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British butterflies suffer devastating year after 2012's wet summer
2013-03-26 07:44:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: Fewer butterflies flew in British skies in the miserable summer of 2012 than for thousands of years, leaving several species in danger of extinction from parts of the country. The country's most endangered butterfly, the high brown fritillary, saw its small population slump by 46%, while another rare species, the black hairstreak, fell by 98%, as 300,000 fewer butterflies were recorded on the wing compared with 2011. The wettest ever year recorded in England was equally damaging for once common...
British butterfly species facing extinction after wettest summer
2013-03-26 03:39:12| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Independent: Britain's butterflies suffered catastrophically in 2012, which saw the wettest summer on record for England. No fewer than 52 of the 56 resident British species suffered declines in the relentless rain and cold, some to such an extent that they now face extinction in parts of the country, according to the annual survey of the UK Butterfly Monitoring Scheme. The weather created disastrous conditions for species such as fritillaries as they struggled to find food, shelter and mating opportunities;...
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US exports to heat British homes
2013-03-25 12:31:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: Nearly 2m homes in the UK will be heated by shale gas from the US within five years, under a deal agreed on Monday that is likely to be the first time major exports of the controversial energy source are used in the UK. The US government has kept a tight rein on exports since the shale gas boom started more than five years ago. But the deal struck by energy company Centrica marks the start of a new era in gas use in the UK, because it opens up the market to cheap supplies from the US, as North...
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Centrica Buys U.S. Gas in 20-Year Deal as British Output Wanes
2013-03-25 02:29:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Bloomberg: Centrica Plc (CNA), the U.K.s largest household energy supplier, signed a 20-year deal to import natural gas from the U.S., securing supplies as production from British North Sea fields decline. Centrica will buy 1.75 million metric tons a year of liquefied natural gas from Cheniere Energy Inc. (LNG)s Sabine Pass plant in Louisiana, the Windsor, England-based company said today. Thats equivalent to the demand of 1.8 million U.K. homes. The deal can be extended for another 10 years, it said....
VIDEO: 'Worrying time' for British in Cyprus
2013-03-18 17:37:47| BBC News | Business | UK Edition
The UK government will compensate armed forces service personnel, and maintain pension payments to expats in Cyprus who have faced disruption as a result of the proposed bailout.
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