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British group pans wind farm compensation
2013-01-07 07:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
United Press International: Environmentalists in Britain's West Country say a government proposal to compensate local communities for new onshore wind farms won't quell protests. Bob Barfoot, North Devon chairman of the Campaign to Protect Rural England, told the (Plymouth, England) Western Morning News last week opposition to the "blighting" effects of wind turbines in southwestern England won't be mollified by increased payments to local cities and towns. Proposals from Britain's Department of Energy and Climate Change...
Bad weather prompting more British farmers to consider GM use
2013-01-04 08:16:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: The extreme weather of 2012 has turned British farmers on to genetically modified crops, with calls from farming leaders to start using the technology as a way to help combat the effects of climate change. England's wettest year on record, and the UK's second wettest, which had begun with one of the worst droughts for decades, has persuaded an increasing number of farmers that the development of crop varieties with engineered resistance to extreme weather conditions is now a priority. Farming...
Watch CNET's 'The British Are Coming' panel at CES
2013-01-03 23:29:53| CNET News.com
Tune in at 2 p.m. Pacific Time on Tuesday January 8 for a discussion with three British tech players about what's happening on the technology scene in the U.K. [Read more]
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