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United Kingdom: Biogas: can a green energy source be environmentally damaging?
2014-08-01 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: British biogas is not taking off as fast as some in the industry had hoped and the government stands accused of stunting its growth. As part of wider changes to its sustainable energy plans, the Department for Energy and Climate Change (DECC) launched a snap consultation over its subsidies for biogas plants at the end of May. "When we first introduced the 'one size fits all' [tariff] in November 2011 there were no full-scale biomethane-to-grid plants in operation," it said. Since then, DECC...
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United Kingdom: Tories target seats will be opened for fracking says Greenpeace
2014-07-28 21:17:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Independent: More than three-quarters of the Tories top target seats in the next general election have been opened up for oil and gas exploration, Greenpeace has claimed. As the Government launched the latest bidding round for onshore oil and gas licences, which covers around half the country, the environmental campaign group warned that the licensing area also covered freshwater aquifers and intruded on 10 national parks. The analysis by Greenpeace comes after a ComRes poll of more than 1,000 people in...
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United Kingdom: Government pushes ahead with fracking plan despite wide opposition
2014-07-28 20:45:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: Overwhelming opposition to the government's plans to expanding fracking across Britain was expressed by interest groups during an official consultation, whose results were released a day after ministers signalled a go-ahead for shale gas drilling around the country. The Department of Energy and Climate Change's report on the government's Strategic Environmental Assessment of its nationwide fracking plan recorded a wide range of objections, including from bodies such as Public Health England and...
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United Kingdom: Beauty spots still at fracking 'risk', say campaigners
2014-07-28 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
BBC: Fracking licences can only be issued for beauty spots in "exceptional circumstances", according to new rules issued by the government. It said the regulations for the new bidding round for licences - the first in six years - are stricter than before. And companies applying to frack near beauty spots will have additional obligations. But some environmental campaigners say the new rules are not tough enough. Right to refuse Fracking involves blasting water, chemicals and sand at high...
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United Kingdom: Parks to be protected from fracking
2014-07-27 19:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Wigan Today: National Parks in England will be protected from fracking unless there are "exceptional circumstances", ministers announced today. The policy was unveiled as the latest bidding process for shale companies seeking licences to explore for oil and gas was opened. The Government has committed to going ''all out for shale'', claiming development of the gas and oil resource is needed to improve energy security, boost jobs and the economy and bring down energy prices. But opponents say it causes disruption...
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