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United Kingdom: Counting the cost: fears badger cull could worsen bovine TB crisis
2013-05-27 16:28:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: It's very hard to count an animal that lives underground and only comes out at night," says Prof Rosie Woodroffe, standing in the fresh earth strewn outside a foot-wide hole in a Cornish cattle field. "Badgers love digging," she observes, among the brambles and elders that thrive on the disturbed ground. Below stone tors and with the salty smell of the sea in the air, Woodroffe is doing what she has done for much of the past 15 years: trapping badgers for science. "The badgers are fat this year,"...
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United Kingdom: Green groups attack government resistance to EU climate change goals
2013-05-26 20:16:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: Green campaigners and industry experts have hit out at the government's plans to block new EU-wide renewable energy targets, which they say are essential to cutting greenhouse gas emissions and creating a green economy. Ed Davey, the energy and climate secretary, is to set out on Monday the UK's position on energy and climate change targets within Europe. He will oppose any new goals on increasing the share of renewable energy in electricity generation, but will argue for climate change goals that...
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United Kingdom: Don't delay on renewable energy, government told
2013-05-23 08:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: Investing in new renewable power generation, rather than a "dash for gas", will be the lower-cost option for keeping the lights on while cutting greenhouse gas emissions, the government's climate change watchdog has said. The sooner the UK makes large investments in low-carbon generation including offshore and onshore wind, nuclear power and energy from waste the cheaper it will be, according to David Kennedy, chief executive of the Committee on Climate Change (CCC), the statutory body that...
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United Kingdom: Green Deal debt may have to be repaid before property sold
2013-05-19 08:16:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: Homeowners taking out a loan under the government's Green Deal energy efficiency scheme could find themselves having to pay off the debt before they can sell their property, according to consumer body Which? Since January, householders have been able to sign up to the Green Deal, which allows them to pay for energy efficiency improvements in their home with no, or little, upfront cost; instead, these are funded by a loan repaid through their electricity bill. Crucially, the "golden rule" of...
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United Kingdom: Where to put your wind turbine
2013-05-14 12:38:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
PlanetEarth: ue Nelson:This time in the Planet Earth Podcast, the untapped energy in big cities and how a new map can reveal its potential. I'm Sue Nelson and I'm in Leeds on a bright and cloudy day with a hint of grey revealing the showers that may well appear later. In fact it is fair to say that Britain is well known for its weather - it can be sunny, wet and windy within the space of an hour, sometimes, and discussing the weather has almost become a national pastime, but researchers here are more interested...
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