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United Kingdom: Floodwaters recede but life is still on hold for villagers of Somerset Levels
2014-03-16 21:30:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: Bryony Sadler was picking her way through the damp, cold, jagged mess that used to be her beloved kitchen, the heart of her family home. "It's difficult to see it like this," she said. "This was our home and look at it now. It's horrendous. We will be back. It will be a special place for the children again. But it's going to take a long time." The Sadler household is one of scores that suddenly had to pack up and go when the floodwaters swamped the villages of Moorland and Fordgate on the Somerset...
United Kingdom: Osborne expected to freeze controversial carbon tax in Budget
2014-03-16 16:50:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Telegraph: The Chancellor will reignite the row over green taxes on energy bills this week when he is expected to curb to his controversial carbon tax -- easing consumer bills but infuriating green groups. Critics of the "carbon price floor', which increases the costs of burning fossil fuels, say it is a pointless "stealth' tax that will increase the risk of blackouts by forcing coal plants to switch off before new power plants are ready to replace them. The tax will push up UK electricity prices, leading...
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United Kingdom: How winter storms have left our heritage at the mercy of the tide
2014-03-16 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Telegraph: Britain has long been proud of its island history, a history exemplified by the castles, monasteries and settlements dotted dramatically around its 11,073 mile coastline. But those historic buildings and battlements are under threat as never before, as the same seas that have protected us for centuries eat away at the land. English Heritage has identified 25 sights of historic interest it believes are now at significant risk from flooding, coastal erosion -- or both. They include Dunstanburgh...
United Kingdom: The bonfire of insanity: Woodland shipped 3,800 miles and burned in Drax power station
2014-03-15 20:12:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Daily Mail: On a perfect spring day in the coastal forest of North Carolina I hike along a nature trail - a thread of dry gravel between the pools of the Roanoke river backwaters. A glistening otter dives for lunch just a few feet away. Majestic trees soar straight and tall, their roots sunk deep in the swampland: maples, sweetgums and several kinds of oak. A pileated woodpecker - the world's largest species, with a wingspan of almost 2ft - whistles as it flutters across the canopy. There the leaves are starting...
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United Kingdom: Richard Branson tells climate deniers to 'get of the way'
2014-03-10 12:05:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: Virgin Group chairman and founder, Sir Richard Branson, has said businesses should "stand up" to climate change deniers and they should "get out of our way". Branson said he was "enormously impressed" with Apple's chief executive for telling climate change sceptics to ditch shares in the technology company. At Apple's annual meeting last month, Tim Cook responded angrily to questions from a rightwing thinktank, the National Center for Public Policy Research (NCPPR), about the profitability...
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