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UK to fight North Sea?s 1.5bn EU carbon burden

2016-06-01 09:25:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Telegraph: The UK is set to fight an EU loophole which stands to burden North Sea explorers with spiralling carbon emissions costs of 1.5bn in the next decade. The struggling North Sea sector pays millions of pounds to buy 'allowances', which are used to offset the carbon intensity of the electricity it uses on offshore rigs through the EU's emissions trading system. Other energy intensive industries, however, such as steel and cement, are entitled to free carbon allowances, while sectors that generate...

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United Kingdom: Women lead the call to arms as anti-fracking fight intensifies

2016-05-29 07:56:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Guardian: We are ready for them, said Tina Louise Rothery. It has been a long battle but we have been ready for a confrontation for a long time. Rothery is one of a growing group of women at the forefront of opposition to fracking. Of the 250 anti-fracking community groups that have sprung up in Britain in the past few years, very many are led, or strongly backed, by women, who say they have been outraged at plans to risk peoples health by exploiting the countryside for shale gas. With drilling...

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Fight Crime With the Batman-Themed Galaxy S7 Edge

2016-05-27 19:04:23| PC Magazine Cell Phones Product Guide

The limited-edition handset commemorates the third anniversary of Injustice: Gods Among Us.

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Ecosystems take root in the climate change fight

2016-05-27 11:11:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

GreenBiz: "This whole ecosystem services thing was big in the 1990s, but then it seemed to fade away," said Roshan Cooke, a climate and environment specialist with the International Fund for Agricultural Development, as he grabbed a quick vegetarian bite between sessions at the Adaptation Futures conference in Rotterdam. "Now, It seems to be back -- and in a big way." Does it ever! In just three days here, roughly 40 presentations focused on the subject of "ecosystems and ecosystem based-adaptation," and...

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