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United Kingdom: Anti-fracking protests fail to halt interest in shale gas
2014-01-12 22:58:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: Hundreds of protesters were making their presence felt again at a fracking site in Barton Moss, Greater Manchester, on Sunday. Since November a hardy group of campaigners have been protesting at the site where planning permission has been granted to energy company IGas to carry out test drilling reflecting the fears of environmentalists that exploring for shale gas is unsafe. But their efforts seem unlikely to halt the tide of interest among corporations and the government. The French oil...
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United Kingdom: Disarray over flood prevention plans
2014-01-10 01:10:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
BBC: There is disarray over government plans to prevent new developments making flooding worse, BBC News has learned. The 2010 Flood Act states developments must be landscaped so water from roofs and drives seeps into open ground, and does not rush into the water system. But details of the law have been delayed for more than three years. House builders say it will put up the cost of new home and have been wrangling with government and councils over who pays to maintain new systems. The BBC...
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United Kingdom: Who will David Cameron listen to on building in the countryside?
2014-01-09 21:42:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Telegraph: A Conservative MP complaining about the Government's planning reforms is hardly as rare as hen's teeth these days. Grumbles about what many MPs fear is a free-for-all that favours developers form a low-level backing track to Tory party life. But it was still remarkable when Nadhim Zahawi, the MP for Stratford-upon-Avon, decided to attack the National Planning Policy Framework this week. Mr Zahawi was simply repeating what many colleagues feel when he said the reforms were causing "physical harm'...
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United Kingdom: Storms' link to climate change uncertain - Met Office
2014-01-09 11:29:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
BBC: The recent storms that have brought heavy rain and floods to much of the UK cannot definitely be linked to climate change, the Met Office has said. A spokesman said that was "a research project which hasn't been done". On Wednesday, Prime Minister David Cameron said he "very much" suspected that an increase in abnormal weather events was linked to climate change. Almost 100 flood warnings are still in place in England, along with one in Wales, but none remain in Scotland. Eight people...
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United Kingdom: Who will speak up for the congestion charge?
2014-01-07 13:30:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: Even Boris Johnson admits there might need to be more of it, but few London politicians are prepared to propose expanding one of the capital's best transport policies Share Tweet this Email The congestion charge remains a tricky political issue. Photograph: Graeme Robertson The news was broken softly in the Monday morning gloom, presented by Transport for London as a "listening" exercise though it is probably a fait accompli. The proposed rise in London's congestion charge is from the present...
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