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What Britain has to do if it doesn't want to live with floods (no, it's not dredging)
2014-02-10 10:30:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: Ten years ago Sir David King, the chief scientist, warned that existing policies on flooding were not an option "Hard choices need to be taken we must either invest more in sustainable approaches to flood and coastal management or learn to live with increased flooding." The floods foresight report in which he sounded the warning explained what King meant by "sustainable" approaches to flood and coastal management, and it doesn't mean dredging. Sustainable flood management actually involves...
IHC Merwede wins contracts worth 350m for dredging and offshore vessels
2014-02-06 01:00:00| Offshore Technology
The Netherlands-based IHC Merwede has secured contracts worth 350m for a range of dredging and offshore vessels and equipment.
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David Cameron overrules Environment Secretary Owen Paterson to order urgent dredging in Somerset to c
2014-02-05 19:18:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Independent: David Cameron has seized control of the flooding debacle, ordering the Environment Agency to abandon its opposition to river dredging as he pledged to spend an extra 100 million on flood defences this year. In a bid to reassure voters that he would get the flooding under control, Mr Cameron sidelined his Environment Secretary, Owen Paterson, replacing him at the helm of the Governments emergency flood committee. He also strongly criticised the Environment Agencys response to the disaster. ...
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Australia: Inquiry into Gladstone dredging won't stop new coal project, Greg Hunt says
2014-01-20 07:58:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: The Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority says the federal government's launch of an inquiry into dredging and dumping near the reef will not prompt it to delay its decision on whether to allow 3m cubic metres of sediment to be deposited within its world heritage area in a new coal port project. Greg Hunt, the federal environment minister, is to ask an independent commission to investigate the Gladstone harbour dredging project. The inquiry will look at whether there was a critical breakdown...
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SBA Hikes Size Standards for Dredging and Land-Subdivision Construction Firms
2014-01-08 21:37:38| ENR.com: Headline News
But agency leaves benchmarks unchanged for its 30 other construction categories.
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