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UK renewable energy industry warns of legal action over subsidies
2015-06-01 18:20:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: The UK renewable energy industry has warned the governments new climate secretary that she will face a legal challenge if she oversees the wilful destruction of the industry by retrospectively curtailing subsidies. Later this week, the Department of Energy and Climate Change will announce that the existing subsidy scheme for onshore wind power will be closed a year earlier than it was due to, according to a source close to the process. Such a move would be a major blow to the industry and...
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Stanley warns on climate risk to Aussie children
2015-06-01 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Business Spectator: Australian children are the ones who will be most likely to suffer from increased cases of disease and infection as a result of climate change, former Australian of the Year and leading paediatrician Professor Fiona Stanley has warned. A new report by Doctors for the Environment Australia (DEA), a national organisation of medical doctors which raises awareness about the link between health and the environment, finds changing weather conditions are expected to make some illnesses like gastroenteritis...
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NHS boss warns food and drink industry must act to cut sugar
2015-06-01 08:56:10| Sugar Industry News
The head of England\'s NHS has taken aim at the food and drink industry, saying it must cut the sugar content of its products or risk poisoning the public.
France warns climate change threatens security
2015-05-30 18:19:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Associated Press: France's influential Environment Minister Segolene Royal says climate change threatens global security adopting an unusually hawkish stance as she heads to the U.S. to push for a global deal on reducing emissions. Royal and her government are hosting a landmark U.N. climate conference this year aiming at a binding accord, but a big barrier is skepticism in the Republican-led U.S. Congress about the science of climate change and the economic cost of a deal. But Royal, in an interview with The...
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Military burden: Obama warns of a new climate change worry
2015-05-30 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Post-Gazette: Rather than warn of dire future consequences, President Barack Obama last week declared climate change an "immediate risk' to the country's security. His remarks, made in a commencement address at the U.S. Coast Guard Academy, are a wake-up call to a complacent nation. Mr. Obama has taken credible steps to address global warming. After his cap-and-trade proposal failed in Congress, he used the Environmental Protection Agency's authority under the Clean Air Act to push new regulations on pollutants,...
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