produce a draft international climate change agreement. Tackling climate change means there are risks in the industry and the minister argues...

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Klein Tools Expands Presence in United Kingdom and Ireland

2014-12-11 11:30:51| Industrial Newsroom - All News for Today

Klein Tools Expands Presence in United Kingdom and Ireland with Significant Financial Investment and Strategic Partnership with Super Rod (Lincolnshire, Ill.) Klein Tools (www.kleintools.com), the number one hand tool choice of professional electricians in the United States, announced expanded initiatives in the...

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United Kingdom: Government infrastructure plan could lock in greater fossil fuel dependency

2014-12-10 11:43:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Blue and Green: Analysis of the UKs infrastructure pipeline indicates that fossil fuel projects are expected to exceed that of low-carbon energy, potentially locking in a greater dependency on fossil fuels and cutting the chances of the UK meeting carbon emission targets. The infrastructure plan was updated by the Treasury this month and analysed by Green Alliance. The findings suggests that since a detailed pipeline was released in 2012, expected spending on fossil fuel energy infrastructure has been revised...

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United Kingdom: Fossil fuel investing risk to pension funds, says Ed Davey

2014-12-07 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Telegraph: Investing in fossil fuels is becoming increasingly risky because global action to tackle climate change will curb demand, forcing companies to leave unprofitable reserves in the ground, Ed Davey, the energy secretary, has warned. Financial authorities must examine the risks posed by coal, oil and gas companies to prevent pension funds investing in what could become "the sub-prime assets of the future', Mr Davey said. The comments are Mr Davey's first intervention into the debate over the "carbon...

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