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United Kingdom: Green belt housing 'doubles in a year'
2013-08-25 19:44:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: The number of houses planned for green belt land has nearly doubled over the past year, according to the Campaign to Protect Rural England. The charity found that 150,000 homes, mines and commercial premises covering 1,000 hectares (2,470 acres) are proposed. Previous analysis suggested just 81,000 homes were planned, in August 2012. The CPRE said the figures raised serious concerns about whether ministers were keeping their promises to safeguard the green belt. Spokesman Paul Miner said: "The...
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United Kingdom: The anger over fracking is real: but the truth is, we can't manage without gas
2013-08-25 03:37:04| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: The battle for Balcombe is a distraction. It allows politicians and businesspeople who want to ditch the green agenda to depict environmentalists as mindless nihilists opposed to modernisation of Britain's energy infrastructure. It is also fair to ask why anti-frackers are willing to go down to Sussex in large numbers while the oil and gas explorers in Aberdeen and Great Yarmouth are ignored. If climate change is the target of the protesters, there is a case for demonstrating against those who...
United Kingdom: Liberal Democrats blast environmental damage caused by fracking
2013-08-24 20:30:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: Nick Clegg's Liberal Democrats have poured scorn on George Osborne's push for a shale gas revolution in the UK, saying the process of fracking has caused extensive environmental damage and water pollution in the US. The comments, in official policy papers, come as a new Opinium/Observer poll shows strong public opposition to fracking, with resistance particularly strong among women. Asked if they would like to see various alternative types of energy projects in their area, 60% of people said...
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United Kingdom: Fracking: police reduce operation in Balcombe as protest slackens
2013-08-22 13:30:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: Police have begun to scale down their operation at an anti-fracking protest site in west Sussex after four weeks of demonstrations. Many of the activists who descended on Balcombe to protest against an exploratory drilling site recently opened by energy company Cuadrilla have now left the area, Sussex Police said. A spokesman said about 120 people are estimated to still be at the roadside camp on London Road at the entrance to the location, while most people had left the Reclaim the Power camp...
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United Kingdom: Government to withdraw subsidies for unsustainable biomass
2013-08-22 12:44:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
BusinessGreen: Biomass electricity generators could risk losing government subsidies if they fail to prove their fuel has come from sources that have been officially certified as "sustainable", under new plans announced today. Climate Change Minister Greg Barker today unveiled new sustainability criteria for wood-fuel, which aim to ensure any fuel used delivers lifecycle carbon emissions savings of more than 70 per cent compared to coal and oil. The criteria are due to come into effect from 2014 for the vast...
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