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Researchers find fracking safety data is sparse across Europe
2014-03-25 12:08:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Blue and Green: A study from independent research consortium Researching Fracking in Europe (ReFINE) has found that data looking at the risks of leaking shale gas wells is sparse. It says current numbers show huge disparity in the safety of such wells. The study, published in Marine and Petroleum Geology, found that previous research of oil and gas wells that were drilled over the last 100 years reveal highly variable well barrier and well integrity failure rates, ranging from 1.9% to 75%. The researchers...
Europe new nuclear experience casts shadow over Hinkley
2014-03-25 10:58:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: With two new UK reactors planned at Hinkley Point C in Somerset and three years after the meltdowns at Fukushima in Japan, it is worth considering whether the design, procurement, construction, and management of nuclear power plants is sufficiently reliable to allay public concern over radiation and value for money. In the case of the reactor design chosen for Hinkley C, the French-designed European Pressurised Reactor (EPR), there is not yet a finished power plant to judge by. The two plants...
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CHINA: Europe, China reach agreement in wine dispute
2014-03-24 13:46:00| Daily beverage news and comment - from just-drinks.com
Wine trade bodies in China and Europe have reached an amicable agreement over differences linked to anti-dumping and anti-subsidy investigations triggered by Beijing last year.
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EUROPE: MEPs visit Bangladesh to discuss progress on safety
2014-03-24 11:17:00| Daily apparel & textile news and comment - from just-style.com
A delegation of the European Parliament is visiting Bangladesh this week, ahead of the first anniversary of the Rana Plaza building collapse in which more than 1,100 garment workers lost their lives.
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Hague: Fracking can 'weaken Russia's grip over Europe'
2014-03-22 17:27:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
ITV: Pushing ahead with controversial 'fracking' schemes could help reduce Russia's leverage over Europe, William Hague has suggested. The Foreign Secretary urged a broader energy mix as he insisted nations should not "run scared" of Moscow's "bullying behaviour" in Ukraine. The intervention - in an article for the Sunday Telegraph - came amid continuing tensions in Crimea, where pro-Russian forces have been storming Ukrainian military sites.
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