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United Kingdom: Councils to be given powers ban peaceful protests that might disturb local residents
2013-11-14 14:24:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Independent: Peaceful protests could be outlawed on the sole grounds that they might annoy nearby residents under contentious new powers being granted to councils, campaign groups warn. The shockingly open-ended orders could also be used to ban youngsters from skateboarding, forbid teenagers from using local parks and prevent demonstrators from gathering outside council offices, it has been claimed. The powers are contained within a little-noticed section of the Governments Anti-social Behaviour, Crime...
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United Kingdom: Mull rare fish sighting a 'sign of climate change.'
2013-11-13 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Scotsman: CONSERVATIONISTS fear a rare sighting off the Isle of Mull of a fish commonly found in the Mediterranean is an indicator of climate change affecting Scottish waters. The recording of a trigger fish near the west coast island has sparked fears the non-native species is spreading into northern coastal areas. The sighting was thanks to new mobile apps which are aimed at combating invasive species in Scotland. Scottish Natural Heritage is delighted the apps are allowing people to quickly and easily...
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United Kingdom: Marquess' claim to mining rights prompts 'peasants' revolt'
2013-11-08 20:58:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: A wealthy and politically powerful landowner has applied to the Land Registry to assert his "manorial" rights to extract minerals from under hundreds of properties in the London commuter belt. Lawyers acting for the Marquess of Salisbury, who owns land in Dorset, Hertfordshire and London and who is worth an estimated 300m, has written to residents in Welwyn Garden City to claim his ancestral rights, which stem from a Victorian court case. These include "market and fair rights, sporting rights...
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United Kingdom: Households are throwing away six meals a week as the nation bins 'staggering' amount of food and drink
2013-11-07 07:01:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Telegraph: The average household is throwing away six meals or 3kg of food each and every week despite rising bills - costing families 60 a month. Experts last night called for a combined effort from Ministers and high street stores to do even more to bring down the "staggering" amount of waste in the nation's kitchens. Wrap, the environmental campaign group, said 4.2 million tonnes of "avoidable" food waste - food which could have been eaten - is binned each year, including 320,000 tonnes of potatoes,...
United Kingdom: Climate wavering 'not justified'
2013-11-07 02:35:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
BBC: Britain is playing its part in a worldwide bid to reduce emissions and should not weaken its proposed cuts, says a report to the UK government. The Committee on Climate Change says no change in global science or policy justifies a slackening of effort. The report was compiled after Chancellor George Osborne said the UK's competitiveness might be put at risk by leading the world in curbing emissions. The CCC research challenges this assumption. "It is not accurate to say that the UK is leading...
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