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United Kingdom: Prince William and Prince Harry join flood relief effort
2014-02-14 12:16:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: Princes William and Harry on Friday went on a private mission to help the flood response, working to lug sandbags in Datchet. The Guardian came across the pair by the railway crossing in the flood-hit Berkshire village where they were quietly working with a team of 20 members of the Household Cavalry and Network Rail staff to load dozens of sandbags on to a railway truck. The princes, dressed in waterproofs and wellingtons, formed part of a human chain hauling the heavy sandbags out of the...
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United Kingdom: Lord Stern warns that ongoing storms are just a taste of things to come
2014-02-14 01:23:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Independent: Leading environmental economist Lord Stern has said the ongoing storms in the UK are just a taste of things to come, warning that failing to tackle global warming could lead to war as hundreds of millions of people are forced to migrate. The peer, author of a landmark 2006 report on climate change, said record rainfall and storm surges were a clear sign that we are already experiencing the impacts of climate change. He said that the dangers were greater now than in 2006 because greenhouse...
United Kingdom: Government to review flood defence investment decisions
2014-02-14 01:05:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
BusinessGreen: The government will re-examine investment decisions on flood defences as part of a series of reviews of the country's resilience and response to the flooding that has devastated parts of southern England over the past two months. David Cameron yesterday announced further reviews into transport infrastructure and the Bellwin scheme that provides financial help to local authorities in emergencies. In addition, he announced the launch of an annual resilience review to consider the local, regional,...
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United Kingdom: Ex-environment minister hits back at politician 'armchair hydrologists'
2014-02-13 23:30:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: A former Conservative environment minister who has been criticised along with the Environment Agency for mismanaging flood prevention has hit back at what he described as "politicians seeking to become armchair hydrologists". Richard Benyon has been accused by some south-west MPs and the communities secretary, Eric Pickles, of blocking dredging on the Somerset Levels during his period as environment minister. Writing for the Guardian, Benyon said he was "uncomfortable with those that reach...
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United Kingdom: David Cameron holds crisis cabinet meeting as floods continue
2014-02-13 12:30:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: David Cameron convened a special cabinet committee on flooding for the first time on Thursday, when ministers were given an update on the extent of power and transport disruption caused by overnight storms. The meeting had originally been called to discuss a longer-term government response to the floods crisis, but is also having to look at wider infrastructure disruption. The meeting came as the shadow environment secretary, Maria Eagle, said spending on climate change adaptation and mitigation...
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