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United Kingdom Food and Drink Report Q2 2014
2014-03-05 01:00:00| Beverage industry market research - from just-drinks.com
Business Monitor International's United Kingdom Food and Drink Report provides industry professionals and strategists, corporate analysts, food and drink associations, government departments and regul
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United Kingdom: Ed Miliband: Climate change a national security issue
2014-02-24 10:45:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Blue and Green: Labour leader Ed Miliband has said that the flooding crisis should be seen as a wakeup call for Britain to act on climate change, while criticising prime minister David Cameron for creating a false economy over the governments flood aid measures. The leader of the opposition hit out at the prime minister, who recently said that money would be no object in helping those affected by the recent storms, bad weather and flooding. Miliband said that Cameron wasnt going far enough to help future...
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United Kingdom: HS2 may increase risk homes being flooded, senior Conservatives fear
2014-02-23 16:58:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: Senior Conservatives have raised concerns that HS2 will increase the risk of homes being flooded, as the high-speed train line passes through areas affected by the recent extreme weather, runs over miles of high-risk floodplains and will require the diversion of seven rivers. The Liberal Democrat flooding minister, Dan Rogerson, has admitted the scale of the flood risk associated with HS2 has not been fully assessed for the first phase of the route from London to Birmingham. The HS2 route crosses...
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United Kingdom: Risk of nuclear leak sparks call installation of flood defences
2014-02-23 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Independent: Managers of a nuclear waste dump on the Cumbria coast have been ordered to start preparations to defend the site against floods and erosion, amid fears that radioactive material could one day leak into the sea. Much of the waste buried in vaults and concrete trenches at the Low Level Waste Repository (LLWR) near the village of Drigg originates from one of the world's most contaminated nuclear sites, Sellafield, a few miles away. The waste dump is expected ultimately to require protective flood...
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United Kingdom: Nuclear leaks bill will be paid by taxpayer
2014-02-23 01:16:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: The private consortium that will manage the decommissioning of Britain's ageing Magnox nuclear reactors will not be held financially liable if they suffer a major radioactive incident even if it costs billions of pounds to clear up, it has emerged. The government will indemnify the private contractors, which means the taxpayer will be left to foot the bill for any leak, a similar arrangement to how things stand now. Critics complain that granting the multimillion-pound contract to a private...
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