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United Kingdom: Don't blame the Environment Agency for floods. Blame the spending rules
2014-02-09 21:58:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: Over the past two and a half months, Britain has faced the most extreme series of weather events we have ever experienced. The surge down the east coast of England in early December was the biggest in 60 years, and in some cases even higher than in the tragedy of 1953. The storms over Christmas and new year were unprecedented, and they have since been followed by the wettest January in the south since records began. Last week the highest waves ever recorded in Britain were crashing against...
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United Kingdom: Ministers playing politics with floods, says Environment Agency chief
2014-02-09 21:58:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: Ministers are "playing politics" with the flood crisis and "getting in the way of decent people doing a valiant job", according to an unprecedented outburst from the embattled boss of the Environment Agency, who blamed the government for limiting the agency's response. Hitting back at the vitriolic criticism that has been aimed at him and his agency for weeks one MP has called him a "git" and threatened to "stick his head down the loo and flush" Lord Smith said the attacks had been unlike...
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United Kingdom: Floods crisis intensifies as Met Office warns of yet more rain
2014-02-09 20:57:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: The flooding crisis intensified Sunday as householders in some of the UK's most exclusive riverside neighbourhoods on the banks of the Thames were issued with severe flood warnings, the rail link to the south-west remained completely cut off and the Met Office warned yet more rain was on the way. Police were investigating whether the death of a seven-year-old boy was connected to the floodwater that swamped his Surrey home and rescuers were searching for a canoeist who went missing on the river...
United Kingdom: Eric Pickles apologises over floods & blames Environment Agency advice
2014-02-09 13:58:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: The communities secretary, Eric Pickles, has said the Environment Agency made a mistake in not dredging the rivers in the Somerset Levels, and warned that flooding is likely to extend to the Thames valley by the middle of next week. Speaking on the BBC's Andrew Marr programme, Pickles apologised on behalf of the government while continuing to pin blame on the EA. He said: "We made a mistake, there's no doubt about that and we perhaps relied too much on the Environment Agency's advice." Asked...
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United Kingdom: 'Floods' Minister Eric Pickles Apologises for Mistakes But Insists Government Not to Blame
2014-02-09 05:03:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Business Times: Communities Secretary Eric Pickles has offered a long-awaited apology for the government response to the floods that continue to cover parts of the UK, but immediately claimed it was not ministers' fault. Instead, he laid the blame squarely at the door of the Environment Agency and its boss, Labour peer Lord Smith, who has found himself isolated and under attack from all sides. Following reports that the government had been warned of the potential problem almost a year ago, but persistently...
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