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Britain's farming crisis: 'People don't realise how tough everything is'
2013-03-16 21:58:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: A few hours before I arrived at Kit Dean's dairy farm on the edge of the Yorkshire Dales National Park, near where North Yorkshire smudges into Cumbria, he took a call from his animal feed supplier. "I had to put them off again," he says. The bill, running into thousands of pounds, will have to remain unpaid. "They've put a stop on the account," says his wife, Jane, bluntly. "I don't know how we're going to afford to buy the feed we need through the winter." We are at the table in their handsome,...
Ethiopia looks to realise its geothermal energy potential
2013-02-13 12:44:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: Ethiopia, like its fellow Great Rift Valley countries, has enormous geothermal energy potential. However, the costs involved and the need for skilled expertise have, until now, been major obstacles. In late January, the Development Bank of Ethiopia announced that, over the next five months, it will offer an initial $20m to kickstart geothermal energy projects in the country's private sector as part of a programme funded by the World Bank. A further $20m is expected to be made available at a later...
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