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Plan to link offshore windfarms to grid could cost 17bn
2013-01-14 01:02:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: The government's plans to bring more offshore wind power on to the grid are flawed and could lead to higher electricity prices for consumers, an influential committee of MPs has warned. Offshore windfarms require heavy-duty transmission infrastructure to carry the power to land, and the provision of the cables needed has been a serious obstacle to the growth of the wind industry, as windfarms both on and offshore have had to wait for long periods to be connected. Under the government's current...
Fresh Documents Link Uzbek President's Daughter To Swedes In TeliaSonera Case
2013-01-13 09:12:48| IT Services - Topix.net
Did Scandinavian telecoms giant TeliaSonera pay Gulnara Karimova upwards of $300 million in bribes in order to break into the Uzbek mobile-phone market? The company, which is partially owned by the Swedish, Finnish, and Norwegian states, continues to say no.
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The Link Between Global Warming, Sea Levels And Volcanoes
2013-01-11 21:57:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Forbes: Rising seas pose some of the biggest emerging challenges to the world, as coastal urban areas face higher water and dangerous storms, protected only by weak, sometimes crumbling 20th-century flood defenses. But sea level rise, largely the result of manmade climate change, may have effects that go far beyond catastrophic flooding: a new paper shows how higher water may lead to increased volcanic activity. Lets get this out of the way: this isnt going to cause any immediate problems. Governments...
New Doubt Cast on Link Between Global Warming and Increased Drought
2013-01-09 15:30:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Environmental News Network: There have been devastating droughts in the past few years in places like Africa, Australia, and the United States. Last summer, the drought in the central US caused the loss of massive crops and a major economic hit for the country. The seemingly increasing prevalence of droughts has some announcing the effects of climate change coming to fruition. However, a new study from researchers at Princeton University in New Jersey and the Australian National University in Canberra has cast doubt on this...
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Australia: Heatwave, climate change link simplistic: Truss
2013-01-09 03:30:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Sydney Morning Herald: Acting opposition leader Warren Truss says it is ''too simplistic'' to link the current heatwave and fires to climate change. In Brisbane on Wednesday, Mr Truss acknowledged the record heatwave, but said Australia's climate was changeable, with hot times and cold times. ''The reality is, it's being utterly simplistic to suggest that we have these fires because of climate change,'' he said. ''It's too simplistic to link one hot spell to climate change.'' Earlier this week, when touring...
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