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United Kingdom: Allow fracking in national parks, says Environment Agency chief
2014-06-28 02:59:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: Fracking in national parks should be permitted because the visual impact can be limited when the process is "done properly", the outgoing chairman of the Environment Agency has declared. Chris Smith, who is due to step down from the post next month, waded into the debate over fracking by dismissing the claims of those campaigning against the impact of the controversial drilling at particular sites. "Provided it is done carefully and properly regulated, those fears are definitely exaggerated,"...
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United Kingdom: 'Record' renewables energy levels
2014-06-27 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Belfast Telegraph: Increases in the number of offshore and onshore wind turbines, along with high winds, boosted wind power, while a doubling of average rainfall on the previous year in areas that have hydropower saw electricity from the technology hit record levels. The increase in renewables, coupled with a fall in the amount of electricity generated overall in the first quarter of 2014, led to wind, hydro, solar, wave, tidal and biomass power plants generating a record 19.4% of the UK's electricity during the...
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United Kingdom: Clean energy sector on hold while govt reviews renewables target
2014-06-24 08:30:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: More than $5 billion was invested in Australian clean energy last year but the sector has virtually ground to a halt owing to widespread anxiety over the governments commitment to renewables, according to the industry body. In its analysis of renewables in 2013, the Clean Energy Council found that nearly 15% of Australias power was produced by renewable energy, with $5.18 billion invested in the sector. The industry now employs more than 21,000 people, with last year seeing the launch of...
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United Kingdom: Report highlights importance and future of low-carbon biofuel industry
2014-06-20 07:01:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Blue and Green: The Low Carbon Vehicle Partnership (LowCVP) has published a report assessing how best the government can achieve the UKs 2020 renewable transport target. It has been hailed as an important step forward for the sustainable fuel industry. The two-part report, published earlier this week, looks at options and recommendations to meet the EUs Renewable Energy Directive. The authors suggest that the biggest contribution will come from combining ordinary transport fuel with sustainable biofuel....
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United Kingdom: We can turn the tide of climate change by working with China
2014-06-17 23:30:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: Much has been written about the nuclear agreements signed at the UK-China summit. Given the boost to low-carbon electricity, to energy security and to jobs, the Chinese interest in taking forward investment at Hinkley Point C, the UK's first nuclear station in a generation is hugely welcome. But equally important is that both China and the UK recognise that climate change is one of the greatest global challenges we face. For the first time ever, the UK and China have released a joint statement,...
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