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United Kingdom: Lord Stern snubbed as free trade trumps climate change
2013-11-06 10:27:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Ecologist: Lord Stern yesterday called on Parliament to introduce a revolutionary system of 'carbon tariffs' to help save the global climate. This would take the form of an import duty on goods from countries that do not charge companies for their carbon emissions - and so remove the disadvantage faced by businesses whose prices are undercut by firms in states which do not have carbon pricing. "Over the medium term, some sort of border adjustment for differential approaches to policy on carbon in different...
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United Kingdom: We can still celebrate bonfire night without burning toxic waste
2013-11-05 09:02:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: "Bonfire night kills whales" is the sort of headline that gives environmentalists a bad name. But the facts can't be helped, even if the messengers must be shot for sounding like killjoys. Most communities have festivals of subversion, in which the rules by which they live for the rest of the year placid, ordered and obedient are upended in a marvellous explosion of chaos. Without these festivals - May day, Holi, Carnival, the Day of the Dead, Hallowe'en and Guy Fawkes night are examples -...
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United Kingdom: House of Lords votes to bring old coal power stations under new regulations
2013-11-05 00:30:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: The House of Lords has voted to kill off Britain's coal-fired power plants more quickly than expected as Labour defeated the government in a vote to amend the energy bill. Peers led by shadow energy minister Lady Worthington supported the closure of a loophole allowing some of the UK's oldest coal stations to get around applying a new emissions performance standard (EPS) to cut their carbon emissions. The government was defeated by 237 to 193, as the Lords voted to bring old coal power stations...
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United Kingdom: Coastal retreat plan to curb floods
2013-11-04 03:29:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
BBC: A scheme to combat flooding by surrendering land to the sea will be completed on Monday on the south coast. The 28m "managed realignment" at Medmerry in West Sussex has seen the building of 7km (four miles) of new sea walls up to 2km inland. By letting the waters in, the Environment Agency says the risk of flooding for hundreds of homes will be reduced. The surrendered land will become a wetland habitat for many species. The sea has long been a threatening presence on the flat land of...
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United Kingdom: David Cameron's green agenda is 'spurious,' says Sir Jonathon Porritt
2013-11-02 21:31:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Independent: Sir Jonathon Porritt, the former Green Party chairman, has launched a ferocious attack on the Government, branding its environmental record "disappointing and depressing". Sir Jonathon is scathing about David Cameron, Owen Paterson, the Environment Secretary, and the Liberal Democrats. But he reserves his strongest criticism for George Osborne, the Chancellor. "The only words I can use to express my feelings about this government are that I have a deep sense of disappointment and depression. The...
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