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Europe hit by powerful storm: More extreme weather is likely in future
2013-10-30 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Time: Europe began this week bracing itself against one of the most powerful storms in years. Gusts of 99 m.p.h. trailed across parts of southern Britain before heading toward mainland northwestern Europe, causing havoc in France, Germany, the Netherlands and Denmark. At least 13 people have been reported dead and hundreds of thousands have been left without power or stranded on planes, trains and ferries. The bad news for Europe as it begins the cleanup operation and assesses the financial cost of...
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Point and Poll: Germany is Leading Europe and the World to a Sustainable Energy Future
2013-10-30 04:00:00| Transmission & Distribution World
At the end of 2012, Germany had 25 GW of solar PV installed and is shooting to reach a total of 52 gigawatts by 2020. read more
Melting Arctic sea ice means its only going to get wetter for northern Europe
2013-10-29 01:31:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Independent: The unprecedented run of wet summer weather in recent years could be due in part to the melting sea ice in the Arctic, which appears to be affecting the movement of high-altitude winds over Britain, a study has found. Scientists believe they have discovered a causal link between the loss of Arctic sea ice in summer months and variations in the jet stream that have brought a series of very wet summers to Britain and northern Europe. The six summers from 2007 to 2012 were all wetter than average...
The GM Backlash: debate over the adoption of GM crops in Europe
2013-10-28 16:35:00| Food Processing Technology
The UK environment secretary recently urged for a widespread adoption of GM crops in Europe, opening the gates to more controversial debates over GM foods. Stephanie Phillips asks what is the future of GM?
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EUROPE: European water cooler body rejects UK merger
2013-10-28 14:44:00| Daily beverage news and comment - from just-drinks.com
The British Water Cooler Association (BWCA) has said a proposed merger with the European Drinking Water Cooler Association (EDWCA) is now dead after the European trade body rejected its UK counterpart's conditions.
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