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Climate scepticism blamed as Owen Paterson slashes spending on global warming
2014-01-26 21:12:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Independent: Owen Paterson has been accused of incredible complacency over climate change after new figures showed his department has slashed spending on helping Britain cope with global warming. The Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs (Defra) will spend just 17.2m on domestic climate change initiatives this financial year, a 41 per cent decline on the previous 12 months, according to its response to a freedom of information request. The figures will fuel fears that the Environment Secretarys...
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