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United Kingdom: Cuadrilla announces two new Lancashire fracking sites
2014-02-04 13:44:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: Shale gas explorer Cuadrilla has said it will apply to drill and frack a total of eight wells at two sites in Lancashire. The company is the only one to have used hydraulic fracturing in the UK so far, including a well in Lancashire that was later linked to two very small earthquakes outside Blackpool. In an announcement on Tuesday, Cuadrilla said it will apply for planning permission to frack and test gas flows at two sites, Roseacre Wood, near Elswick, and Preston New Road outside Little...
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United Kingdom: Cuadrilla confirms plans for two fracking sites in Lancashire
2014-02-04 12:50:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
BusinessGreen: Shale gas company Cuadrilla intends to begin fracking at two sites near Blackpool as early as next year. Planning consent will be sought "to drill, hydraulically fracture and test the flow of gas from up to four exploration wells on each of the sites, one at Roseacre Wood and the other at Preston New Road", the company said in a statement today. The proposal marks the first concrete fracking plans since a ban on the controversial extraction technique was lifted at the end of 2012. Drilling...
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United Kingdom: Heat-related deaths will rise 257% by 2050 because climate change
2014-02-04 10:01:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: Deaths as a result of hot weather are to soar over the next four decades as a result of climate change, researchers have predicted. The number of annual deaths in the UK that occur as a result of the heat will rise by 257% by 2050, they said. Elderly people are most at risk, according to the new study. While the number of excess deaths seen in the summer months will rise, those recorded in winter will actually decrease, they said. Researchers wanted to try to determine the effect that climate...
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United Kingdom: Flooding threat spreads to Severn and Thames riverside properties
2014-02-03 20:16:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: More homes and businesses are in danger of being flooded over the next few days as pressure built on the government to take action to prevent a similar crisis in the future and residents of the worst-hit area, the Somerset Levels, prepared for a royal visit. The Environment Agency said high tides, large waves and strong winds would lead to a risk of coastal flooding along the south west and southern coasts of England Tuesday and Wednesday. It warned that properties on the banks of rivers including...
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United Kingdom: Why the floods a challenge for us to work with nature, not against it
2014-02-03 19:30:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: For the residents of Muchelney and Moorland, in the heart of the Somerset Levels, the misery goes on. Homes under water, roads cut off, and vast lakes of water where once there were open fields. For dairy farmers, already under pressure from low milk prices and higher feed costs, this could be the final straw. I live nearby, but our home is 50ft above sea level, and our village has escaped the worst of the flooding. Even so, I have been inundated with messages from friends, wondering if we too...
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