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United Kingdom: Endangered bird halts wind farm proposal
2013-10-04 12:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Telegraph: The judge ruled that ministers had failed to follow an EU birds directive when considering the potential threats the Viking wind farm project would pose to the whimbrel. The whimbrel, an endangered wader that nests almost exclusively on the island, breeds only in north Scotland when in the UK. Slated for 2018, the project would see the installation of 103 turbines covering 50 square miles on Shetland's main island, and is expected to power up to 175,000 homes, making it one of the biggest wind...
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United Kingdom: Coal seam gas opponents to challenge federal approval of Santos project
2013-10-04 07:16:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: Anti-coal seam gas campaigners are gearing up to launch legal action over the decision by the federal government to approve an exploration project in the Pilliga forest in New South Wales. The federal environment minister, Greg Hunt, has decided that the Santos-led development does not require full assessment under the national Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act. Hunt has, however, added several conditions for the coal seam gas pilot project, requiring that construction...
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United Kingdom: Owen Paterson v the science of climate change
2013-09-30 13:16:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: The UK environment secretary, Owen Paterson, has told a fringe meeting at the Conservative party conference: "People get very emotional about this subject [climate change] and I think we should just accept that the climate has been changing for centuries." The UN's climate science panel, the IPCC, said last Friday: "Warming of the climate system is unequivocal, and since the 1950s, many of the observed changes are unprecedented over decades to millennia It is extremely likely that human influence...
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United Kingdom: There are advantages to global warming, says minister
2013-09-30 09:02:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: The cabinet minister responsible for fighting the effects of climate change claimed there would be advantages to an increase in temperature predicted by the United Nations including fewer people dying of cold in winter and the growth of certain crops further north. Owen Paterson told a fringe meeting at the Conservative party conference on Sunday night that predictions by scientists that there could be major increases in temperature resulting in melting ice caps and worldwide flooding should...
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United Kingdom: Chris Grayling: fracking is 'solution' to high energy bills
2013-09-30 08:16:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: A Conservative cabinet minister has claimed drilling for shale gas could make the "single biggest difference to the cost of living" for people in Britain. Chris Grayling, the justice secretary, said he believes the controversial process known as fracking is the "solution" to the problem of high energy bills. He spoke out on the first day of the Conservative conference as the party comes under pressure to respond to Labour leader Ed Miliband's promise to freeze energy bills. Asked to name...
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