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United Kingdom: New 5m funding pot aims to shield businesses from flooding
2013-03-27 12:16:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
BusinessGreen: The government has unveiled a 5m package to protect homes and businesses from the risk of flooding, amid rising fears that thousands of properties could be left without flood insurance next year. The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) this week announced that 13 regions most at risk from flooding will benefit from the multi-million pound pot for community-based projects to bolster flood resilience. The areas set to benefit are Blackburn, Buckinghamshire, Calderdale,...
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United Kingdom: Green heating scheme delayed again until spring 2014
2013-03-27 10:44:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
BusinessGreen: A programme offering payments to householders who install renewable heat technologies will be pushed back until spring 2014, the government confirmed today, while also unveiling a new national heat strategy. Details of how the domestic renewable heat incentive (RHI) scheme will work and tariff levels will now be published in the summer, the date the government said last year the programme would start. Energy and Climate Change Minister Greg Barker said the government remains "committed to introducing...
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United Kingdom: Rising energy bills will be reduced with climate policies, Ed Davey says
2013-03-27 07:03:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: The impact of rising household energy bills will be greatly reduced by climate change policies which could save consumers around 166 by 2020, according to the energy and climate secretary, Ed Davey. Analysis by the Department of Energy and Climate Change (Decc) published on Wednesday showed that 85% of the present average 1,250 bill cannot be controlled by the government because it is determined by international gas and electricity prices, transmission and metering costs. After energy companies...
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United Kingdom: Landfill bans could save 2.5bn a year
2013-03-27 03:39:51| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
BusinessGreen: Banning food, textiles, wood and plastic from landfill could save resources worth 2.5bn a year and help companies avoid 1bn of landfill costs, think-tank Green Alliance will say today. New research by the group shows that policies preventing cars and electronics being dumped in landfill have improved recycling rates significantly and advocates extending these regulations. It states that the UK recovered around a quarter of unwanted mobile phones in 2010 and that this figure is set to rise...
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United Kingdom: Tackling climate change doesn't cost the earth
2013-03-27 01:03:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Telegraph: Government has a duty to help keep bills down -- and that's what we've been doing. There's a lot of help available to the most vulnerable, such as cold weather payments and the Warm Homes Discount. But my Department has been concentrating on keeping bills as low as possible over the long-term - and for everyone. Some people think climate change policies on things like wind farms are what are behind high bills. But they couldn't be more wrong. The biggest single thing driving bills higher is...
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