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United Kingdom: Met Office blames climate change for flurry of storms that have battered Britain
2014-02-09 02:10:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Mirror: Top scientist Dame Julia Slingo said: "If we look at the broader base of evidence then we see things that support the premise that climate change has been making a contribution." Climate change "almost certainly" lies behind the flurry of storms that have ravaged Britain this winter, it has been claimed. The Met Office's chief scientist, Dame Julia Slingo, said "all the evidence" pointed to the phenomenon playing a role. She also delivered a grim warning that the country should prepare for...
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United Kingdom: We're used to floods in Somerset but this time the people feel angry and abandoned
2014-02-09 01:16:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: The Somerset floods are, in a small way, the English equivalent of New Orleans's Hurricane Katrina: the residents of a wealthy, first-world country find themselves helpless in the face of Mother Nature, and a political class is astonishingly slow to recognise and react to the crisis. Unless you live in Somerset, it's hard to understand the scale of the disaster. I farm a few miles away, in the Mendip Hills, and when I leave my house it looks as if the sea has reclaimed the whole of the Somerset...
United Kingdom: Sellafield consortium under fire for failing to disclose 'damning' audit
2014-02-09 01:16:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guaridan: A parliamentary committee report, published this week, is expected to criticise the consortium running Sellafield, Europe's largest nuclear site. The public accounts committee's Progress at Sellafield report blasts the consortium's management for not disclosing the existence of an audit that tracked their failure to meet performance targets, and highlights lax financial controls that let employees bill the taxpayer for hundreds of thousands of pounds in expenses, including 714 on a chauffeur-driven...
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United Kingdom: Evidence 'links warming to storms'
2014-02-09 01:01:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
BBC: Climate change is likely to be a factor in the extreme weather that has hit much of the UK in recent months, the Met Office's chief scientist has said. Dame Julia Slingo said the variable UK climate meant there was "no definitive answer" to what caused the storms. "But all the evidence suggests there is a link to climate change," she added. "There is no evidence to counter the basic premise that a warmer world will lead to more intense daily and hourly rain events." More than 130 severe...
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United Kingdom: Flood concern raised over fracking
2014-02-08 21:59:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Press Association: Concerns have been raised over the risks of giving "fracking" the go-ahead in flood-prone areas of the UK, as parts of the country face continued flooding. Greenpeace said licences had been given to companies to potentially drill for shale gas and oil in some of the areas of Somerset that have been hit by flooding. Government planning guidance shows it will consider applications to drill in areas which are at risk of floods, potentially leaving flood-hit communities facing leaks and pollution from...
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