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UK DfT launches consultations for HS2 first phase
2013-05-17 01:00:00| Railway Technology
The UK Department for Transport (DfT) has launched consultations for the first phase of Britain's 32bn High Speed 2 (HS2) rail network's draft environmental statement (ES) and proposed design refinement.
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United Kingdom: Operation Disclosure forces DfT London lockdown
2013-04-18 13:09:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Ecologist: Emily Johns has been standing outside the Department for Transport's (DfT's) offices for nearly an hour, unable to penetrate the fluorescent wall of security guards that form an indomitable barrier between her and the entrance to Great Minster House. Instead she hands out leaflets to staff entering the building, imploring them to leak documents that campaigners against the BHLR have travelled to London to peacefully search for as part of Operation Disclosure -- if they can get access. Eventually,...
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United Kingdom: Release Combe Haven redactions or face peaceful office search protesters tell DfT
2013-03-11 11:27:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Ecologist: It's been over three months since the first rallying cries of angry residents sparked demonstrations and protest camps throughout a picturesque valley between Hastings and Bexhill. Campsites and tunnels have all been built up and torn down in that time, along with hundreds of trees in preparation for the Bexhill-Hastings Link Road. But Monday saw the launch of the latest phase in the campaign to save Combe Haven Valley - Operation Disclosure. On a cold but sunny afternoon outside the Department...
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United Kingdom: Protesters demand full disclosure of DfT advice on link road
2013-03-03 20:31:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: Protesters are to launch a series of actions on Monday demanding that the Department for Transport disclose in full its advice on the building of the controversial Bexhill-Hastings link road. Work is set to start in earnest on the 86m, 3.5-mile road this spring, after protesters were evicted from a forest camp in Combe Haven, East Sussex, last month. But campaigners believe that the crucial part of a report submitted to transport under-secretary Norman Baker may show that officials recommended...