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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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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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Owen Paterson alarms campaigners with plan to build on ancient woods
2014-01-05 08:45:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Telegraph: Developers will be given "carte blanche' to concrete over swathes of irreplaceable ancient woodland under proposals to ease planning restrictions on building in the countryside, campaigners have warned. Owen Paterson, the environment secretary, is facing a backlash after suggesting that developers should be allowed to bulldoze historic woods to make way for new homes if they promise to plant trees elsewhere. MPs and countryside campaigners have reacted furiously to the plans, which they say...
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Insider Buying: Owen Kratz Purchases 50,000 Shares of Helix Energy Solutions Group Stock
2013-10-28 20:47:58| Electronics - Topix.net
Helix Energy Solutions Group CEO Owen Kratz bought 50,000 shares of the stock in a transaction that occurred on Thursday, October 24th.
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Insider Buying: Owen Kratz Purchases 50,000 Shares of Helix Energy Solutions Group Stock
2013-10-28 19:44:25| Industrial Machines - Topix.net
Helix Energy Solutions Group CEO Owen Kratz bought 50,000 shares of the stock in a transaction that occurred on Thursday, October 24th.
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