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United Kingdom: Tory energy policy is 'taking Britain backwards', says former energy secretary
2015-07-26 01:32:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Independent: Ed Davey, the former energy secretary, has accused the Government of taking Britain backwards over energy security after the Green Deal for home insulation and solar subsidies was shelved last week. Freed from the shackles of coalition government and taking full advantage of Labours disarray, the Conservatives sneaked out a number of policies that had been held back by their Liberal Democrat partners for the past five years. This included scrapping funding for the Green Deal Financing Company,...
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United Kingdom: Heathrow protesters win third runway court victory
2015-07-13 08:45:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: The government's plans for a third runway at Heathrow were dealt a blow today after a high court judge agreed with campaigners that climate change threats had not been taken seriously enough. In a complex judgment, Lord Justice Carnwath declined to quash the controversial planning proposal but branded the original position adopted in the government's authorisation as untenable. The judge ordered Whitehall officials to give a formal undertaking that they would carry out a further policy review....
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United Kingdom: Climate change protest at Heathrow airport closes north runway
2015-07-13 07:42:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
ITV: A group of climate change activists have gained access to the north runway at London's Heathrow Airport to launch a protest. A spokesman for direct action group Plane Stupid said a dozen demonstrators cut through a fence and entered the runway at 3.30am. He said the protesters were campaigning against airport expansion and would stay on the runway for as long as possible. Posts on social media showed several activists chained together and being spoken to by police officers. A spokesperson...
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United Kingdom: Productivity plan is death knell for zero-carbon homes, say campaigners
2015-07-10 21:31:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: The governments sweeping review of how to improve productivity across a range of areas, including planning and higher education, has been criticised by campaigners as the death knell for zero-carbon homes. Energy conservationists are angry at announcements in the productivity paper released on Friday, which drops plans for higher on-site energy efficiency, as well as a separate target for zero-carbon emissions for non-domestic buildings by 2019. The productivity paper is the product of two...
United Kingdom: Don't assume scrapping planning laws will get more houses built
2015-07-10 19:33:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Telegraph: There are few greater scandals in Britain than the housing crisis. Every year we are building less than half the new houses we need, and prices are continuing to rise. The young are particularly hard hit: a few years ago Shelter reported that two and a half million people were putting off starting families because they did not have a home of their own. ADVERTISING Housebuilding can also be a vital spur to growth. Constructing hundreds of thousands of homes helped Britain survive the 1930s depression,...
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