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United Kingdom: Difficult choices, as the flood waters rise
2014-02-02 21:26:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Telegraph: The country has faced an extraordinary combination of weather conditions over the past eight weeks. Prolonged periods of heavy rain and gale-force winds have affected almost every part of England. The early-December tidal surge was the biggest since 1953 and the whole month was the stormiest on record. The south of England has had its wettest January since 1910. Roads have been impassable, train and plane travel disrupted and 250,000 homes have been without power. Environment Agency staff have...
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United Kingdom: Flooding: five lessons we have learned
2014-02-02 01:16:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: For centuries flood protection has meant building ever higher walls and radically straightening and clearing rivers, to rush water ever faster to the sea. But a more crowded island, rising sea levels and increasing extreme weather caused by climate change mean the hard engineering approach is hitting its limit. Dredging is a prime example: experts say it would not have prevented flooding in the Somerset Levels, nor drained the water significantly quicker. A desire for immediate action is understandable,...
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United Kingdom: The more the experts warn against, the more we build on flood plains
2014-02-02 01:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Independent: Flooding may have shot up the political agenda but that hasn't stopped local planning authorities driving through housing developments in areas at severe risk of flooding. From Cornwall to London, to Cardiff, Leeds and Northumberland, local authorities across England and Wales have been ignoring the Environment Agency's (EA) protests and waving through developments on flood-prone land. As Britain endures another weekend of torrential rain and further flooding, figures obtained by The Independent...
Aerotech United Kingdom Moves to New and Larger Facility
2014-02-01 06:00:00| Industrial Newsroom - All News for Today
As part of continued expansion in the global precision motion and automation systems arena, Aerotech Inc. - the Pittsburgh-USA headquartered high-technology mechatronic motion products designer and manufacturer - has relocated its UK subsidiary to a new and larger facility in Ramsdell near Tadley. With additional office and operational logistics space as well as considerably more room for customer demonstration, training and conferencing, the well-equipped 500 m<sup>2</sup> building will allow ...
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United Kingdom: Climate change deniers are 'headless chickens' says Prince Charles
2014-02-01 05:18:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Express: The Prince of Wales, who has campaigned for years to reduce global warming, also spoke out against "the barrage of sheer intimidation" from powerful anti-climate change groups during an awards ceremony at Buckingham Palace last night. The Prince made the comments as he presented leading young green entrepreneur Gamal Albinsaid with the inaugural Prince of Wales Young Sustainability Entrepreneur Prize. His comments were met with scorn by climate change sceptic Dr Benny Peiser, of Lord Lawson's...
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