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United Kingdom: Nuclear waste site consultation was rigged to favour Sellafield, say experts
2014-01-18 22:16:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: The government stands accused of drafting the consultation process to select the site of a multibillion-pound nuclear waste storage facility to favour a location that some geologists claim is unsuitable for burying radioactive material. Two leading geologists told the Observer that they believed the government was keen to push through Sellafield as the site of the facility, a subterranean tunnel network that would be the size of Carlisle, despite an official inquiry demonstrating that its geology...
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United Kingdom: Government admits flood spending drop
2014-01-17 07:56:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: The government has been forced to backtrack on its claims about flood defence spending, admitting the figure has gone down rather than up. The environment minister Dan Rogerson conceded on Thursday night that spending had fallen to 2.34bn in the current four years compared with 2.37bn previously. The environment secretary, Owen Paterson, had previously claimed the Tory-led coalition was spending "more on flood defences than any previous government". The Environment Department had also said...
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United Kingdom: Expect storms ahead over local flood crisis funds
2014-01-14 14:16:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: David Cameron had a ready answer when cornered by angry flood victims in Kent, who faced the first days of 2014 knee deep in water with no electricity: blame your council. Unable either to find suitable words of comfort or promise a ready Whitehall response, the PM adopted the ultimate default position in which English local government provides the answer to all local ills which, of course, it should, and often does, in spite of being forced to make savings of 20bn this parliament But put...
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United Kingdom: Councils face 'contradictory roles'
2014-01-13 13:16:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: Government moves to persuade councils to support fracking have been condemned as giving them "contradictory roles" and undermining trust in local government decisions, according to anti-fracking campaigners and an MP whose constituency has a site that is being explored for drilling. The prime minister, David Cameron, announced on a visit to a site close to Gainsborough in Lincolnshire on Monday that councils would be allowed to keep 100% of business rates from fracking operations rather than 50%...
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United Kingdom: 'We're going all out for shale,' admits David Cameron
2014-01-13 01:16:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: David Cameron is to declarethat his government is "going all out for shale" as he announces that councils will be entitled to keep 100% of business rates raised from fracking sites in a deal expected to generate millions of pounds for local authorities. In a renewed attempt to win support for the controversial expansion of fracking, the prime minister will also say that revenues generated by shale gas companies could be paid directly in cash to homeowners living nearby. The prime minister's...
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