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Jobs and education needed to win British over to fracking: survey
2013-07-29 18:04:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: Government incentives for affected communities must be followed up by education and job creation to convince a skeptical British public that fracking for shale oil and gas is right, according to a survey of industry professionals. Some 70 per cent of almost 200 respondents to the survey by data provider Rigzone believe the British government was right to offer incentives to communities where hydraulic fracturing, known as fracking, and horizontal drilling will be used. But 51 per cent believed...
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India eyes British Columbias coal reserves as it ramps up steel production
2013-07-29 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Vancouver Sun: India wants to buy a bigger chunk of B.C.s vast metallurgical coal reserves to feed its growing steel industry, a potential boost to the provinces No. 1 export business, worth $5.7 billion a year. A high-level delegation led by Indias Steel Minister Beni Prasad Verma was in B.C. this month and met with Premier Christy Clark, International Trade Minister Teresa Wat and B.C. coal industry representatives. The Indian government forecasts that by 2017 the country will need twice as much metallurgical...
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'Republican' version of British news site nixes royal baby news
2013-07-22 18:29:38| CNET News.com
The Guardian, conscious that some Brits just aren't monarchists, offers a non-royal version of its Web site, so people can avoid royal baby mania. [Read more]
Majority of British people know little about farmers, survey finds
2013-07-21 08:31:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Telegraph: The study, commissioned by the Prince's Countryside Fund, revealed that 5 per cent of those who took part realised that the freezing conditions between January and April led to the deaths of more than 100,000 animals. A quarter said they did not know what agriculture contributed to the British economy, while 58 per cent undervalued the income generated by the industry last year. Almost 60 per cent of people responding to the survey said they believed farmers earned more than double the average...
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Naturalists urge British public to help wildlife survive the hot weather
2013-07-19 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: Gull chick taking a splash! Heatwaves and hot weather are affecting local wildlife too While many of us are enjoying the heatwave, naturalists have urged the British public to help wildlife struggling to survive as water and food supplies have dwindled in the heat. After six consecutive days of 30C-plus temperatures and with rainfall at only around 15% of average monthly totals so far, wardens at The Lodge in Sandy, an RSPB nature reserve in Bedfordshire, are working to keep their animals,...
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