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Syria war linked to climate change: Britains Prince Charles

2015-11-23 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Agence France-Presse: Britain's Prince Charles, who is to give a speech at the start of the UN climate summit in Paris next week, said in an interview out on Monday that the war in Syria could be linked to global warming. "There's very good evidence indeed that one of the major reasons for this horror in Syria, funnily enough, was a drought that lasted for about five or six years,' Charles told SkyNews. He said the drought meant that "huge numbers of people in the end had to leave the land'. "Some of us were...

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Superfast or slow lane - how fast is Britain's broadband?

2015-11-10 12:28:04| BBC News | Business | UK Edition

Britain is being left in the dust when it comes to superfast broadband, Vodafone's chief executive officer has said. Is he right?

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Homeowners' bid to save Britain's dwindling bee population

2015-11-09 01:02:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Telegraph: Homeowners across the country are getting together to save Britain's dwindling bee population, George Eustice will say today. The announcement comes as research finds Britain's bee population is plummeting and Honeybee colonies have slumped in the UK from 250,000 in the 1950s, to fewer than 100,000 today. Many British apple crops, for example, which previously relied on honeybees, are now almost exclusively pollinated by a handful of wild bee species. The Environment Minister will say the progress...

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The future is here: mass-market hydrogen cars take to Britain's roads

2015-11-04 14:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Guardian: The first mass production hydrogen cars, billed for more than a decade as a clean alternative to petrol and diesel vehicles but only glimpsed as concepts at automotive trade shows, have arrived on British roads. The most abundant element in the universe has added allure for carmakers in the wake of the Volkswagen pollution scandal and revelations about the gap between lab and real-world emissions tests. Leading the charge are South Korean manufacturer Hyundai, with a 53,000 crossover a squashed...

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