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Labour unveils plan to promote food-growing culture in Britain
2013-07-03 17:30:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: The UK should have fruit trees blossoming around housing estates, schools with access to vegetable gardens and council allotments for growing fresh vegetables, Labour said on Wednesday while setting out its strategy for the future of food policy. The vision of ways to bring food-growing to the masses was accompanied by measures on reforming food-safety regulations and supporting more jobs in farming. Mary Creagh, shadow environment secretary, recalled the measures taken by the post-war Labour...
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Climate change could mean business opportunities, Britain says
2013-07-03 09:12:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
United Press International: Adapting to climate change could mean billions of dollars in business opportunities for British firms, the government said this week. In its official National Adaptation Program released Monday, the British Department of Environment, Food and Rural Affairs makes the case that despite a host of negative aspects brought on by global warming, such as severe storms and flooding, it also presents lucrative business opportunities. "As the world's climate changes, Britain's expertise in areas such...
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VIDEO: Britain 'under attack' in cyberspace
2013-07-01 10:31:54| BBC News | Business | UK Edition
Britain is seeing about 70 sophisticated cyber espionage operations a month against government or industry networks, British intelligence tells BBC.
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Britain 'under attack' in cyberspace
2013-07-01 06:55:54| BBC News | Business | UK Edition
Britain is seeing about 70 sophisticated cyber espionage operations a month against government or industry networks, British intelligence tells BBC.
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Fracking the nation: the dash for gas beneath rural Britain
2013-06-28 18:16:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: Compton Martin is not the most obvious place to have a conversation about drilling for gas, and what's already happening in US states such as Texas, Oklahoma and Ohio. It sits on the northern edge of the Mendip Hills, in the famously picturesque Chew Valley. It may say something about the place that it still has a functioning village water pump. At a bus stop, I meet two local mums: Chloe Mann, 35, and Sarah Kirwan, 39. "It's quiet little village," says Mann, a mother of two who works part-time...
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