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Nigeria's finance minister puts pressure on Goodluck Jonathan
2014-02-25 13:08:11| BBC News | Business | UK Edition
Nigeria's finance minister calls for independent investigation of claims of suspended bank governor that more than $10bn of oil revenues are missing from government coffers.
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United Kingdom: Ex-environment minister hits back at politician 'armchair hydrologists'
2014-02-13 23:30:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: A former Conservative environment minister who has been criticised along with the Environment Agency for mismanaging flood prevention has hit back at what he described as "politicians seeking to become armchair hydrologists". Richard Benyon has been accused by some south-west MPs and the communities secretary, Eric Pickles, of blocking dredging on the Somerset Levels during his period as environment minister. Writing for the Guardian, Benyon said he was "uncomfortable with those that reach...
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Partisan politics put UK climate change policy at risk: minister
2014-02-13 11:32:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: Britain's efforts to combat climate change are in danger of disarray because "partisan politics" may scare off investors, Energy Minister Ed Davey said on Thursday. Davey, a member of the junior coalition partner Liberal Democrats, criticized both Prime Minister David Cameron's ruling Conservatives and the opposition Labour party for endangering plans to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and encourage investment in cleaner energy sources. "If we are to persuade companies to make long-term investments...
UK floods: government has got a grip on this, minister insists
2014-02-11 11:58:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: The defence secretary, Philip Hammond, insisted the government has got a grip on the UK's devastating floods as he tried to put an end to "recriminations" about whether more could have been done to prevent them. The senior Tory cabinet minister argued that the military and emergency services have everything under control, as concern about the potential scale of serious flooding along the Thames Valley continues. It comes after the government reaction to the severe weather descended into infighting...
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United Kingdom: 'Floods' Minister Eric Pickles Apologises for Mistakes But Insists Government Not to Blame
2014-02-09 05:03:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Business Times: Communities Secretary Eric Pickles has offered a long-awaited apology for the government response to the floods that continue to cover parts of the UK, but immediately claimed it was not ministers' fault. Instead, he laid the blame squarely at the door of the Environment Agency and its boss, Labour peer Lord Smith, who has found himself isolated and under attack from all sides. Following reports that the government had been warned of the potential problem almost a year ago, but persistently...
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